Han Cojido La Cosa

They've taken the thing,
that they mock me to laugh
they've taken the thing,
that they grab me to laugh

That I have a big mouth and nose,
that they don't find anything good about me
that I'm dark-skinned, that I'm carabali,
but proud I feel this way

They've taken the thing...

That I've been in mourning since the day I was born,
that God didn't make work for me
that they roasted me as if I were coffee,
that they brewed me and I turned dark

They've taken the thing,
that they mock me to laugh
They've taken the thing
that they grab me to laugh

Chorus:
White running, athlete, black running, thief
white without a doctorate degree and the little black herb gatherer (repeat)

Ah nah Ah nah Ah nah Ah nah sonero (And the little black herb gatherer)
With that I hit the drums hard (And the little black herb gatherer)
let's do the math (And the little black herb gatherer)
that when it comes to salsa and rumba, I am a true salsa dancer (And the little black herb gatherer)
when it sounds like it sounds, I become a sonero (And the little black herb gatherer)
cobbler to your shoe, what I am is a rumbero (And the little black herb gatherer)
rumba!

They've taken the thing, they've taken the thing
That I burn, that I burn,
and I've been left like a charred stick and on top of that they've
made me the handsome dark-skinned guy

They've taken the thing, they've taken the thing
but what other big thing do I have
that I have a big mouth and nose
what other big thing will I have around here

They've taken the thing, they've taken the thing
if I don't do it at the entrance,
I mess it up at the exit,
oh who can be black, what a damn thing

Sura black sura

White running, athlete, black running, thief
white without a doctorate degree and the little black herb gatherer

And the little black herb gatherer