Pedagoginga (feat. Sant e KMKZ)

[Thaigo Elniño]
Orumila threw the cowrie shells to see
What future the bird that faced Oxossi would have
A just, strong warrior Indian
Who had only one arrow in his possession to defend the people
And showed that the impossible was not improbable
And what was not peaceful became favorable
And at some point you will see the inevitable
Our faith is immeasurable and turns pain into motivation
For overcoming, so much humiliation
Crossing the ocean to work on your plantation
Coffee, cotton, sugar cane, slavery
They freed our bodies, but left our minds in prison
No! Open the damn safe already
I'm not talking about money, I'm talking about knowledge
I don't want to study in your school anymore
That doesn't tell my story, actually kills me inside
I feed on the wisdom of terreiro entities
I'm a warrior of Ogum's phalanx, buzz buzz buzz
Capoeira kills one, kills a thousand
Pedagoginga in the exchange of information
Vision talk, our construction
It involves knowing who we are and also who they are
Not getting into conflicts that don't bring solutions
Avoid fatigue, don't take a step in vain
When all fields of knowledge are valid
It's just that the pale man
Sells us that only his is useful
The voice of the one who dares
To expose their discomfort even if the system doesn't acknowledge
It's not easy, man, heavy like a burden
I have friends on the other side, exceptions that I love
But if there's one thing school didn't teach me
It's that love is indispensable wherever you go

[KMKZ]
My world perception says that we
Even not seeing anything around, we are never alone
I say my prayer, ask for strength from my guide
And that he doesn't abandon me in the daily struggles

[Thiago Elniño]
Man, let me tell you, oh place that I hated
I didn't understand a damn thing of what the teacher told me
She explained, explained, wanting me to
Create an interest in a world that had nothing to do with mine
I don't know if school alienates more than it informs
It either angers you or conforms you with the shit the world is in
Not every book, brother, was made to save
It depends on the story told and also on who will tell it
They told me that black people don't stand a chance
And what did Hip-Hop do? It came and told me the opposite
School always reinforced that I was ugly
Hip-Hop came and said: You're damn beautiful
Hip-Hop talked to me about autonomy
Autonomy that school never gave me
School taught me to choose paths
Within the little square it itself trapped me in

[Sant]
Born overcoming Apartheid in the womb
Lives who always knows how to look forward, right?
Free with every rough time, counting months to wait
To breathe, one more of this diaspora
At three heard gunshots, at four won't see his father anymore
At five, cousin arrested, what perspective will there be?
At nine, the shift will start, operate there
But think, under ten the judge will acquit
If involved, it was for the crown not to worsen, God will listen on the radio (Will he?)
They didn't teach to pray at school, but learned to count
And the tip is easy, six hundred a week
Blinked, now thirteen
Will buy a new kit and celebrate
But the silence on the island says what will repeat
For your merit-farm, my verse-spark
Why there were only sixteen, now there's 5-8-4 on the needle

[KMKZ]
My world perception says that we
Even not seeing anything around, we are never alone
I say my prayer, ask for strength from my guide
And that he doesn't abandon me in the daily struggles

My world perception says that we
Even not seeing anything around, we are never alone
I say my prayer, ask for strength from my guide
And that he doesn't abandon me in the daily struggles