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Zenilton

Reforma AgráriaAgrarian Reform

Zenilton · Eu Vou Pedir o Quati I'm Going to Ask for the Coati (1990)

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Composer: Zenilton

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A terra dá

A terra come

A terra é quem produz

E o povo passando fome


É da terra que nasce a nossa vida

É da terra que agente pega e come

O país que tem muita agricultura

Se dever paga tudo e limpa o nome

No Brasil quando houver reforma agrária

Nunca mais a pobreza passa fome


A terra dá

A terra come

A terra é quem produz

E o povo passando fome


Tanta gente que vive na cidade

Esperando o emprego que não vem

Se voltar a trabalhar na terra

A família podia viver bem

Quem tem terra demais desocupada

Deveria dividir com quem não tem


A terra dá

A terra come

A terra é quem produz

E o povo passando fome


Se der terra pro homem trabalhar

A comida na mesa vai sobrar

Se você tem a terra e não trabalha

Dê a terra pra quem quer trabalhar

Tanta terra que tem desocupada

E tanta gente sem ter onde plantar


A terra dá

A terra come

A terra é quem produz

E o povo passando fome

Translation

The land gives

The land consumes

The land is what produces

And the people are starving


It is from the land that our life is born

It is from the land that we take and eat

A country that has much agriculture

If it owes, it pays everything and clears its name

In Brazil, when there is agrarian reform

Poverty will never starve again


The land gives

The land consumes

The land is what produces

And the people are starving


So many people living in the city

Waiting for a job that doesn't come

If they went back to working the land

The family could live well

Whoever has too much unoccupied land

Should share it with those who have none


The land gives

The land consumes

The land is what produces

And the people are starving


If land is given for man to work

There will be plenty of food on the table

If you have land and don't work it

Give the land to those who want to work

So much land that is unoccupied

And so many people without a place to plant


The land gives

The land consumes

The land is what produces

And the people are starving

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