Mal Bicho [English translation]

You who go around saying

that there are better and worse people

You who go around saying

what people ought to do (repeat from beginning of stanza)

Listen to what I'm singing to you,

to avoid confusion

What I'm singing is about peace.

What are you telling me about privileges,

about a sovereign race

Superiors, inferiors,

community of power!

How do you have the idea

that some are chosen

and others are for rejection,

desire for power....

Is your destiny bad

what marked your path?

the song that is brave

is a song forever.

As my grandmother said,

"Here, he who doesn't run, flies"

and there are so many on the planet

How can there be so many?

In school they taught us to memorize

the dates of battles,

but how little they taught us about love.

Discriminating, that is nothing good,

before the eyes of god we are all equal.

You are the one who wages wars,

gives unjust sentences,

the one who who loves violence,

who doesn't have a conscience.

Chorus:

Mal bicho

They all say that you are mal bicho,

that's how you look,

mal bicho

Why do you go around hurting

those who look different?

imposing positions

only with a firm hand, (instrumental bridge, then CHORUS)

you have a coat

others die of cold,

you are the one who goes around killing,

the one who goes around torturing. (CHORUS)

I'm not going...

to the wars,

to the violence,

to the injustices,

and to your greed.

I say no!

Peace in the world!

**"Mal Bicho" refers to someone with bad intent, who has a bad influence on the people around them, basically someone you want to avoid. Couldn't think of a good English translation that didn't sound lame.