Cerca
Point of No Return Lyrics


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Esse sistema brutal tem de ser derrubado
Herança de sangue da colonização
Uma estrutura de senhores imposta pelo medo
Servos que não se curvam, crucificados

Tradição de miséria.
Direitos roubados.
Anos de escravidão
A justiça énegada

Cercas erguidas, isolando-os de nossa pobreza
Terras demarcadas, privado-nos de igualdade

Cerre os punhos! Há uma guerra pelo campo!
Cerre os punhos! Há uma guerra!

Uma marcha para derrubar toda oligarquia
Libertar-nos da tirania




Organizar a revolta, um passo para a libertação
Retomar a terra... Insurreição!

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of the song “Cerca” by Point of No Return speak against a brutal system that must be destroyed. This system is inherited from colonialism and it involves a structure of lords who impose their rule through fear. Those who don’t submit are crucified. The song speaks about the tradition of misery that comes with such a system, where people’s rights are taken away and they are enslaved for years. The justice is denied to them as well, leaving them with no voice to defend themselves.


The song also talks about how the system erects fences around the poor, isolating them from the rest of society and depriving them of their equality. The song urges people to close their fists and fight against this system, which has created a war in the countryside. The lyrics talk about the need for a march to overthrow the oligarchy, to free people from tyranny, and to organize a revolt that will lead to liberation. The goal is to take back the land and start an insurrection against the oppressive system.


Overall, the lyrics of “Cerca” by Point of No Return express anger and frustration towards a system of oppression that has been inherited from colonialism. The lyrics call for a rebellion against this system, urging people to fight for their rights and take back their land.


Line by Line Meaning

Esse sistema brutal tem de ser derrubado
This brutal system must be brought down


Herança de sangue da colonização
Blood heritage of colonization


Uma estrutura de senhores imposta pelo medo
A structure of lords imposed by fear


Servos que não se curvam, crucificados
Servants who do not bow, crucified


Tradição de miséria.
Tradition of misery.


Direitos roubados.
Stolen rights.


Anos de escravidão
Years of slavery


A justiça é negada
Justice is denied


Cercas erguidas, isolando-os de nossa pobreza
Fences built, isolating them from our poverty


Terras demarcadas, privado-nos de igualdade
Lands demarcated, depriving us of equality


Cerre os punhos! Há uma guerra pelo campo!
Clutch your fists! There is a war for the countryside!


Cerre os punhos! Há uma guerra!
Clutch your fists! There is a war!


Uma marcha para derrubar toda oligarquia
A march to bring down all the oligarchy


Libertar-nos da tirania
Liberate us from tyranny


Organizar a revolta, um passo para a libertação
Organize the rebellion, one step towards liberation


Retomar a terra... Insurreição!
Retake the land... Insurrection!




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