Behavior repetition is very common
Behavior repetition is more common than drinking water every single day
And seeking air to survive
I want to see São Paulo, come, come, come
Behavior repetition is what we have the most
The story will be told like this
Yeah, let's go
It happened in São Paulo
On the first of October, 1992
Eight o'clock in the morning
Here I am, another day
Under the bloody gaze of the guard
You don't know what it's like to walk with your head in the sights of an HK
German or Israeli machine gun
Tears apart a thief like paper

On the wall, standing, another citizen José
Serving the State, a good PM
Starving, acting like Charles Bronson
He knows what I desire, knows what I think
The day is rainy, the atmosphere is tense
Many tried to escape, I want to too
But from one to a hundred, my chance is zero
Did God hear my prayer?
Did the judge accept the appeal?
I send a message to my brother
If he's using, it's bad in my hand

He's still with that girl
You bet, the kid is a good person
Hey, I took one day less or one day more, who knows
It doesn't matter, the days are the same
I light a cigarette and watch the day go by
I kill time so it doesn't kill me
Man is man, woman is woman
You know if the standard is different, right
Gets punched all the time, kneels and kisses feet
And bleeds to death on street 10

Each inmate a mother, a belief
Each crime a sentence
Each sentence a motive, a story of tears
Blood, lives, and glories, abandonment, misery, hatred
Suffering, contempt, disillusionment, action of time
So, mix this chemistry well (and done)
Here is a new inmate
Lament in the corridor, in the cell, in the yard
Around the field, in all corners
Yeah, but I know the system, my brother, huh, not here
Here there are no saints
Ra, ta, ta, ta, I need to avoid
That a scoundrel makes my mother cry
My word of honor protects me
To live in the land of beige pants
Tick, tock, it's still 9:40
The prison clock moves in slow motion
Yeah

Oh, bandit life, suffering, misunderstood
Firmness my partner Xandão
My buddy Batatão
My buddy Negrita
All the rap from Fontão

Hey, ratata'tá, another subway will pass
With good people, in a hurry, Catholic
Reading the newspaper, satisfied, hypocritical
Angry inside, on the way to the Center
Looking here, curious, of course
No, no, it's not, it's not the zoo
Yeah, my life is not worth as much
As your cell phone, your computer
Today, it's difficult, the sun didn't come out
Today there are no visits, no football
Some companions have weaker minds
Can't stand the boredom, get into trouble, yeah

Thank God and the Virgin Mary
Only one year, three months, and a few days left
Yeah, there's a cell upstairs closed
Since Tuesday, no one opens it for anything
Only the smell of death and Pine-Sol
A prisoner hanged himself with the sheet
What happened? Who knows doesn't tell
He was going to take out another six from end to end

Yeah, nothing makes a man sicker
Than the abandonment of relatives
Hey kid, tell me then, what do you want?
The spot is there waiting for you
Take all your imported items
Your crime resume and wipe your ass
The bandit life has no future
Your face turns white on this side of the wall
Have you heard of Lucifer?
Who came from hell with moral
One day in Carandiru, no he's just another one
Eating sour food with pneumonia
Here we have guys from Osasco, Jardim D'Abril, Parelheiros
Mogi, Jardim Brasil, Bela Vista, Jardim Angela
Heliópolis, and also what? Paraisópolis
Good blood thief has respect in the hood
Yeah, but to the State, he's just a number, nothing more
Nine pavilions, seven thousand men
That cost three hundred reais a month, each
On the last visit, the little black guy came here
Brought some fruits, Marlboro, Free
Said that a scoundrel from the area came back
With a red Kadett, Salvador plate
Acting like a big shot, he curses, he abuses
With a nine-millimeter under his shirt

Hey little black guy, come here, and the guys where are they?
Remember that jerk who tried to kill me?

That bastard is a goose, scoundrel, tame cuckold
He used to get very high and leave the girl alone
The girl was a virgin and still a minor
Now she gives blowjobs in exchange for powder

These talks bother me, if I'm on the street it's tough
Yeah, the world spins, he can come here
No, soon, my process is there
I want to change, I want to leave
If I run into this guy, there's no bang, no boom
And I'll have to sign a one-twenty-one

The sun rose, October second
Everything working, cleaning, jumbo
At dawn I felt a chill
And it wasn't from the wind, it wasn't from the cold
Settling scores happens almost every day
There's another one soon, I knew it
Yeah, loyalty is what every prisoner tries
To achieve peace, in a violent way
If a scoundrel screws someone over
Gets a scar on the face like Frankenstein
Smoke in the window, there's fire in the cell
Screwed, it went beyond, if so, there's a hostage
Most got involved
Go for about five or six who have nothing to lose
Two considered thieves started to argue
But they didn't imagine what was to come
Traffickers, murderers, swindlers
And a majority of primary kids

It was the breach the system wanted
Notify the IML, the big day has arrived
Depends on the yes or no of one man
Who prefers to be neutral over the phone
Ratatatá, caviar and champagne
Fleury went to lunch, screw my mother
Assassin dogs, tear gas
Whoever kills more thieves wins a medal of honor
The human being is disposable in Brazil
Used sanitary pad or Bombril
Prison? Of course, the system didn't want
Hides what the soap opera doesn't say

Ratatatá! Blood gushes like water
From the ear, mouth, and nose
The Lord is my shepherd
Forgive what your son did
Died face down in Psalm 23
No priest, no reporter
No weapon, no help
Will catch HIV in the dog's mouth
Corpses in the well, in the inner yard
Adolf Hitler smiles in hell
The government's Robocop is cold, feels no pity
Only hatred and laughs like a hyena

Ratatatá, Fleury and his gang
Will swim in a pool of blood
But who will believe my testimony?
October third, diary of an inmate

Funny
We go through so many things, so many injustices
So many, so many cowardices
And then the people decide to see it all again
Live it all again, what a psychedelic adventure
Let's put all our lives at risk now
Just for fun, now
Now everyone
Russian roulette, everyone
Everybody, fuck up

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