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Brazilian Way
In life I've always found a way for everything,
but now... Now I'm ***.
I never thought it would end this way.
I think I've peed all over myself.
I feel the *** running down my legs.
Not that I feel much.
I could feel shame, but deep down inside I feel an odd sort of pride.
After all, we are born and raised amidst this chaos of society,
always finding a way to survive.
But does that bring dignity?...
Dignity, the *** word only exists in the dictionary and in religious and political speeches.
I don't know how long I've been here,
since in such situation we lose all sense of time.
Time... Time is only a unit of measure that ends up with death laughing at our face,
lighting a cigarette and asking if life was good.
Damn, my *** it was.
If death were a person, I would find a way for it,
100 bucks and Joe Dole would dispatch it on the same day.
But no... Death is not a person,
it's just a moment which *** with our lives.
Now I can only think.
Thoughts flow at an incredible speed.
As if I were high on amphetamine.
I've always found a way to get amphetamine without prescription...
I think that's the reason why this sensation is so familiar to me.
I've always found a way around school,
not to fail due to the absences, you know.
I've always got a knack for getting medical notes.
I've always found a way to get around bureaucracy.
Damn, bureaucracy was made to *** with us.
I've always got away with not getting traffic tickets,
not being consumed by the system.
I've always found a way to step up in life, you know?
To have a nice life.
But now... Now I feel all the weight,
not of time or choices, but of my own body.
143 pounds.
This is the weight of my death.
What a *** way to die, and this *** way is taking its toll on me...
Because now, there's no way.
I can't find a way around breathing.
- Guys, look there, he is choking!
- Go, Marcelinho!
- ***.
- Calm down, calm down!
Raise it more, man.
Easy, easy. Take it off here, man.
***...
- ***, man, ***!
I told you that when I made the sign you were supposed to get me down!
I almost died, damn it!
*** off, the lot of you! Bunch of *** ***!
- Calm down, man. It was just a way of making it more realistic...
- Way to be more realistic, my ***, ***!
- Relax.
- *** off!
- Chill Gabriel, calm down, damn it!
Translation: Caio Perim and Lawrence Ujie