Sr. Presidente Lyrics in English Projota

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Sr. Presidente by Projota from Portuguese to English.

Verse 1

We pay to be born

Pay to have a home

Verse 1

Pay to lose

We pay to win

Verse 1

Pay to live

Pay to dream

Verse 1

We pay to die

And the kid pays to bury

Verse 1

We have the will

But nowhere to work

Verse 1

We have justice

But only for those who can pay

Verse 1

We have courage

But no strength to fight

Verse 1

So we leave home

Not knowing if we'll be back

And then you come

To grab what's our right

Crime ain't crime anymore

When it's a crime well done

Living like this

Is something I don't accept

Meanwhile the people cry

With nowhere to live

But there's a flame lit

Inside the chest

Because we just can't

Keep living like this

When the people explode

It'll be just cause and effect

An effect that fills my lungs

And gives me strength to sing

Mr. President, this country's sick

Our people can't take it anymore

Mr. President, how do you feel

Seeing the line at our hospitals?

Mr. President, I even wish we

Could understand each other but don't know how

'Cause tonight

Another boy on the back street is gone

Verse 2

This is my country

So pretty it has no hurricane

Verse 2

Of a people still orphaned

By the nation's father

Verse 2

Of a single-mother homeland

To its population

Verse 2

Where wages are worth less

Than the price of bread

Verse 2

A street kid sleeps

Resting his feet

Verse 2

Traveling to the moon

In a ten-buck baggie

Verse 2

Beloved yet unloved homeland

By unfaithful children

Verse 2

Tell me who rules you

And I'll tell you who you are

And then you come

To grab what's our right

Crime ain't crime anymore

When it's a crime well done

Living like this

Is something I don't accept

Meanwhile the people cry

With nowhere to live

But there's a flame lit

Inside the chest

Because we just can't

Keep living like this

When the people explode

It'll be just cause and effect

An effect that fills my lungs

And gives me strength to sing

Mr. President, this country's sick

Our people can't take it anymore

Mr. President, how do you feel

Seeing the line at our hospitals?

Mr. President, I even wish we

Could understand each other but don't know how

Don't know how, I don't know

'Cause tonight

Another boy on the back street is gone

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SONG MEANING

Ever felt like every breath comes with a price tag? Projota turns that frustration into poetry in Sr. Presidente. Line after line, he tallies up the absurd fees of Brazilian life: you pay to be born, to dream, even to die, while work, justice, and safety stay locked behind VIP doors. With sharp irony he calls out leaders who pocket the nation’s future, leaving children on the streets and hospital lines that stretch into despair.

Yet this is more than a protest anthem; it is a spark. Projota warns that when hope and anger finally collide, the people will erupt – simple cause and effect. Amid the criticism shines a stubborn love for his “beautiful country without hurricanes,” a place he believes can change if voices keep rising. The song is a rallying cry that turns outrage into fuel, inviting listeners to sing along and keep that inner flame burning.

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