Cara Sucia (con Rossy de Palma)
Esta es la historia de un chaval que nació a mediados de los 70´s,
hijo de padre africano y madre extremeña,
segun le cuentan, no fue fácil para la pareja,
en una epoca con prejuicios como ahora en esta,
el niño trajo amor al nido,
y en un tercero de aquel bebe,
dio sus pasos por primera vez,
fue el principio de una carrera,
que aun hoy no sabe donde le lleva,
el primer palo fue en el colegio,
compañero le busca: mi mama dice que tienes la cara sucia,
niño no entiende,
antes de ir a clase al dia siguiente,
se lava fuerte,
de puntillas para poder verse,
no importa cuanto se lave,
su cara siempre es mas oscura que la de los otros chavales,
primero bromas mas tarde burlas crueles,
y un niño de 9 años se defiende como puede,
niño nunca lloro niño siempre fue fuerte,
niño no veia porque era diferente,
niño vive en silencio con la amargura,
porque aquel niño era un cara sucia.
[Estribillo Chojin y Rossy de Palma]
Niño aprende que eres diferente,
niño resiste niño se fuerte,
se indiferente al rechazo de la gente inculta,
y levanta esa preciosa cara sucia. (x2)
Entre peleas en la escuela niño se hace adolescente,
se gano el repeto entre sus compañeros,pero,
conocer a alguien es empezar de nuevo,
tiene que demostrar que es uno mas constantemente,
chico llega a creer que todo ha pasado,
es el lider de su grupo,el mas fuerte,el mas rapido,
pero,chico conoce a chica un dia y vuelven las dudas,
chico invita,chica reusa,
lo primero que oye es:"No soy racista pero,
es que no me gustan tan morenos",
algo normal supongo en la adolescencia,
pero chica rompio su ultimo hilo de inocencia,
cuando con 13 años se te acerca un policia secreta,
y te registra a ti de entre todos tus colegas,
te das cuenta de que ya jamas,
seras uno mas,
y que las reglas,
dependen del color del que seas
chico poco a poco se convirtio en hombre,
ya dejo atras sus conflictos de identidad,
pero aun hoy se hace la misma pregunta,
¿Tenian derecho a convertirle en cara sucia?
[Estribillo Chojin y Rossy de Palma]
Niño aprende que eres diferente,
niño resiste niño se fuerte,
se indiferente al rechazo de la gente inculta,
y levanta esa preciosa cara sucia. (x2)
[Rossy de Palma]: cara sucia,cara sucia (x6)
[Chojin]:
Este tema esta dedicado,
a todos los caras sucias de todos los barrios
es dificil cuando ni tu madre ni tu padre te pueden decir de quien,eres,pero algo tiene que tener de bueno sabes,
es el 2003 siempre fuertes otra vez,otra vez,995,otra vez invadiendo Spain
2003 with the pain ...
[Rossy de Palma]
Dime niño de mi vida,
yo te curo tus heridas,
dime niño de mi amor,
de esas injurias te limpio yo (x3)
Dirty Face (feat. Rossy de Palma)
This is the story of a kid who was born in the mid-70s,
son of an African father and an Extremaduran mother,
according to what they tell him, it wasn't easy for the couple,
in a time with prejudices like now,
the child brought love to the nest,
and in a third of that baby,
he took his first steps,
it was the beginning of a career,
that still doesn't know where it leads,
the first hit was at school,
a classmate looks for him: my mom says you have a dirty face,
the child doesn't understand,
before going to class the next day,
he washes hard,
on tiptoes to be able to see himself,
it doesn't matter how much he washes,
his face is always darker than the other kids,
first jokes, later cruel taunts,
and a 9-year-old child defends himself as he can,
the child never cried, the child was always strong,
the child didn't see why he was different,
the child lives in silence with bitterness,
because that child was a dirty face.
[Chorus Chojin and Rossy de Palma]
Child learns that you are different,
child resists, child be strong,
be indifferent to the rejection of ignorant people,
and lift that precious dirty face. (x2)
Between fights at school, the child becomes a teenager,
he gained respect among his peers, but,
to know someone is to start over,
he has to prove he's just like everyone else constantly,
the boy comes to believe that everything has passed,
he is the leader of his group, the strongest, the fastest,
but, the boy meets a girl one day and doubts return,
the boy invites, the girl refuses,
the first thing he hears is: "I'm not racist but,
I just don't like them so dark",
something normal I suppose in adolescence,
but the girl broke his last thread of innocence,
when at 13 a secret police officer approaches you,
and searches you among all your friends,
you realize that you will never again,
be just one more,
and that the rules,
depend on the color you are
the boy slowly became a man,
he left behind his identity conflicts,
but even today he asks himself the same question,
Did they have the right to turn him into a dirty face?
[Chorus Chojin and Rossy de Palma]
Child learns that you are different,
child resists, child be strong,
be indifferent to the rejection of ignorant people,
and lift that precious dirty face. (x2)
[Rossy de Palma]: dirty face, dirty face (x6)
[Chojin]:
This song is dedicated,
to all the dirty faces from all neighborhoods,
it's hard when neither your mother nor your father can tell you who you are, but it must have something good you know,
it's 2003 always strong again, again, 995, again invading Spain
2003 with the pain ...
[Rossy de Palma]
Tell me, child of my life,
I'll heal your wounds,
tell me, child of my love,
I'll clean you from those insults (x3)