Our Humble Favela - I
What’s it like living in the favela (shanty)?
There’s a lot of violence in the world today
We don’t want that.
What kind of violence?
People killing each other.
Police arresting people.
We don’t want this in the favela.
We don’t want anything that’s bad for anyone.
What’s your street like, Joyce?
There’s a lot of confusion on our street, loads of kids and a lot of fun. Great people. I play football there too.
11-year old Joyce Alves de Souza with CARF's Founder, Gregory J. Smith.
RAP by community kids from the Hummingbird Cultural Activity Centre in Eldorado, Diadema – São Paulo:
I pray to God and ask for protection,
that he always lights the pathway of my brothers.
The world we live in is revolved by evil,
they’re facts that happen and are part of our reality.
Walking by foot, in a street full of grime,
every day the same routine, a weekend very tired.
And always discriminated by society,
speaking our reality, is sadly the truth.
It’s lamentable to see kids involved in banditry,
when I know their place should really be in school,
studying and having fun and playing some football.
The Hip-Hop movement shows us the reality,
that not any favela is merely 100% banditry.
Rap is on its way to tell us the truth,
that in all of our favelas, humbleness exists too.
- Written and composed by Kiko, Icaro and Jason.
©Copyright Hip-Hop FOREVOLUTION
ECBF – Espaço Cultural Beija-Flor.
NB! See Icaro perform the song live in the favela, during the viewing of Norwegian TV’s half-hour documentary film about Gregory Smith and the Hummingbird Project
FILM SYNOPSIS
The film begins with flashbacks to 1993 in Norway, when Gregory Smith sold his business and magnificent villa and all its antique contents and arts in Os near Bergen, Norway, to finance what was to become the Hummingbird Project in Brazil. Norwegian TV’s reporter, Steinar Birkeland, who comes from the same town, reflects over this altruistic action over a cup of coffee in his own villa.
Through flashbacks from 1994, we are also introduced to Diego, one of the many kids rescued from the streets of São Paulo by Gregory and also his first foster son. Thugs assassinated Diego in 2004, and through his story we are witness to the meaningless violence that pervades Brazilian society and is killing its many young people today.
But the film also shows optimistic contrasts between street life and the prevention work done at CARF’s Hummingbird Cultural Activity Centre in Diadema, São Paulo.
Read more about the making of the film here and here.
Original wording in Portuguese:
Eu oro para Deus e peço proteção,
que iluminar sempre o caminho dos irmãos.
No mundo que vivemos é rodeado de maldade,
são fatos que acontece, essa é nossa realidade.
Andando a pé, em uma estrada de barro,
todo dia mesma rotina, fim de semana cansado.
E pela sociedade é sempre discriminada,
falo a realidade, infelizmente é verdade.
Lamentável ver criança envolvida na bandidagem,
quando sei que o lugar de criança é na escola,
estudando se divertindo e jogando uma bola.
Movimento Hip-Hop vem mostrar realidade,
que nenhuma favela é 100% bandidagem.
O Rap vêm chegando para falar a verdade,
que em todas as favelas sempre existe humildade
Autores: Kiko, Icaro and Jason.
©Copyright Hip-Hop FOREVOLUTION
ECBF – Espaço Cultural Beija-Flor.
Veja Icaro cantar ao vivo na favela, durante o 30 minutar documentário sobre Gregory Smith e o Projeto Beija-Flor feito por a Rede Nacional de TV em Noruega.
Our Humble Favela - I
What’s it like living in the favela (shanty)?
There’s a lot of violence in the world today
We don’t want that.
What kind of violence?
People killing each other.
Police arresting people.
We don’t want this in the favela.
We don’t want anything that’s bad for anyone.
What’s your street like, Joyce?
There’s a lot of confusion on our street, loads of kids and a lot of fun. Great people. I play football there too.
11-year old Joyce Alves de Souza with CARF's Founder, Gregory J. Smith.
RAP by community kids from the Hummingbird Cultural Activity Centre in Eldorado, Diadema – São Paulo:
I pray to God and ask for protection,
that he always lights the pathway of my brothers.
The world we live in is revolved by evil,
they’re facts that happen and are part of our reality.
Walking by foot, in a street full of grime,
every day the same routine, a weekend very tired.
And always discriminated by society,
speaking our reality, is sadly the truth.
It’s lamentable to see kids involved in banditry,
when I know their place should really be in school,
studying and having fun and playing some football.
The Hip-Hop movement shows us the reality,
that not any favela is merely 100% banditry.
Rap is on its way to tell us the truth,
that in all of our favelas, humbleness exists too.
- Written and composed by Kiko, Icaro and Jason.
©Copyright Hip-Hop FOREVOLUTION
ECBF – Espaço Cultural Beija-Flor.
NB! See Icaro perform the song live in the favela, during the viewing of Norwegian TV’s half-hour documentary film about Gregory Smith and the Hummingbird Project
FILM SYNOPSIS
The film begins with flashbacks to 1993 in Norway, when Gregory Smith sold his business and magnificent villa and all its antique contents and arts in Os near Bergen, Norway, to finance what was to become the Hummingbird Project in Brazil. Norwegian TV’s reporter, Steinar Birkeland, who comes from the same town, reflects over this altruistic action over a cup of coffee in his own villa.
Through flashbacks from 1994, we are also introduced to Diego, one of the many kids rescued from the streets of São Paulo by Gregory and also his first foster son. Thugs assassinated Diego in 2004, and through his story we are witness to the meaningless violence that pervades Brazilian society and is killing its many young people today.
But the film also shows optimistic contrasts between street life and the prevention work done at CARF’s Hummingbird Cultural Activity Centre in Diadema, São Paulo.
Read more about the making of the film here and here.
Original wording in Portuguese:
Eu oro para Deus e peço proteção,
que iluminar sempre o caminho dos irmãos.
No mundo que vivemos é rodeado de maldade,
são fatos que acontece, essa é nossa realidade.
Andando a pé, em uma estrada de barro,
todo dia mesma rotina, fim de semana cansado.
E pela sociedade é sempre discriminada,
falo a realidade, infelizmente é verdade.
Lamentável ver criança envolvida na bandidagem,
quando sei que o lugar de criança é na escola,
estudando se divertindo e jogando uma bola.
Movimento Hip-Hop vem mostrar realidade,
que nenhuma favela é 100% bandidagem.
O Rap vêm chegando para falar a verdade,
que em todas as favelas sempre existe humildade
Autores: Kiko, Icaro and Jason.
©Copyright Hip-Hop FOREVOLUTION
ECBF – Espaço Cultural Beija-Flor.
Veja Icaro cantar ao vivo na favela, durante o 30 minutar documentário sobre Gregory Smith e o Projeto Beija-Flor feito por a Rede Nacional de TV em Noruega.