Back in time In the days of expeditions Large vessels Crossed the ocean Spreading chaos Along the way Invaded, took, exploited Men, women and children Sold as assets Hot-iron branded Rings around their necks After many days of a turbulent journey Sentenced to death To work from dawn to dusk In the harvest fields ‘till the end of their lives Seeds sown with blood and suffering Slaughtered, humiliated, enslaved Financed the luxury and nobility of the crown They tried to whiten us with their Christian baptism Erase our ancestry and memories They tried to silence us with instruments of torture Rip our dignity out of our guts To accept the doctrine of submission and fear To accept a fate of a life without freedom Explored for centuries Enriching the monarchy Explored for Centuries, centuries, centuries They tried to whiten us with their Cristian baptism Erase our ancestry and memories They tried to silence us with instruments of torture And that’s how they created A nation built on blood Away from it all Resistances were formed Quilombos were getting stronger Warriors were forged in steel Andalaquituche Osenga Subupira Cucaú Acotirene Aqualtune Dambraganga Tabocas While troops were sent to decimate and extinguish Attack! Fire, cannons, blood They tried to erase our history Take our culture Rituals, knowledge, wisdom, legacy For over a century This war lasted but the screams of freedom From ghetto still resist! Against the odds Against the oppression Never surrender! Down with tyranny! November 20th, 1695 An ambush in the woods killed Zumbi Warrior commander His spirit lives on us all And brings to our people the strength to fight!