Masculinidade Lyrics in English Tiago Iorc

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Masculinidade by Tiago Iorc from Portuguese to English.

I was in the mood to disappear

Money, fame, everything solved

Pretended not to care but in reality I do

I thought I was pretty cool

Wanted to be universally liked

I wanted to prove my masculinity

I doubted my worth

In virtual insanity

I make sure not to be too sensitive

Men don't cry, men this and that

I learned to be indestructible

I'm not real

Talking to my friends

I understood it's not just me

Silencing fragility is a punishment

I am real

Take care, my brother

Of your emotions

Take care of what's real

Take care, my brother

Of your emotions

Take care of what's real

Fragile masculinity, a boy thing

I was profane and sex is divine

I was a murderer of my intimacy

What a mess

As a child, I was called a f****t

As if it were an insult

How strange

I learned it was wrong to be sensitive

How innocent

I was afraid of my feminine side

I became a repressed man

Half soulless, half asleep

A phallic, self-destructive act

At my peak and feeling depressed

I saw myself betraying for betraying myself

I was a coward, I was abusive

Thought I was strong, but I just ran away

And fell into pornography

This s*** only gets you addicted

It sucks your soul, empties you

And before you know it, the day has passed

And you think you should

Have another body, another d***

Anxiety comes and stays

F***, this is not life!

Take care, my brother

Of your emotions

Take care of what's real

Take care, my brother

Of your emotions

Take care of what's real

My father was my reference of a strong man

Hardworking, generous, determined

But he always had difficulty speaking

My grandfather also couldn't express himself

For these men, we must cry

And forgive

This stored pain

Until now, as I write

It haunts me if what I say is what I should

An echo of fear

What will they say?

What will they think?

Rejection teaches early

Be very nice or they'll cancel you

What a complex this is? Mom, is it you?!

I deluded myself in this image, tried to hide

I can only be this Tiago

Full of virtue, full of damage

To accept growth, to accept

Oh, oh

This wounded macho man

This violent man, violated man

Man without love, unloved man

We need to take responsibility, my friends

We create an extreme and oppressive world

Tell me, aren't we all crazy

For a hug

How exhausting

Beware of excessive pride

Beware of superiority complex, but

Beware of excuses for everything

Beware of living in eternal childishness

Beware of radical standards

Beware of normal absurdities

Beware of only looking at the sky

And closing your eyes to the hell we are capable of

Take care, my brother

Of your emotions

Take care of what's real

Take care, my brother

Of your emotions

Take care of what's real

My soul is deep and drowns in the shallow

I get dizzy

I get sad

I get little

I get nasty

I strictly follow

What it means to be a man

That doesn't exist

Life insists

All the time

That I rethink

What it means to be a man?

There are so many

And so many and so many

Possible men

Real men, not ideal

To be a man by wanting to learn, every day

To master oneself

Despite any phobia: respect

You have to have guts

You have to have the balls to love right

Am I going to say no?

Waiting seated for salvation?

Connection, empathy, truth

Divine purpose: responsibility

To lay your head on the pillow and feel peace

For having lived an honest day

Being a man requires much more than courage

Much more than masculinity

Being a man requires choice, my brother

So, what will it be?

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SONG MEANING

Masculinidade is Tiago Iorc’s raw confession booth wrapped in a mellow groove. The Brazilian singer strips away the glitter of fame and the macho mask he once wore, admitting to insecurities, internet escapism, and the pressure to be a “real man.” Each verse peels back another layer of the stereotype: the boy mocked for being sensitive, the adult numbing himself with porn, and the generations of fathers who never learned to say how they felt.

Instead of staying in that darkness, Tiago turns the song into a brotherly pep-talk. His repeated chorus, "Cuida, meu irmão, do teu emocional" (Take care, my brother, of your emotions), flips the script on fragile masculinity and invites men to own their feelings, seek connection, and redefine strength as honesty. In short, the track is both a personal detox and a collective wake-up call: being a man is less about muscle and more about mindful courage.

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