Bandeira Branca

I'm going to tell what I've never seen to the countryside and the city
I never saw war without shots and no prison without bars
I never saw a prisoner who didn't want freedom
I never saw a loving mother not missing her child

I never saw a small man who wasn't arrogant
I never saw a doctor make a mute person speak
I never saw a cowboy carry small change
I never saw an honest man wear velvet pants

I never saw a carioca who wasn't a good samba dancer
I never saw a person from Pernambuco who wasn't a good dancer
I never saw someone from Paraíba who wasn't a repentista
I never saw a deputy being beaten by a journalist

I never saw a Paulista cursing his life
I never saw a person from Paraná who wasn't getting rich
I never saw a Bahian losing in a machete fight
I never saw a miner running from a fight

I never saw a person from Santa Catarina learning when old
I never saw someone from Mato Grosso trembling in fear
I never saw a gaucho needing training to lasso
I never saw a person from Goiás drinking poison out of passion

I never saw a farmer riding a limping horse
To shut up a mother-in-law, I saw no key, I saw no lock
To finish my pagode, I'll speak with confidence
I want to see my enemies raise the white flag