SI CA TA NACEDA
(Cape Verdean Creole)
Si ca ta naceda
Era cussa midjor qui tem
Si ca ta morreda
Cussa stranho ta conticeba
Nes bida rabés
Tudo cussa é a-contrário
Pa más qui stribado
Ca ta atchado cussé qui credo
Criatura perdi cumando
Peso'l carga passa força
Armandadi cabá na nada
Pamodi pataco dja bai longi dimás
Disabença parmanhan pa note
Longam longabo qui tene força
Dibaxo poca burgonha
Nhor Deus ca ta dano nada
IF NO ONE WERE BORN
(English)
If no one were born
It would be the best thing in the world
If no one ever died
Something strange would happen
In this ungrateful world
Everything is backwards
No matter how much you strive
You never find what you want
Humans have lost control
The weight of our burden has surpassed our strength
Brotherhood is no more
Because money has taken over
Quarrelling from dawn till dusk
Quit pro quo has become the rule
Living under shamelessness
God will give us nothing

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