John Somebody

It is a contemporary urban chronicle disguised as a Slow Jam. Utilizing the sophisticated, immersive aesthetics and deep bass of R&B to narrate one of today's greatest silent tragedies: dependency on digital gambling (such as slots and bets) and isolation within "virtual cells. From the intimate perspective of his partner — who moves between comfort, despair, and lamentation —, the song follows the journey of John, an ordinary man who gives up his "dreamed future" in exchange for the fleeting glow of cell phone screens. The contrast between the silky melody and the rawness of the political and social critique creates a magnetic and reflective auditory experience.

Behind the Scenes: The song "John Somebody" is not born merely as an aesthetic exercise, but as an urgent manifesto in the form of Neo-R&B. The work is the spit and image of a silent social disaster, drawn from a painful realization: digital gambling addiction is not a purely individual flaw, but rather the byproduct of immense institutional and corporate negligence. The motivation behind the composition stems from indignation at the passivity of public authorities. While individuals and entire families collapse financially and psychologically inside dark rooms — each player's private "Narnia" —, Congress and the spheres of power operate under the aegis of economic lobbying. There is an explicit connivance that allowed this "monster" to sink deep claws into Brazilian popular culture, transforming addiction into a multi-billion dollar market regulated and sanitized by the State.

This is John Somebody
(Esse é o João alguém)

Someone very dear
(Alguém muito querido)

Someone very loved
(Alguém muito amado)

In Narnia, by my side
(Em Nárnia, ao meu lado)

Kidnapped, another hostage
(Sequestrado, mais um refém)
Go my John, from nothing to the beyond
(Vai meu João, do nada pro além)
He doesn't feel the pain in his neck
(Não sente as dores do pescoço)
He doesn't eat, he's skin and bones
(Não come, está pele e osso)

The tick-tock doesn't tick
(O tique-taque não bate)
Time dies in private
(Tempo morre no privado)
Ready for combat
(Pronto para o combate)
Once again... hooked
(Mais uma vez ... fisgado)

Tigrinho and bet, bet and tigrinho
(Tigrinho e bet, bet e tigrinho)
John and tigrinho, bet and John
(João e tigrinho, bet e João)
John deludes himself with fool's gold
(João se ilude com ouro de tolo)

In the capitol the lobby feeds the wolf
(No planalto o lobby cuida do lobo)

The day doesn't start
(O dia não começa)
It just continues
(Ele só continua)
The prisoner in his cell
(O preso na sua cela)
While life goes on in the street
(Enquanto a vida segue na rua)

His world is giant
(O mundo dele é gigante)
An endless emptiness
(Um vazio sem fim)

With fleeting pleasure
(Com prazer efêmero)

When in doubt, he presses "Yes"
(Na dúvida aperta "Sim")

The tick-tock doesn't tick
(O tique-taque não bate)

Time dies in private
(Tempo morre no privado)

Ready for combat
(Pronto para o combate)

Once again... hooked
(Mais uma vez ... fisgado)

They sell bottled wind
(Vendem vento engarrafado)
With smoke at the price of gold
(Com fumaça a peso de ouro)
John hands over the dreamed future
(João entrega o futuro sonhado)
For the shine of false treasure
(Pelo brilho de falso tesouro)

Floating in the shallow for a long time
(Há tempos flutuando no raso)
In what is easy
(Naquilo que é fácil)
In what is given, in what is ready
(No dado, no pronto)
To the critics... he shrugs his shoulders
(Pras críticas... dá de ombros)

Between the cliff and the abyss
(Entre o barranco e abismo)
Blind John doesn't see the danger
(João cego não vê o perigo)
He doesn't hesitate another step
(Não hesita mais um passo)
No John! I beg you!
(Não João! Eu suplico!)

Tigrinho and bet, bet and tigrinho
(Tigrinho e bet, bet e tigrinho)

John and tigrinho, bet and John
(João e tigrinho, bet e João)

In the capitol the lobby feeds the wolf
(No planalto o lobby cuida do lobo)

Game over John, another cycle again.
(Gameover João, outro ciclo de novo.)