Angelitos Negros
Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains Lyrics
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Con el pincel extranjero
Pintor que sigues el rumbo
De tantos pintores viejos
cunque la virgen sea blanca
Píntame angelitos negros
Que también se van al cielo
Todos los negritos buenos
Por qué desprecias tu color
Si sabes que en cielo
También los quiere dios
Pintor de santos de alcoba
Si tienes alma en el cuerpo
Por qué al pintar en tus cuadros
Te olvidaste de los negros
Siempre que pintas iglesias
Pintas angelitos bellos
Pero nunca te acordaste
De pintar un angel negro
Siempre que pintas iglesias
Pintas angelitos bellos
Pero nunca te acordaste
De pintar un ángel negro
These lyrics are from the song "Angelitos Negros" by Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains. The song addresses the issue of racial discrimination and highlights the hypocrisy of artists who paint beautiful angels but neglect to depict black angels. The song starts by acknowledging the painter, who was born in the singer's land but uses a foreign brush, following the path of many old painters. The singer then requests the painter to paint black angels, as black children are also deserving of going to heaven.
The lyrics question why the painter, who supposedly paints with love, disregards his own color, knowing that God loves everyone regardless of their skin color. In the second verse, the singer addresses the painter's soul, urging him to remember black people in his paintings, as he portrays beautiful angels in churches but never includes a black angel. The repetition of this point emphasizes the omission and calls for recognition and inclusivity.
The song is a powerful statement against racial discrimination and highlights the need for equal representation in art. Through its lyrics, it challenges the bias and exclusion prevalent in society, urging artists to recognize and depict the beauty of all races, including black individuals.
Line by Line Meaning
Pintor nacido en mi tierra
A painter born in my land
Con el pincel extranjero
With a foreign brush
Pintor que sigues el rumbo
Painter who follows the path
De tantos pintores viejos
Of so many old painters
Cunque la virgen sea blanca
Even though the Virgin is white
Píntame angelitos negros
Paint me black little angels
Que también se van al cielo
Because they also go to heaven
Todos los negritos buenos
All the good little black children
Pintor, si pintas con amor
Painter, if you paint with love
Por qué desprecias tu color
Why do you despise your own color
Si sabes que en cielo
If you know that in heaven
También los quiere dios
God also loves them
Pintor de santos de alcoba
Painter of bedroom saints
Si tienes alma en el cuerpo
If you have a soul in your body
Por qué al pintar en tus cuadros
Why, when painting in your artworks
Te olvidaste de los negros
Did you forget about the black people
Siempre que pintas iglesias
Every time you paint churches
Pintas angelitos bellos
You paint beautiful little angels
Pero nunca te acordaste
But you never remembered
De pintar un angel negro
To paint a black angel
Siempre que pintas iglesias
Every time you paint churches
Pintas angelitos bellos
You paint beautiful little angels
Pero nunca te acordaste
But you never remembered
De pintar un ángel negro
To paint a black angel
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