Alok - Manifesto O Futuro é Ancestral
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In a country so diverse culture speaks to the hearts, many people ask themselves where Brazil starts
Would it be in Brasília, where social injustice and power are at hand, or could it be in the traditional peoples' lands?
The answer is so clear, but the fight of all these people is made difficult to hear, maybe we do not make Brazil a first-world peer, but we were the first ones to settle down in here
Our contribution is not like that, to those who want culture killed and hated, who think it is all about money: have none, and you are outdated
I still remember to this day the stories a leader told, because words such as these I should keep dearer than gold
One day people asked the leader "what about the fence?", "long ago how were these lands?", they were ours but are now in many hands
He rapidly answered, the territory is full of science, the limits of a land are all in our minds
They think traditional knowledge is just one more of their problems, we are strangled by the Nacional Congress
Achiote and genipap, we are still standing, our support is the force our pajés are sending
Guerreiras da Ancestralidade, spirituality is our guide, we are here in full pride
We will keep fighting, microphone, maracá and Nhandesys, the power is Xakriabá and Guarani
We resist and sing, our force comes from it
Before Brazil had a crown, it had an indigenous headdress!
Come get out of these 4 times and enter another time, with words more sensitive and delicate
When it comes to 4 times, let it be the time of nature, not to be desolate
The time of water, drought, and cold is different, it is time as it blows
We fight for retrieving time, not against it, that is what we want to show
Finding the rhythm and the tune to the song requires a hunter's eye
How to touch people without killing? our ears we need to reforest, to decolonize
This work was made by many hands, with a path given by the heart
The Earth's uterus guided our art
We want our music to put a smile on people's face before they go, so they keep dancing even apart
Humanity should understand flying is taking care of where we are, this is to be smart
This way we can retrieve life's meaning and keep the beat of our hearts
To the planet we are a possibility of cure, to set all world's evil apart
We are the good root from the past and today The Future is Ancestral
Would it be in Brasília, where social injustice and power are at hand, or could it be in the traditional peoples' lands?
The answer is so clear, but the fight of all these people is made difficult to hear, maybe we do not make Brazil a first-world peer, but we were the first ones to settle down in here
Our contribution is not like that, to those who want culture killed and hated, who think it is all about money: have none, and you are outdated
I still remember to this day the stories a leader told, because words such as these I should keep dearer than gold
One day people asked the leader "what about the fence?", "long ago how were these lands?", they were ours but are now in many hands
He rapidly answered, the territory is full of science, the limits of a land are all in our minds
They think traditional knowledge is just one more of their problems, we are strangled by the Nacional Congress
Achiote and genipap, we are still standing, our support is the force our pajés are sending
Guerreiras da Ancestralidade, spirituality is our guide, we are here in full pride
We will keep fighting, microphone, maracá and Nhandesys, the power is Xakriabá and Guarani
We resist and sing, our force comes from it
Before Brazil had a crown, it had an indigenous headdress!
Come get out of these 4 times and enter another time, with words more sensitive and delicate
When it comes to 4 times, let it be the time of nature, not to be desolate
The time of water, drought, and cold is different, it is time as it blows
We fight for retrieving time, not against it, that is what we want to show
Finding the rhythm and the tune to the song requires a hunter's eye
How to touch people without killing? our ears we need to reforest, to decolonize
This work was made by many hands, with a path given by the heart
The Earth's uterus guided our art
We want our music to put a smile on people's face before they go, so they keep dancing even apart
Humanity should understand flying is taking care of where we are, this is to be smart
This way we can retrieve life's meaning and keep the beat of our hearts
To the planet we are a possibility of cure, to set all world's evil apart
We are the good root from the past and today The Future is Ancestral
