Não Respondo Por Mim [English translation]

Stopped in the city's hellish traffic,

I can't control the anxiety.

The queue where I am does little or no progress.

Only the clock doesn't get tired.

Monday is the day of the week of greatest confusion

And the other days are the same.

And I spent an hour from home to my work

In the centre of unrest.

I'm going to work early in the morning

But, at this rate, I'll only be arriving tomorrow.

I'll go crazy always living like this.

The day is so long and I no longer answer for myself.

(x2)

I'm sitting behind the wheel of my car, impatient.

I mentally insult others.

I turn up the volume of the radio to hear the news

About riots and cops.

Yesterday, there were riots in front of the parliament

And I think about it for a moment.

Even I feel aggressive.

The city swallows me alive.

I'm going to work early in the morning

But, at this rate, I'll only be arriving tomorrow.

I'll go crazy always living like this.

The day is so long and I no longer answer for myself.

(x2)

(Rap - put on sunglasses) :)

In Oporto,

The situation is now a little bad.

There's a traffic queue

Because of the crash of a truck.

There's diesel oil spilled

And care must be taken

At the road exit to the wholesale market.

And the traffic patrol

Urges

The crowd

Who wants to see the crash

To control their minds

And to politely

And simply just go your way, please.

And, if you are in our country's capital city,

Madness reigns.

Carris1 does strike today.

If you live in a village,

Everything you ever wanted,

Make a big smile

And pretend to be happy.

The second queue is on the Pragal Bridge2.

On the 2nd Circular ring road, it is the morning chaos.

If you are coming from Amadora3 to the capital city,

Everything is queued as usual!

(Ohh... ohh...)

I'm going to work early in the morning

But, at this rate, I'll only be arriving tomorrow.

I'll go crazy always living like this.

The day is so long and I no longer answer for myself.

(x2)

I don't answer for myself...

(x3)

1. a public transportation company in Lisbon, Portugal (Wikipedia)2. bridge near 25 de Abril Bridge, located in Pragal, Almada3. a municipality and urbanized city in the northwest of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Wikipedia)

• Artist:Os Quatro e Meia
• Album:Pontos nos Is (2017)