Masculinidade [English translation]

I was into a 'being away' thing

Money, fame, all done

I pretended I didn't, but I do care

I thought I was amazing

I wanted to be the best

I wanted to prove my virility

I doubted of my own worth

In a virtual insanity

I try not to be sensitive

Men don't cry, men this and men that

I learned how to be indestructible

I'm not real

Talking with my friends

I realized I'm not alone

Silencing a weakness is a punishment

I am real

My brother, take care

Of your emotions

Take care of what is real

My brother, take care

Of your emotions

Take care of what is real

Fragile masculinity is a boy's thing

I was profane and sex is divine

I was a murderer of my intimacy

Damn it...

When I was a child, I was called a fag

As if it were an offensive thing

What a weird thing

I learned it was wrong to be sensitive

I was so innocent

I was afraid of my feminine side

I became a repressed man

Kind of soulless, kind of asleep

A phallic act, self-destructive

In my prime, feeling depressed

I saw myself cheating as I cheated on myself

I was a coward, I was abusive

I thought I was strong, but I only ran away...

And fell into pornography

This shit leaves you addicted

It drains your soul, leaves you empty

When you notice it, the day is over

And you think that you should

Have another body, another schlong

Anxiety comes and settles down

For fuck's sake, this is no life!

My brother, take care

Of your emotions

Take care of what is real

My brother, take care

Of your emotions

Take care of what is real

My father was my example of a strong man

Hard worker, generous and resolute

But he always had difficulty to speak

My father's father also didn't know how to express himself

We need to cry for these men

And forgive...

This pain that was kept

Until now, as I write

Haunts and asks if I should say what I'm saying

An echo of fear

What will people say?

What will people think?

Rejection teaches you really soon

Be a good boy or you'll be cancelled

What complex is this? Mommy, is that you?

I was deluded in this image, I tried to hide

I can only be this Thiago

So virtuous, so destructed

That I care for growing up and accepting

Oh, oh...

This macho man, hurt

This violent man, violated man

Loveless man, badly loved man

My friends, we need to be responsible

We build an extreme and oppressive world

Tell me if we are not going crazy

For a hug

I feel tired

Be careful with excessive pride

Be careful with superiority complex, but

Be careful with always apologizing

Be careful with always behaving like a child

Be careful with radical standards

Be careful with normal absurdities

Be careful with only looking up to the sky

And turn a blind eye to the hell we are able to build

My brother, take care

Of your emotions

Take care of what is real

My brother, take care

Of your emotions

Take care of what is real

My soul is deep but in drowns in the shallow

My soul is deep but in drowns in the shallow

My soul is deep but in drowns in the shallow

I feel dizzy

I feel sad

I feel unimportant

I feel scrote

I follow to the letter

What it means to be a man

There's no such thing

Life insists

All the time

So I rethink

What it means to be a man?

What it means to be a man?

What it means to be a man?

What it means to be a man?

What it means to be a man?

There's so and so

And so and so and so

Many possible men

Real and imperfect man

Be a man for wanting to learn about myself, every day

How to tame myself

Regardless of any phobia: respect

I need to be brave

I need to have the balls to love right

Will I say no?

Sitting and waiting to be saved?

Connection, empathy, truth

A divine meaning: responsibility

Lay my head on a pillow and feel peace

For having lived an honest day

Oh...

It takes more than bravery to be a man

Much more than masculinity

It takes choice to be a man, my brother

So what?

• Artist:Tiago Iorc