Saudade do futuro

To the rhythm of the repentes, the rhymes and improvised musical jousts, the migrants from the Nordeste recount Saõ Paulo. In other words, how the Nordeste troubadours are inventing the urban culture of the future. ‘With or without a friend At Saõ Paulo I feel my best. We the peasants half-casts Travel far from the Nordeste. Tho’ Saõ Paulo steals your shirt You can rise out of the dirt.’