When living is a privilege, occupy is a right. The resistance of the families of the Pinheirinho slum in Sao Jose dos Campos, struggling not to leave their homes to be destroyed by the corrupt game of speculation, inspired popular resistance movements and housing rights throughout Brazil. The reacti...
In defiance with your greed
We will reclaim the streets
Ready to fight to dethrone you
We won’t accept to be your waste
Organized we will stay
‘cause living is not a benefit
Your pretention of control
Has found and imminent end
Must respect existence
Or expect resistence
We have taken this land
Forgotten and left to die
Created your own destiny
And put our lives in our hands
Now you come with brutality
Police aggressors by tour side
But as long as we exist
We will get strength to resist
From acceptance to resistance
From conformity to reaction
Gas bombs-burning eyes
A violent strike- you now die
A last breath- afflicted cries
Injustice wounds- it’s time to fight