Canção Infantil Lyrics in English Cesar Mc , Cristal

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Canção Infantil by Cesar Mc from Portuguese to English.

Intro

Life's a kids' song

Life is

Verse 1

It was a not-so-funny house

For lack of affection, it had nothing

It even had a roof, a pool, an architect

They just couldn't buy what was missing

Well structured, sometimes crowded

But even packed, it's loneliness

The poet said, what's made of ego

On fools' street, breeds frustration

(Yeah, yeah, yeah

Hmm, hmm, hmm

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hmm, hmm, hmm

Yeah), there was another house, a corner of the hood

No paved street, off the standard

Leaky Eternit roof, small, cramped

But if you drop by, there's water for the beans

If Mengão plays, they'll even pay in installments

There'll be meat, beer, soda and charcoal

Coins counted, power always cut

But faith never lacked, they had gratitude

Yeah, yeah, yeah

But it was so close to the sky

Yeah, yeah, yeah

But it was so close to the sky

How sweet the sleep was there

Even without the best conditions

Everyone could sleep there

Even with only an old mattress

But it was made with lots of love

Life's a kids' song

For real

Think about it, see?

Beauties and beasts, castles and cells

Princesses, Pinocchios, good guys and

Verse 2

Yeah, I don't know if that's good or bad

Someone tell me what's real in this world

The shooting at school, the shirt on the clothesline

The villain in the story or the one in the paper

Say why discoveries are lethal?

The monsters turned literal

I used to play cops and robbers a while ago

Today nobody plays anymore

It got way too realistic

Verse 2

The bullets became real, piercing the Eternit

We still want to play, but blood spoiled the tag

The tale's ending is sad when evil doesn't leave

The boogeyman exists, don't dare play outside, for

Five boys went out to stroll

No drugs, busts, no trouble at all

The police cocked their guns: Bang, bang, bang, bang

But none, none of them came back from there

There were over a hundred shots in this tale with no moral

I don't even know if the big bad wolf story was a myth

Straight from the depths of chaos

I look for my dock in a world of dogs

Verse 2

Humans are mean; deep down, evil's the outcome

Of the choice we hold in our hands

Verse 2

A children's song, for real

But sorry, dude, here Beauty doesn't stay with the Beast

And of course, each one in their own space

Crystal shoes step on bare feet

Rapunzel is indeed beautiful, with her dreads on the balcony

But if the hare comes from Juliet

Even the turtle speeds up

Verse 2

Because yeah it's so hard to explain

And in the ciranda, cirandinha, the siren comes to pat me down

Telling me to turn around without even explaining

From Costa Barros to Guadalupe, a million plots

How do you tell a kid that security is scary?

How do you explain that 80 shots were a mistake?

80 shots, 80 shots

Carousel of horrors, everything takes you hostage

Reasons to cry, even the ballerina has

The start is already the end of the track

Even Alice realized it wasn't a wonderland

There's something wrong with the world

Don't take your eyes off the hourglass

In short, humans are the planet's cancer

Society is sick and calls the cure square

God writes plans of peace but also gives us the pen

And we, we write life

iPhones, hunger, drought

The cops, the drones, envy and hurt

Money, dispute, blood, the trigger

Cornflakes, mansions, condos and ghettos

Everything's inside out, we failed in the cradle

Our happy ending has to do with the start

Just the start, just the start

For planting to be free, harvesting is the price

Life's a kids' song, see for yourself

We're Pinocchios planting lies

And putting the blame on Geppetto

We need to go back home

Where it was made with a lot of love

(Even having only an old mattress

But it was made with lots of love

But it was made with lots of love)

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ampulheta — hourglass

The word "ampulheta" translates to "hourglass." It's a visually striking and somewhat uncommon word in everyday Portuguese, making it memorable.

In the song, the lyric "Não tire os olhos da ampulheta" (Don't take your eyes off the hourglass) serves as a powerful metaphor for the passage of time and the urgency of the world's problems. It suggests that time is running out to address the societal issues highlighted throughout the song, adding a layer of depth and reflection.

Canção Infantil presents life as a so-called “children’s song,” only to flip the sweet melody on its head. Cesar MC contrasts two houses: one rich in bricks but poor in affection, another modest and leaky yet overflowing with love and community. Through this playful yet biting imagery he invites us into a fairytale world full of princes, beasts, and castles, then reminds us that in Brazil’s favelas the monsters are real. School shootings, police bullets, and social inequality invade the nursery-rhyme rhythm, showing how quickly childhood games of cops and robbers turn into tragic headlines.

Rather than surrender to despair, the chorus circles back to that tiny house “made with much love,” urging us to rewrite the story ourselves. The song argues that humanity holds the pen: we can keep planting “Pinocchio lies” or choose compassion and justice. Canção Infantil is a clever, rhythmic wake-up call that blends innocence with harsh reality, challenging listeners to protect the magic of childhood by building a fairer world for everyone.

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