The such João de Santo Cristo was not afraid
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That's what everyone said when he got lost
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He left behind all the farm doldrums
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Just to feel in your blood the hate that Jesus gave you
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As a child he only thought about being a thief
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Even more so when with a soldier's shot the father died
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It was the terror of the surroundings where he lived
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And in school even the teacher learned from him
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He went to church just to steal the money
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That the old ladies put in the little altar box
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He really felt that he was really different
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He felt that this was not his place.
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He wanted to go out to see the sea
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And the things he saw on television
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He saved money so he could travel
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Of his own choice, he chose solitude
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He ate all the little girls in town
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From so much playing doctor, at twelve he was a teacher
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At fifteen he was sent to reform school
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Where he increased his hatred in the face of so much terror
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He didn't understand how life worked
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Discrimination because of your class and your color
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He got tired of trying to find an answer
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And he bought a ticket, he went straight to Salvador
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And when he got there, he went to have a cup of coffee.
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And he found a cowboy he went to talk to
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And the cattleman had a ticket and was to miss the trip
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But John went to save him
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He said: «I'm going to Brasilia
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In this country there is no better place
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I need to visit my daughter
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I stay here and you go in my place»
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E João accepted your proposal
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And in a bus he entered the Central Plateau
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He was astounded by the city
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Leaving the bus station, he saw the Christmas lights
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«My God, what a beautiful city
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On the New Year I start work»
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Cutting wood, apprentice carpenter
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I earned one hundred thousand a month in Taguatinga
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On Friday he was going to the city zone
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Spend all your working boy money
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And he knew a lot of interesting people
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Even a bastard grandson of your great-grandfather
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A Peruvian who lived in Bolivia
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And many things he brought from there
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His name was Pablo and he said
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What a business he was going to start
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And Santo Cristo until death worked
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But the money was not enough for him to feed
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And he listened to the seven o'clock news
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Who always said that his minister would help
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But he didn't want to talk anymore
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And he decided that, like Pablo, he would turn around
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He worked out his holy plan once more
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And without being crucified, the planting started
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Soon the crazy people in the city learned about the news
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"There's some good stuff there!"
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And João de Santo Cristo got rich
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And he ended up with all the dealers there
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Made friends, attended Asa Norte
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And he would go to the rock party, to free himself
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But suddenly
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Under a bad influence from the city boyzinho
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Started stealing
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In the first robbery, he danced
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And to hell he went for the first time
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Violence and rape of your body
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«You will see, I will catch you»
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Now the Santo Cristo was a thief
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Fearless and feared in the Federal District
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I was not afraid of the police
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Captain or drug dealer, playboy or general
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That's when he met a girl
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And of all his sins he repented
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Maria Lucia was a beautiful girl
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And his heart for her the Holy Christ promised
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He said he wanted to get married
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And he was a carpenter again.
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«Maria Lúcia I will love you forever
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And a child with you I want to have»
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Time passes and one day it comes to the door
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A high-class gentleman with money in hand
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And he makes an unseemly proposal
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And he says he expects an answer, an answer from João
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«I don't put bombs on newsstands
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Not even in children's school, I don't do that
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And I don't protect a ten-star general
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Who is behind the table with his ass in hand
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And you better get out of my house
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Never play with a Pisces of Scorpio rising»
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But before leaving, with hatred in his look, the old man said
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«You lost your life, my brother»
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«You lost your life my brother
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You lost your life my brother
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These words will enter the heart
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I will suffer the consequences like a dog»
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It's not that Holy Christ was right
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His future was uncertain and he didn't go to work
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Got drunk and in the middle of drunkenness
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Found out there was someone else working in his place
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He spoke to Pablo that he wanted a partner
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And he also had money and wanted to arm himself
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Pablo was bringing contraband from Bolivia |
And Santo Cristo resold in Planaltina
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But it so happens that a such a Jeremiah
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Renowned drug dealer, appeared there
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He learned of Santo Cristo's plans
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And he decided that with João he was going to end up
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But Pablo brought a Winchester-22
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And Santo Cristo already knew how to shoot
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And he decided to use the gun only after
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Let Jeremiah start fighting
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Jeremiah, shameless pothead
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He organized Rockonha and made everyone dance
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Devirginate innocent young ladies
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If he said he was a believer but he didn't know how to pray
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And Santo Cristo has not been home for a long time
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And the longing began to tighten
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«I'm leaving, I'm going to see Maria Lúcia
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It's time for we to get married»
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Coming home, he cried
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And to hell he went for the second time
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Married with Maria Lúcia Jeremias
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And a son in her he made
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Holy Christ it was just hate inside
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And then Jeremiah for a duel he called
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«Tomorrow at two o'clock in Ceilândia
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In front of lot 14, that's where I'm going
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And you can choose your weapons
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That I really end up with you, you traitor pig
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I also kill Maria Lúcia
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That fake girl to whom I swore my love»
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And the Santo Cristo didn't know what to do
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When he saw the television reporter
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Who reported the duel on TV
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Saying the time and the place and the reason
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On Saturday then, at two o'clock
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All the people went there without delay just to watch
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A man who shot in the back
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And he got it right, the Santo Cristo began to smile
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Feeling the blood in the throat
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João looked at the flags and the people applauding
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And he looked at the ice cream man and the cameras and
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TV people who filmed everything there
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And he remembered when he was a child
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And everything I had lived until then
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And he decided to get into that dance for good
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«If the via crucis became a circus, I am here»
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And in that the sun blinded his eyes
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And then Maria Lúcia he recognized
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She brought the Winchester-22
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The weapon that his cousin Pablo gave him
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«Jeremiah, I am a man. |
thing you are not
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And I don't shoot in the back
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Look here motherfucker, no shame
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Take a look at my blood and feel your forgiveness»
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And Santo Cristo with Winchester-22
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Fired five shots at the traitor bandit
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Maria Lúcia regretted it later
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And she died along with John, her protector
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And the people declared that João de Santo Cristo
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He was holy because he knew how to die
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And the high bourgeoisie of the city
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Didn't believe the story they saw on TV
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And John didn't get what he wanted
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When he came to Brasília, with the devil having
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He wanted to talk to the president
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To help all these people who only do
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Suffer |