"Wheel 101", RODA by Gilberto Gil and João Augusto, new words by Joel Sattler

RODA by Gilberto Gil and João Augusto, new words by Joel Sattler

New title: "Wheel 101"

Okay class, attention please

Here is a wheel that I made

I want to show those who've come

I want to see what you say

Of what I speak's what I know

I'd take the shot if I could

No need to go out for lunch

The corner stand's just as good

Now I will have a little fun

Now that the class has begun

I want to see who will leave

I want to see who will run

No one is obliged to now here be

If you won't listen to me

If you have got lots of dough

The rich get richer you know

But those of us who have not

get by with what we have got

The parasites have no shame

Don't even to try to explain

Whatever's left for the poor

They try to steal even more

Now I will have a little fun

Now we'll just move along

I want to see who is bored

And who will run out the door

No one is obliged to now here be

If you won't listen to me

But rich or poor, all must die

If Black or white, young or old

I want to see who pans out

The dust of death for the gold

We're equal now in our eyes

We're equal then in our strife

It takes us years to be wise

Or just a day in the life

Now I will have a little fun

Because the show must go on

I want to see who will stay

I want to see who will run

No one is obliged to now here be

If you won't listen to me

So now your boy must take care

When he does do what he dares

If you can't give what you gave

He may end up in the grave

I want to see what you try

I want to see who will die

I want to see who denies

Or are my words a surprise?

Now that I've had a little fun

Now that at last I am done

Who's still in Wheel 101

And who away now has run

No one is obliged to now here be