Pauperrecido (Você Pode Ser o Que Quiser)

You can be poor as can be
Impoverished, impoverished, devoid of money
Brazilian proletariat, a very suffering guy
Good at making lemonade with the lemons life gives
You can be the daring one
Unassociated with any party
The most beloved, the preferred, the overlooked, the most feared

And you can be whatever you want
You can be victorious
You'll row against the tide, gnaw the bone
To win, you have to be tough, lad

You can be whatever you want
Go without a ride on the journey
Straight talk, no nonsense in the baggage
I sing poetry with beauty and cunning
Check out my partner

You can be whatever you want
You can be poor as can be
Impoverished, impoverished (devoid of money)
Brazilian proletariat, a very suffering guy
(Good at making lemonade with the lemons life gives)

You can be the daring one
(Unassociated with any party)
The most beloved, the preferred, the overlooked, the most feared

You can be whatever you want
You can be (victorious)
You'll row against the tide (gnaw the bone)
To win, you have to be tough, lad

You can be whatever you want
Go without a ride on the journey
Straight talk, no nonsense in the baggage
I sing poetry with beauty and cunning
Check out my partner

You can be whatever you want
You can be, you can indeed
You have to be respected, you can be black, yes
You have to be respected

Even for your talent to be an example given, cunning
Win all your battles, choose your side
Tell me, playboy, what's up?
Which side are you on, what do you make of life, cunning?
What's your thing?

The saying: I was born poor, but I wasn't born a fool
With a genius IQ but stereotyped
You'll row against the tide, gnaw the bone
To win, you have to be tough, lad

You can be whatever you want
Go without a ride on the journey
Straight talk, no nonsense in the baggage
(I sing poetry) with beauty and cunning
Check out my partner

(You can be whatever you want)
You can be (victorious)
You'll row against the tide, (gnaw the bone)
To win, you have to be tough, lad

(You can be whatever you want)
Go without a ride on the journey
Straight talk, no nonsense in the baggage
I sing poetry with beauty and cunning
Check out my partner

You can be whatever you want
And you there, hustler
Why are you hanging your head?
Raise your head, brother!
One day at a time and the sun for everyone
And you can be whatever you want

You can be poor as can be