Han codigo la cosa
Alberto Barros Lyrics

Han cogido la cosa,
They have taken the thing,

Que pa reirse se burlan de mi
To laugh at me, they make fun of it

Que pa reirse me agarran a mi
To laugh at me, they hold onto it

Que tengo grande la boca y la nariz,
That I have a big mouth and nose,

Que nada bueno no me encuentran a mi
That they don't find anything good about me

Que yo soy prieto, que soy carabali,
That I'm dark-skinned, that I'm of African descent,

Pero orgulloso me siento yo asi
But I feel proud of myself this way

Que estoy de luto desde el dia que naci,
That I've been in mourning since the day I was born,

Que trabajar no lo hizo Dios para mi
That God didn't make me to work

Que me tostaron como si fuera cafe,
That they roasted me as if I were coffee

Que me colaron y negrito quede
That they mixed me in and I came out dark

Blanco corriendo, atleta,
A white person running, an athlete,

Negro corriendo, ratero
A black person running, a thief

Blanco sin grado doctor
A white person without a degree is a doctor

Y el negrito yerbatero (bis)
And the little black herb-gatherer (repeat)

Ah nah Ah nah Ah nah Ah nah sonero (Y el negrito yerbatero)
Ah nah Ah nah Ah nah Ah nah sonero (And the little black herb-gatherer)

Con eso le doy duro a los cueros (Y el negrito yerbatero)
With that, I play hard on the drums (And the little black herb-gatherer)

Vamos a hacer la cuenta (Y el negrito yerbatero)
Let's do the math (And the little black herb-gatherer)

Que cuando se trata de salsa de rumba, yo si soy salsero(Y el negrito yerbatero)
That when it comes to salsa and rumba, I am a true salsero (And the little black herb-gatherer)

Cuando suena como suena me vuelvo sonero(Y el negrito yerbatero)
When it sounds like this, I become a sonero (And the little black herb-gatherer)

Zapatero a tu zapato, lo que yo soy es rumbero(Y el negrito yerbatero)
Shoemaker, stick to your shoes, what I am is a rumbero (And the little black herb-gatherer)

Rumba!
Rumba!

Que me queme que me queme,
Let it burn me, let it burn me,

Y he quedado como un tizon y de ñapa disque me han Puesto el negrito bembón bembón
And I've been left like a burnt twig, and on top of that they call me 'the chubby little black guy'

Pero qué otra cosa grande tiene
But what else do I have that's big

Que tengo grande la boca y la nari'
That I have a big mouth and nose

Que otra cosa grande tendre yo por ahi
What else big do I have around here

Que si no lo hago a la entrada,
That if I don't do it right from the start,

La embarro a la salida,
I'll mess it up in the end,

Ay quién puede ser negro, que cosa que tan jodida
Oh, who can be black, what a tough thing it is

Sura negro sura
Rise, black man, rise