[Verse 1] Dahl laid it simple on the chalkboard, plain and clear, A's got power over B when B's resistance disappears, If I bend your Tuesday plans to something you'd refuse, That's the power move, mano — you're the one who has to lose. Não é mágica, é controle, cold and mathematical, Power's just a lever, and the fulcrum's never radical. [Chorus] Poder, autoridade, legitimidade, Three words running kingdoms, running cities, running me, Power makes you move, authority says it's right, Legitimacy's the only crown that people hold up tight, Poder sem razão, ele treme, ele balança, Rule by fear's a sandcastle — legitimacy's the anchor. [Verse 2] Face one is Dahl's — the vote, the shouting match, the floor, Count who wins the argument when they walk out the door, Face two is sneakier, Bachrach and Baratz found the trick, Control the whole agenda, bury topics, make it quick, Face three belongs to Lukes, the quiet master key, Shape what people wish for before they're ever free — Convince the thirsty traveler he never craved the sea. [Chorus] Poder, autoridade, legitimidade, Three words running kingdoms, running cities, running me, Power makes you move, authority says it's right, Legitimacy's the only crown that people hold up tight, Poder sem razão, ele treme, ele balança, Rule by fear's a sandcastle — legitimacy's the anchor. [Verse 3] Weber carved three crowns for why we bow and why we call, Traditional's the old king, custom cut in castle wall, Charismatic is the prophet, lightning in a borrowed frame, Legal-rational's the office — not the person, just the name, Clerks and codes and filing cabinets, the badge not the heart, Obedience to the title, playing its appointed part. [Bridge] Legitimacy's cheaper than a thousand hired guns, Believed consent needs no bayonets, no watching over shoulders, none, Hobbes and Locke both whispered: power born from a shared deal, Mas ditadores forjam isso — paint the puppet string as real, Now populists are shouting elites have broken the whole thread, Claiming true legitimacy lives in the people's bread. [Chorus] Poder, autoridade, legitimidade, Three words running kingdoms, running cities, running me, Power makes you move, authority says it's right, Legitimacy's the only crown that people hold up tight, Poder sem razão, ele treme, ele balança, Rule by fear's a sandcastle — legitimacy's the anchor. [Outro] A sobre B, o poder se revela, Agenda, desejo — controla quem anela, Three faces, three crowns, one fragile golden thread, Legitimidade, ou o trono cai, caiu, caiu.
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