When you make a right on that cornernYou can see again the next slum areanThe kids are running without shoesnThe marihuana smell never stops from noonnAnd you can hear somebody's laughingnVoice somewherenThis is a beautiful city,nRio in BrazilnThe favela wakes up today toon n(Chorus)nNo, it will never changenLife in the street will be the samenNo, it will never changenLife in the street will always be the same n nThe visitors who came there from over the worldnThey are the sign of moneynOnce the kids in the slum find themnthey start calling them: Money, 10 DollarsnThis is the english word they learned to survivenThe little boy who lost his armnTries to show his lost shoulder and keeps screamingn n(Chorus)n nThe kids are on the street today toonThey follow people who have nice clothesnAnd they give them small moneynThis game repeats itself forevernAuthority and money are only Instruments to keep this cyclenDeveloped countries control this systemn n(Chorus) n