Neighborhood Bully
Well, the neighborhood bully, he's just one man
His enemies say he's on their land
They got him outnumbered about a million to one
He got no place to escape to, no place to run
He's the neighborhood bully
The neighborhood bully just lives to survive
He's criticized and condemned for being alive
He's not supposed to fight back, he's supposed to have thick skin
He's supposed to lay down and die when his door is kicked in
He's the neighborhood bully
The neighborhood bully been driven out of every land
He's wandered the earth an exiled man
Seen his family scattered, his people hounded and torn
He's always on trial for just being born
He's the neighborhood bully
Well, he knocked out a lynch mob, he was criticized
Old women condemned him, said he should apologize
Then he destroyed a bomb factory, nobody was glad
The bombs were meant for him
He was supposed to feel bad
He's the neighborhood bully
Well, the chances are against it and the odds are slim
That he'll live by the rules that the world makes for him
'Cause there's a noose at his neck and a gun at his back
And a license to kill him is given out to every maniac
He's the neighborhood bully
He got no allies to really speak of
What he gets he must pay for, he don't get it out of love
He buys obsolete weapons and he won't be denied
But no one sends flesh and blood to fight by his side
He's the neighborhood bully
Well, he's surrounded by pacifists who all want peace
They pray for it nightly that the bloodshed must cease
Now, they wouldn't hurt a fly
To hurt one they would weep
They lay and they wait for this bully to fall asleep
He's the neighborhood bully
Every empire that's enslaved him is gone
Egypt and Rome, even the great Babylon
He's made a garden of paradise in the desert sand
In bed with nobody, under no one's command
He's the neighborhood bully
Now his holiest books have been trampled upon
No contract he signed was worth what it was written on
He took the crumbs of the world and he turned it into wealth
Took sickness and disease and he turned it into health
He's the neighborhood bully
What's anybody indebted to him for?
Nothin', they say
He just likes to cause war
Pride and prejudice and superstition indeed
They wait for this bully like a dog waits to feed
He's the neighborhood bully
What has he done to wear so many scars?
Does he change the course of rivers?
Does he pollute the Moon and stars?
Neighborhood bully, standing on the hill
Running out the clock, time standing still
Neighborhood bully
Matón del vecindario
Bueno, el matón del vecindario, es solo un hombre
Sus enemigos dicen que está en su tierra
Lo superan en número como un millón a uno
No tiene lugar al que escapar, ningún lugar al que correr
Es el matón del vecindario
El matón del vecindario solo vive para sobrevivir
Es criticado y condenado por estar vivo
No se supone que contraataque, se supone que tenga piel gruesa
Se supone que se acueste y muera cuando le patean la puerta
Es el matón del vecindario
El matón del vecindario ha sido expulsado de cada tierra
Ha vagado por la tierra como un hombre exiliado
Ha visto a su familia dispersa, a su gente acosada y destrozada
Siempre está en juicio por el simple hecho de nacer
Es el matón del vecindario
Bueno, noqueó a una turba linchadora, fue criticado
Mujeres mayores lo condenaron, dijeron que debería disculparse
Luego destruyó una fábrica de bombas, nadie estaba contento
Las bombas eran para él
Se suponía que debía sentirse mal
Es el matón del vecindario
Bueno, las probabilidades están en su contra y son escasas
Que viva según las reglas que el mundo le impone
Porque hay una soga en su cuello y un arma en su espalda
Y se otorga una licencia para matarlo a cada maníaco
Es el matón del vecindario
No tiene aliados de verdad
Lo que obtiene debe pagarlo, no lo obtiene por amor
Compra armas obsoletas y no se le niega
Pero nadie envía carne y sangre para luchar a su lado
Es el matón del vecindario
Bueno, está rodeado de pacifistas que solo quieren paz
Oran por ello todas las noches para que cese la matanza
Ahora, no lastimarían a una mosca
Para lastimar a uno llorarían
Se acuestan y esperan a que este matón se duerma
Es el matón del vecindario
Cada imperio que lo ha esclavizado ha desaparecido
Egipto y Roma, incluso la gran Babilonia
Ha hecho un jardín del paraíso en la arena del desierto
En la cama con nadie, bajo el mando de nadie
Es el matón del vecindario
Ahora sus libros más sagrados han sido pisoteados
Ningún contrato que firmó valía lo que estaba escrito
Tomó las migajas del mundo y las convirtió en riqueza
Tomó la enfermedad y la convirtió en salud
Es el matón del vecindario
¿Por qué alguien le debe algo?
Nada, dicen
Solo le gusta causar guerra
Orgullo y prejuicio y superstición en verdad
Esperan a este matón como un perro espera para alimentarse
Es el matón del vecindario
¿Qué ha hecho para llevar tantas cicatrices?
¿Cambia el curso de los ríos?
¿Contamina la Luna y las estrellas?
Matón del vecindario, parado en la colina
Aguantando el reloj, el tiempo se detiene
Matón del vecindario
Escrita por: Túlio Mourão