Zé Ramalho "Cidadão" lyrics

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Cidadão

Tá vendo aquele edifício moçoAjudei a levantarFoi um tempo de aflição, era quatro conduçãoDuas pra ir, duas pra voltar

Hoje depois dele prontoOlho pra cima e fico tontoMas me vem um cidadãoE me diz desconfiado"Tu tá aí admirado ou tá querendo roubar"

Meu domingo tá perdido, vou pra casa entristecidoDá vontade de beberE pra aumentar meu tédioEu nem posso olhar pro prédio que eu ajudei a fazer

Tá vendo aquele colégio moçoEu também trabalhei láLá eu quase me arrebentoFiz a massa, pus cimento, ajudei a rebocar

Minha filha inocente veio pra mim toda contente"Pai vou me matricular"Mas me diz um cidadão:"Criança de pé no chão aqui não pode estudar"

Essa dor doeu mais fortePorque que é qu'eu deixei o norteEu me pus a me dizerLá a seca castigava, mas o pouco que eu plantavaTinha direito a colher

Tá vendo aquela igreja moço, onde o padre diz amémPus o sino e o badalo, enchi minha mão de caloLá eu trabalhei tambémLá foi que valeu a pena, tem quermesse, tem novenaE o padre me deixa entrar

Foi lá que Cristo me disse:"Rapaz deixe de tolice, não se deixe amedrontarFui eu quem criou a terraEnchi o rio, fiz a serra, não deixei nada faltarHoje o homem criou asas e na maioria das casasEu também não posso entrar

Citzen

Can you see that building over there, sir?I helped build it upIt was an excruciating time in my life.I had to use four buses everydayTwo, in order to get there, two more, for the way round,

And now that it's donethe view of it gets me dizzy,And then I see some figure comeAnd asks , with visible distrust,"Is it that the building impresses you or ..."your intentions here is to burgle??"

There's no consolation every Sunday,I'm coming back home, hopelessI'm tempted to drink and much to my boredomI'm not even allowed to lookAt the building I helped raise

Can you see that school over there, sir?I also worked in there tooThere, I worn myself out,I prepared cement mixes, helped grout walls

And today my daughter comes to me, innocently, saying"Dad I'm going to apply for that school",And that's when I hear a figure speak"Here barefoot poor children are not allowed in"

This is what hurts most,"why on earth did I have to leave the North?", I said it to myself"Drought was merciless at that place""But the modest product of my plantation""No one would ever forbid me to consume it"

Can you see that church over there, sir?There where the priest celebrates massI am the one who had set in the bell and its clapper,My hands got awfully callousedI also worked in there too.However, this time, it has been worth toThere, they arrange bazaars, novenasAnd the priest lets me in

There, Jesus told me: "my man, don't be silly""Don't let the fear put you down""I'm the one who created the Earth, ""Filled rivers, conceived hills and so on""Nothing was left out""Now men have wings, and believe it or not""At most homes, they don't let me in too"

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