Hip Hop de Verdade - Rap da Abolição (part. DJ Dri e Lino Krizz)

1988, more than fifteen years later, 2003
If today I have something to pass on
Something to teach my brothers
It's because I learned a lot from these guys here, look

MC Jack, Ndee Naldinho, Black Juniors
Sampa Crew, MC Mattar, Metralhas, Pepeu
And with these guys here
Preacher Luo presents Lino Krizz and DJ Dri

If today I look like a villain to you
It's because before they didn't give me a chance to win
If today I look like a villain to you
It's because before they didn't give me a chance to win

If today I look like a villain to you
It's because before they didn't give me a chance to win
If today I look like a villain to you
It's because before they didn't give me a chance to win

I have a different life than yours
I used to have luxury, but today I sleep on the streets
I don't even want to know what day it is, what time it is
For I am a new fruit of a new generation
The generation that doesn't think, that doesn't know what to do

When you see the bourgeoisie taking power
And I know you think I'm going crazy
Maybe my future is the rope around my neck
But I don't change my opinion
I work, I give hard and they still call me a thief
And if they call me a thief, I'll run away right away
Not just here, all over the world, black people struggle to live

If today I look like a villain to you
It's because before they didn't give me a chance to win
If today I look like a villain to you
It's because before they didn't give me a chance to win

Madame, be careful, don't step foot here anymore
It's not because I'm black that you're going to step on me
I already rode it once, I'll never ride it again
I will not be a black sheep in my father's mind

And as Green and White says
The black man goes to war, the black man helped build our land
Today you discriminate, criticize abolition
Don't you remember the white skin on the palm of your hand?
I sing rap and do everything to forget

I will simply not be indifferent to the world
If today I'm no longer a villain to you
Because until today I fought and managed to win
If today I'm no longer a villain to you
Because until today I fought and managed to win

Ha ha, yeah
Today we managed to overcome prejudices
Hip-hop wins awards, sells records, sells out shows
He earned the respect of those who disbelieved in our culture
This is a tribute

To the warriors who started the movement here in Brazil
This is dedicated to the warriors who are yet to emerge
Stay strong
Let's go, let's go, this won't stop, right? Ha ha