Concrete sweating in the afternoon glow
Speakers blasting from a busted window frame
Kids kicking dust where the mangoes grow
Old man grinning through the hunger game
Mama counts coins on the kitchen floor
Got holes in my kicks but the bass still pure
Sirens wail but we move faster
Trouble comes but it never lasts here
We burn like the carnival fire
Hearts dripping gold climbing higher
Streets got teeth but we bite back harder
Sweat and salt in the midnight water
The favela hums and the hills don’t sleep
Rhythm crawling deep where the pain runs steep
We burn like the carnival fire
We burn we burn taking it higher
Samba leaking from the neighbor’s radio
Cracked sidewalks painted in graffiti prayer
Pedro lost his job but he still lets go
Dancing barefoot like the devil don’t care
Police lights flash down the alleyway
We raise our cups cause we’re still okay
Shadows stretch but the beat gets louder
Living rough but the joy tastes prouder
We burn like the carnival fire
Hearts dripping gold climbing higher
Streets got teeth but we bite back harder
Sweat and salt in the midnight water
The favela hums and the hills don’t sleep
Rhythm crawling deep where the pain runs steep
We burn like the carnival fire
We burn we burn taking it higher
System built to watch us stumble
Still we rise from concrete rubble
Got no throne but we own the thunder
Drumbeat pulling every soul from under
We burn like the carnival fire
Hearts dripping gold climbing higher
Streets got teeth but we bite back harder
Sweat and salt in the midnight water
The favela hums and the hills don’t sleep
Rhythm crawling deep where the pain runs steep
We burn like the carnival fire
We burn we burn taking it higher
Neon jungle heat
Barefoot on the beat
Broken but complete
Neon jungle heat