This song was recorded a few years ago by my partner Gabriel O Pensador
And since then, very little has changed
We who have light skin know that we are privileged
And our responsibilities are as big as our privileges
Aware of this, Detonautas brings back this song
So that we can contribute to the fight against structural racism
Pay attention here

Racism, prejudice, and discrimination in general
Is a collective stupidity without explanation
After all, what justification do you give me
For a people who need unity

But clearly unfortunately demonstrates
Thousands of prejudices of different natures
Showing that these people, these people from Brazil are very stupid
And they can't see a hand's breadth in front of them
Because if they were intelligent
This people would have already acted more consciously

Eliminating from the mind all prejudice
And not acting with stupidity stamped on the chest
The elite that should set a good example
Is the first to demonstrate this kind of feeling
In a childish superiority complex
Or justifying a system of servile relations

And the masses go like a fool
In the wave of racism and discrimination
There is no unity and they don't see the solution to the issue
Which incredibly enough, is in our hands
We just need a general reformulation
A kind of brainwashing

Go take a look there
At your university and see how many professors are white
And how many black professors you have
Take a look at the students of medicine, of engineering

Don't be a fool Don't be ignorant
Don't care about the origin or color of your fellow man
What does it matter if he is from the northeast and you are not?
What does it matter if he is black and you are white

In fact, being white in Brazil is difficult
Because in Brazil we are all mixed
If you disagree, then look back
Look at our history our ancestors

Colonial Brazil was not the same as Portugal
The root of my country was multiracial
There were Indians, whites, yellows, blacks
We were born from the mix, so why the prejudice?

Bellies grew, time passed
Brazilians were born, each with their own color
Some with light skin, others darker
Maximum respect for all cultures

So pay attention to this nonsense
Because as I've already said, racism is stupidity
Give ignorance a full stop
Do a brainwash

When you go for a little walk in the restaurants
Or in the most expensive clubs in Brazil, take a look
At who's serving you and who's having fun
Look at the color of the skin

Black and northeastern build your floor
Construction worker known as a pawn
In Brazil, the same black man who builds your apartment
Or the one who washes the floor of a police station

Is frisked and humiliated by a disgusting guard
Who still receives his salary and daily bread
Thanks to the black man, the northeastern man and all of us
We pay men who think that being humiliated doesn't hurt

Prejudice is a senseless thing
Take the stupidity out of your chest and listen to me
Answer me if you would discriminate
The guy with the face of Jair Messias
No, you wouldn't do that
You learned that black is a thief

Many blacks steal, but many are stolen
And beware of this white man standing next to you
Because if he goes hungry
You know how it is, he steals and kills a man
Whether it's you or Pelé

You and Pelé would die the same
So let prejudice die and long live racial unity
I want to see you learn this song and do
The brainwash

The prison population in Brazil
Take a look to see what color it is
And among the police who kill the most and die the most in Brazil
Also see what color the soldier is
The one who oppresses is also oppressed

Racism is stupidity but the stupidest is not the racist
It's the one who thinks that racism doesn't exist
The worst blind is the one who doesn't want to see
And racism is inside you
Because the racist is actually a tremendous fool
Who assimilates prejudices because he has a weak mind

And has always not stopped to think
About the concepts that society insists on teaching him
And from father to son racism passes
In the form of jokes that would be much funnier

If they weren't the portrait of our ignorance
Transmitting discrimination from childhood
And what children learn while playing
Is nothing more nothing less than stupidity spreading

Any kind of racism is justified
Nobody explains
We need brainwashing
To end this garbage that is a cultural heritage
Everyone who is racist doesn't know the reason

So I say my brother
Whether from the masses or the elite
Don't participate because as I've already said, racism is stupidity
As I've already said, racism is stupidity
As I've already said, racism is stupidity
As I've already said, racism is stupidity
As I've already said, racism is stupidity

And if you are another fool, it's not normal
It's time to end this structural racism
And this is your commitment, it's our commitment
We change the world by changing the mind

And then you get upset when they say black lives matter
And you say, all lives matter
Yes, all lives matter
But it's the black life that's dying
Because of its color
It's the one who is frisked when he leaves home and is afraid
It's the one who when he enters a supermarket or when he enters a store
The security guards keep an eye on him because of his color
The color of the skin determines whether a person will have a job
Whether she will walk calmly or will be pursued
Black lives matter
Because it's black lives
That statistically are being lost in Brazil
Detonautas, we're together

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