Cidade 2000
Matuê
City 2000
Matuê bringing the lesson to you
On my list, there are a lot of people to shout out
Strength to the street kids from Ceará
You who face a lion to slay every day
Running from Titan to Jardim América
Hey
For the youth living in neglect today
In this broken system, going to school feels like a setback
A million-dollar scheme, a front for a money-laundering operation
And our money ends up in the hands of another greedy pig
Sorry, I’m tired of living like this
Seeing my brothers always one step from the end
Will I see the sun rise tomorrow?
Or will death come, or will I let it take me?
I’ll let it take me
Yeah, living in the city, it burns (yeah)
At noon in the sun, no shade, no mercy
Dust surrounds the concrete jungle of the city
Fortaleza, I represented, yeah
Rich kid passed by with a joint in hand
If he were Black and poor, it’d be detention
They still say there’s no discrimination
While the drug wars put poor youth in the coffin
And every day we suffer on this journey
Politicians don’t get the reality
Forcing the people into crime
With laws that don’t match real problems
Yeah, living in the city, yeah
Yeah, living in the city, it burns (yeah)
At noon in the sun, no shade, no mercy
Dust surrounds the concrete jungle of the city
Yeah, living in the city
Will your time come
To carry your child in your arms?
Some live like kings
While others live in the worst conditions
Is this all that’s left for us? (What’s left for us?)
I scream and no one hears my voice
Yeah, living in the city, it burns (yeah)
At noon in the sun, no shade, no mercy
Dust surrounds the concrete jungle of the city
Yeah, living in the city