VICTORIA SANTA CRUZ — Me Gritaron Negra! song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Me Gritaron Negra!" by VICTORIA SANTA CRUZ.
Lyrics
Tenía siete años apenas
Apenas siete años
Qué siete años?
No llegaba a cinco siquiera!
De pronto unas voces en la calle
Me gritaron negra!
Negra, negra, negra, negra!
Negra, negra, negra!
¿Soy acaso negra? Me dije (Sí!)
¿Qué cosa es ser negra? (Negra!)
Y yo no sabía la triste verdad
Que aquello escondía (Negra!)
Y me sentí negra (Negra!)
Como ellos decían (Negra!)
Y retrocedí (Negra!)
Como ellos querían (Negra!)
Y odié mis cabellos y mis labios gruesos
Y miré apenada mi carne tostada
Y retrocedí (Negra!)
Y retrocedí
Negra, negra, negra, negra!
Negra, negra, negra!
Negra, negra, negra, negra!
Negra, negra, negra, negra!
Y pasaba el tiempo
Y siempre amargada
Seguía llevando a mi espalda
Mi pesada carga
Y como pesaba!
Me alacié el cabello
Me polvee la cara
Y entre mis entrañas
Siempre resonaba la misma palabra
Negra, negra, negra, negra!
Negra, negra, negra!
Hasta que un día que retrocedía y retrocedía
Y que iba a caer!
Negra, negra, negra, negra!
Negra, negra, negra!
Negra, negra, negra, negra!
Negra, negra, negra!
Negra, negra, negra, negra!
Negra, negra!
Y ¿qué?
Y ¿qué? (Negra!)
Sí! (Negra!)
Soy! (Negra!)
Negra (Negra!)
Negra soy (Negra!)
Sí! (Negra!)
Soy! (Negra!)
Negra (Negra!)
Negra soy
De hoy en adelante no quiero
Alaciar mi cabello (No quiero!)
Y voy a reírme de aquellos
Que por evitar, según ellos
Que por evitarnos algún sin sabor
Llaman a los negros gente de color
¿Y de qué color? (Negro!)
Y que lindo suelo (Negro!)
¿Y qué ritmo tiene?
Negro, negro, negro, negro
Negro, negro, negro, negro
Negro, negro, negro, negro
Negro, negro, negro, negro
Negro, negro, negro, negro!
Al fin, al fin comprendí (Al fin!)
Ya no retrocedo (Al fin!)
Y avanzo segura (Al fin!)
Avanzo y espero! (Al fin!)
Y bendigo el cielo
Por que quiso Dios
Que negro azabache fuese mi color
Y ya comprendí (Al fin!)
Ya tengo la llave
Negro, negro, negro, negro
Negro, negro, negro, negro
Negro, negro, negro, negro
Negro, negro, negro, negro
Negro, negro, negro, negra soy!
Lyrics translation
I was just seven years old.
Just seven years
What seven years?
I didn't even reach five!
Suddenly some voices in the street
They yelled at me black!
Black, black, black, black!
Black, black, black!
Am I black? I said (Yes!)
What's it like to be black? (Black!)
And I didn't know the sad truth
That that hid (Black!)
And I felt Black (Black!)
As they said (Black!)
And I went back (black!)
As they wanted (Black!)
And I hated my hair and my thick lips
And I looked down at my roasted meat
And I went back (black!)
And I went back
Black, black, black, black!
Black, black, black!
Black, black, black, black!
Black, black, black, black!
And time passed
And always bitter
He kept carrying my back
My heavy burden
And how it weighed!
I gave my hair a shine.
He's pulverizing my face.
And between my bowels
It always sounded the same word
Black, black, black, black!
Black, black, black!
Until one day I went back and forth
And it was going to fall!
Black, black, black, black!
Black, black, black!
Black, black, black, black!
Black, black, black!
Black, black, black, black!
Black, black!
And what?
And what? (Black!)
Yes! (Black!)
I am! (Black!)
Black (Black!)
Black I am (black!)
Yes! (Black!)
I am! (Black!)
Black (Black!)
Black I am
From now on I don't want to
Lather my hair (I do not want!)
And I'm going to laugh at those
That to avoid, according to them
That to avoid us some tasteless
They call Blacks people of color
And what color? (Negro!)
And what a nice floor (Black!)
And what's the rhythm?
Black, black, black, black
Black, black, black, black
Black, black, black, black
Black, black, black, black
Black, black, black, black!
At last, at last I understood (at last!)
I don't back down anymore (at last!)
And safe advance (at last!)
Advance and wait! (At last!)
And I bless heaven
Because God wanted
May jet black Be My color
And I understood (at last!)
I got the key.
Black, black, black, black
Black, black, black, black
Black, black, black, black
Black, black, black, black
Black, black, black, black I am!