Terra Esquecida

So much corruption
The people can't take it anymore
The words that come from their mouths
But the actions don't hold any more

A lot of money is diverted
And it's us who pay the price
While they’re all profiting
The country’s in decline

Misery has become routine
Schools with no conditions
In the hospitals, there's nothing left
Not even medications

Those who speak of progress
Are living off bribes
Politics corrupts you
It's only for those who thrive

The media manipulates
Hiding what suits them
They know the truth
Of what really hurts someone

And the poor on the streets
Watching it all fall apart
While those at the top
Have never even played a part

'Cause Brazil is crumbling
Falling to pieces
Corruption is a virus
Leaving everyone defeated

What was once green
Has turned gray in the fields
Deforesting, selling everything
Leaving the people unrevealed

Privatizing the future
Killing our history
While they grow richer
Brazil’s losing its glory

Blow after blow
And it’s us who bleed
This is the price of the market
A tax imposed by greed

Justice, it’s blind
But only for the few
But if this all falls apart
Who will you run to?

'Cause Brazil is crumbling
Falling to pieces
Corruption is a virus
Leaving everyone defeated

Even if someone falls
We will rise again
Because this land is for the people
And we will defend

We won't stop
Because our voices won’t be silenced
Whether in the streets or on the corners
We’ll be everywhere defiant

Let them try
We will resist

'Cause Brazil belongs to us
And our fight, it persists

'Cause Brazil is crumbling
Falling to pieces
Corruption is a virus
Leaving everyone defeated

Even if someone falls
We will rise again
Because this land is for the people
And we will defend

'Cause Brazil is crumbling
Falling to pieces
Corruption is a virus
Leaving everyone defeated

Even if someone falls
We will rise again
Because Brazil belongs to the people
And we will defend