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Portavérta

Lorenzo Monguzzi
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POTTA APETTA

Furiannu munnu munnu, ti ricu ncunfirenza
non semu sulu nuatri, c'avemu na cuscienza
c'e' ccu sa passa mali, non sapi unni taliari
e su cci pensi bonu, chi avemu di priuliari
c'e cu nasciu cche bummi e spara che lupari
e nuatri n'incazzamu ppe' tassi di pavari

e tutti ca chiurissunu 'dda potta, e invece a mmia
mi piaci lassalla apetta
e tutti ca chiurissunu 'dda potta, e invece a mmia
mi piaci lassalla apetta

ma chi cci pozzu fari, mi piaciunu i cristiani
du stissu me paisi, o ca venunu luntani
e tutti 'cche patemi e tutti cche radici
sentirini li megghiu, ma chi minchiata rici
s'annappunu scappari pi non moriri di fami
scupristi l'acqua caura, me nannu l'appa 'ffari
e non e' questione ca si pirdiu l'indentita'
finemula di nsuttari cu furtuna non ne ha

e tutti ca chiurissunu 'dda potta, e invece a mmia
mi piaci lassalla apetta
e tutti ca chiurissunu 'dda potta, e invece a mmia
mi piaci lassalla apetta

vi lamentati tutti ca c'e' troppa delinquenza
ca sumputtamu assai e ca finiu a pacenzia
ca si passii a catania, co suli o misi i maggiu
i tucchi sunu u suggi e tu pari u fummaggiu
sparamu sti minchiati picchi la virita'
e' sulu ca na vota non c'eri nenti d'arrubba'
e oggi ca semu ricchi e oggi cu ll'oro o coddu
semu tutti chiu cattivi picchi ni cacamu r'incoddu

e tutti ca chiurissunu 'dda potta, e invece a mmia
mi piaci lassalla apetta
e tutti ca chiurissunu 'dda potta, e invece a mmia
mi piaci lassalla apetta
e tutti ca chiurissunu 'dda potta, e invece a mmia
mi piaci lassalla apetta
e tutti ca chiurissunu 'dda potta, e a mmia mi piaci
assai lassalla apetta
Open door

I've travelled around the world and I can assure you
we are not the only ones with a conscience.
There are people starving, they don't know what to do anymore,
and, to be honest, we have little to complain about.

There are people born during a war and they keep killing each other,
and we're here cursing 'cause we have to pay taxes.

Everyone wants to close the door, but I like to keep it open,
everyone wants to close the door, but I like to keep it open.

What can I say? I like people
either they are from my same country or they aren't.
Everyone has their own story, everyone has their own problems,
to think that we are better than them it's a foolish thought.

They are forced to flee to avoid starvation,
it's nothing new, even the Italians did it.
It's not about losing your own identity,
let's stop blaming those unluckier than us.

Everyone wants to close the door, but I like to keep it open,
everyone wants to close the door, but I like to keep it open.

And you'll say there's to much criminality around,
that we have tolerated enough and now we shouldn't have any more patience,
that walking in the streets of the center of Milan
it's like being a piece of cheese surrounded by rats.

We tell each other nonsense, because the truth is
that till now we had little that could be taken away from us,
but now that we have more, now that we have something,
we are mean because we are scared to death.

Everyone wants to close the door, but I like to keep it open,
everyone wants to close the door, but I like to keep it open,
everyone wants to close the door, but I like to keep it open,
everyone wants to close the door, but I would like to keep it open.


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