Hoje Cedo Lyrics in English Emicida , Pitty

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Hoje Cedo by Emicida from Portuguese to English.

This morning

When I woke up and didn't see you

I thought about so much

I got scared

how I cried

I suffered in secret

All that this morning

Strong spotlights, glitter

And these girls' smiles only remind me of cocaine

In five the curtains open

Static retinas shine, light drizzle

What a trip, my poems brought me where they don't live

Fame annoys, cash dictates, can you believe it?

Puppets, like Celso Pitta, lie

Dead like my dad, I don't even feel present

So it's rhymes you want, take it, two, three

Enough to give every one of you a heart attack

Into a no-return abyss of party and babble

My soul sinks like my family at home, alone

They come in like a pimp, things that hit

Harmony, how I dreamed of being here someday?

Crisis, work, ideology, pause

And it's here that we understand Amy Winehouse

This morning

When I woke up and didn't see you

I thought about so much

I got scared

how I cried

I suffered in secret

All that this morning

Bum, the soundtrack

It's a cliff, I think the best

I wanna save the world, since I gave up on my family

And in a harder fight the frustration will be smaller

Worthy of pity, just the powder, empty, common

That's already fashion in the 21st century

Blacks with sharp voices recorded

Against villains who bleed the hood

But raps by us, for peace, nothing else

Put me in Minas Gerais, in a locked cell

I remembered Racionais, reflection

But even black folks themselves don't give a damn about that

It's a sad, romantic cliché

You'll notice, you'll see, you killed yourself and paradise doesn't exist

I'm still the Emicida from the Rinha

I filled venues from South to North

But I emptied mine

And I roam around, Taliban

Watching rich kids drink two months of my sister's salary

Hennessys, hazelnuts, dressing rooms, fans, celebs

Bro, where were they ten years ago?

Showbiz, like the rule says, kid

Society sells Jesus, why wouldn't it sell rap?

The world will occupy itself with your dollar sign

Saying misery was what lacked attention

This morning

When I woke up and didn't see you

I thought about so much

I got scared

how I cried

I suffered in secret

All that this morning

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SONG MEANING

Picture the day barely starting and already feeling like midnight: Pitty’s haunting hook opens with an empty space in bed, trembling thoughts, and tears no one sees. That vulnerable dawn sets the emotional thermostat of the track. “Hoje Cedo” literally means “Early Today,” and the chorus captures that fragile moment when fear and loneliness sneak in before sunlight can chase them away.

Then Emicida crashes the quiet with a spotlight confession. His verses juggle glittering stages, paparazzi flashes, and backstage decadence with memories of a humble home that now feels abandoned. He fires rapid-fire lines about drugs, false smiles, industry greed, and social inequality, exposing the hidden toll of fame on mental health and family bonds. The contrast between Pitty’s soft lament and Emicida’s raw storytelling turns the song into a cinematic dawn-after-the-party scene—one that asks whether success is worth the price of lost time, loved ones, and personal peace.

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