05342635 is my number, my name
My identity
Minimum wage is my wage
12 hours of work
Such happiness, such happiness
I wake up without sleeping
I make the sign of the cross and pray
I listen to the small portable radio
To know the time
I prepare almost nothing
I take it in my lunch bag
I go as a straphanger and the traffic lights are turning red
I arrive late, the day is shortened
There are so many deductions
That I don't even know about
They tell me of benefits that I have never received
It is INPS1, FGTS2
IRSS, insurance and the PIS
With thirty (years) of work
I am retired
And with more than 70
I think I'll be happy
1. O Instituto Nacional de Previdência Social (INPS) = it was a Brazilian public institution of social security2. Fundo de Garantia por Tempo de Serviço = the Length-of-Service Guarantee Fund for employees created in 1967 by the Federal Government, intended to provide account-based cash benefits to employees on termination of employment for any reason