''Mnine D’Rua Ma Mim''

About a month ago I went to a Cordas do Sol concert, a group from the island of Santo Antao. I had heard this song called ''Mnine D'Rua Ma Mim'' ''Children of the Street with me'' before, but it never really struck me until the concert. When the main singer passed the microphone to one of the people in the audience, I didn't think anything of it, until one of my friends said that the boy is known for living in the streets of Mindelo. I had see the kid before, but I hadn't worked with him personally, even though I worked on project with the SOS, called ''New Horizons'' where we worked with children living on the streets.

Later, looking over the lyrics I became more touched by song. There is one line that says ''

Un kalker d’nos pudia ser mnine d’rua'', which is creole and translates into Portuguese as ''Porque qual quer de nos poder ser menino de na rua'', ''Because any one of us could be a child of the street.''

Organizations like the SOS Social Center, help keep children off the street. Streets are not safe places for children to play, but the sad fact is, is that many children here do play on the street. The eighty children who come to the Center every day are given the opportunity to participate in various activities, however we do not have a good safe place for them to play by themselves. This is why we want to construct a playground.

This new video is in Portuguese, but it slightly different from the English Version and the background music is the Cordas do Sol song ''Mnine d'rua ma mim.''

I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it.

Mnine D’Rua Ma Mim~ Cordas do Sol

N tive uns tenpe na rua t’anda
K’uns mnine d’rua ma min t’anda
No anda ta preguta
Onde k’tinha proteson pa es tma

Uvide nigen ka da
Tenson nen ka bo fala
Es pensa k’es ka tava oia
Kes mnine d’rua fka ta txora

N tive uns tenpe na rua t’anda
K’uns mnine d’rua ma min t’anda
No anda ta pregunta
Onde k’tinha proteson pa es tma

Uvide nigen ka da
Tenson nen ka bo fala
Es pensa k’es ka tava oia
Kes mnine d’rua fka ta txora

Ai munde ai munde
Es e mnine d’ua ma es meste nos tude
Ai munde ai munde
Un kalker d’nos pudia ser mnine d’rua