Explosion

Today you come to tell me that you feel good
That you are no longer faithful to heroin
But you look thin and confused
Asking for money on every corner

I don't intend to give you a long sermon
No, no, no, no, what would it be worth to me if it depends on you, listen, listen
Listen, mulatto, react and seek God
Yes, yes, yes, let's see if this world finally understands

Listen, it's a bembe
I come like an explosion so you can understand
Listen, it's a bembe
It's a message of love, don't let it fall

Listen, it's a bembe
I come like an explosion so you can understand
Listen, it's a bembe
It's a message of love, don't let it fall

Explosion, to all those who fire a cannon
Explosion, let them not be mistaken, that is not the mission
If your boss gives you a weapon to be a hitman
That's not a friend, that's a dictator

Last night you went out to shoot
But now tell me how you're going to escape
If they can reach your same point
And if you shoot a POW that you won't be able to dodge
So stop the fire, stop the fire, stop the fire now
Because all the neighborhoods need peace, hey

Stop the fire, stop the fire, stop the fire now
We don't want any deaths from crack sales
And remember well what your mother suffered
So that nothing was missing, she gave you everything
And remember well how she raised you
She didn't teach you to kill people

Listen, it's a bembe
I come like an explosion so you can understand
Listen, it's a bembe
It's a message of love, don't let it fall

Listen, it's a bembe
I come like an explosion so you can understand
Listen, it's a bembe
It's a message of love, don't let it fall

Tell me, the people of the local government
If they are going to make their own decisions
Without any other nation to command us
Without any of the corrupt ones coming to assassinate us
If we continue depending on coupons

In the lower class we are left with no doubts
So all my people show that
We are humble but well trained
And if you remember the Vietnam War
That was just a business as they always happen

For the sale of weapons that come and go
And all the veterans are destroyed
Neither I nor my people can allow
Nuclear bombs to be stored in my country
Turning my country into a battlefield
So they can exploit us, and cross the line

Listen, it's a bembe
I come like an explosion so you can understand
Listen, it's a bembe
It's a message of love, don't let it fall

Listen, it's a bembe
I come like an explosion so you can understand
Listen, it's a bembe
It's a message of love, don't let it fall

Explosion, to the women who don't want to understand
Explosion, what's inside has to be born
If your mother endured to then give birth
Then why can't you do it? How much is it? Two hundred?
Three hundred? Or more? How much is your child worth, what price will you pay?

For the people who destroy what they do for business
What God sent so they could live
And I don't understand why they give value
To social position and also to color

Hey racist, love is more powerful
Than your stupid insistence on having control
Anyway, in the future you won't be able to avoid
That your daughter marries a black man
And I'm not of high social position
But your son wants to buy my cassette

Listen, it's a bembe
I come like an explosion so you can understand
Listen, it's a bembe
It's a message of love, don't let it fall

Listen, it's a bembe
I come like an explosion so you can understand
Listen, it's a bembe
It's a message of love, don't let it fall

Today I come to tell you that I feel good
That I am no longer faithful to heroin
And the reason is that I believe in a Living Christ
Because I know he has given me the best medicine
And it's not codeine
And I repeat to you it's not a long sermon
No, no, no
The reason is a fire that ignites my heart

Listen, young man, react and do as I do
Yes, yes, yes
Let's see if in this way you finally understand
Understand