Favela
Nengo Vieira Lyrics

Why you crying favela
What troubles you, oh favela?

Are you running away
Do you seek to escape?

To stairways of sorrow
To a life filled with pain and suffering

And rooftops of pain
And a future of hopelessness

Your broken down system
Your society and way of life

Has you trapped and afraid
Has left you feeling caged and fearful

I'm telling you hold your head up and sin
I implore you to have hope and faith

Your monarchs and mansions
Your leaders and privileged class

On top of them hills
On the hills overlooking your plight

Have got you believing
Have made you believe

You're living life still
That you still have a life worth living

But dreaming's just dreaming
But hopes and dreams are only fantasies

'til reality's real
Until your dreams become a reality

When ghettos be run like kingdoms in hills
When the marginalized and oppressed are treated like royalty

Be free be free now oh be free
Be liberated and empowered, now and forevermore

Por que choras favela
Why do you cry, favela?

Porque falta o pano
Is it because you lack resources?

Se te faltou a agua
If you lack basic necessities like water

Nao te falta o perdao
Do not despair, for there is still hope

Como a luz da crianca
Like the light of hope shining in a child's eyes

Tua esperanca chegou
Your hope has arrived

Vem brilhar sol da liberdade do amor
Come and bask in the sunshine of love and freedom

Procuro e nao te encontro
I searched, but could not find you

You're living in the shadows
You are living in the darkness of oppression

Espero pela luz do sol
I await the coming of a brighter tomorrow

But I can see the hope of a light coming
But I have faith in a better future

Here in babylon
In this land of chaos and destruction

They take our lives
Our lives are not valued

They rob our rights
Our rights and freedoms are stolen

Where dreamers dream
In a place where people still dare to dream

Sing favela sing
Raise your voices, oh favela