Nascidos & Criados Lyrics English Translation by Slow J
I was born imprisoned, me, white and me, black
I cry and I’m tense, I’m not from here
Where I belong, fear does not conquer
That’s what I think, fear has returned
What I wanted was to fly from here to another place
Sometimes what I wanted was to fly from here, never to return
Trapped inside the trap
Family isn’t chosen, born and raised
Portugal is rectangular, the sides were imagined
Still trying to find someone who walks in the rain and doesn’t get wet
Who doesn’t reap what ancestors leave sown
If it gets into my head, I appropriate the fate
Suddenly it sounds appropriate to me
When I mix a jindungo, taste it, almost enlightened
Like two brothers in the same house
Who would I be without you? Our land still sings
Who wanted to be an only child
And the God who doesn’t do his will, nah
With you, I learned to lose, to share the bread in half
There are evils we can choose
The others serve to bring us together
What leads you to face the sea
Leaving forever the love of your land
To be reborn unintentionally in another place
Never forget where you come from, and in the end
You’ll go far, goodbye, goodbye
You’ll go far, goodbye, goodbye