La Sombra (feat. Bombino)

(The shadow)
It's not seen at first sight (the shadow)
It doesn't need to be the protagonist (the shadow)
It gives you what the light doesn't reveal
What has no shadow, seems to fly

The fumes don't go to its head (the shadow)
Because even if it's giant, it's weightless (the shadow)
It stands out without being luminous (the shadow)
It gives volume to the thing (the shadow)

It tells you that beauty is ugly (the shadow)
It shows you what the light doesn't want you to see (the shadow)
It's not afraid of the sun or its system (the shadow)
Because it doesn't burn with fire (the shadow)

They quickly forget about it
Because even though it walks firmly, it leaves no traces
They talk about the universe, but nobody names it
Between the egg and the chicken, first was the shadow

(The shadow)
Works full time (the shadow)
Is a slave to all objects (the shadow)
Always does what it's ordered (the shadow)
The master calls and it comes (the shadow)

It produces mass for us (the shadow)
And credit goes to another (the shadow)
It doesn't own what it composes (the shadow)
It cooks, but doesn't eat (the shadow)

It has an empty stomach (the shadow)
That's why its future is bleak (the shadow)
They don't see how it disintegrates
Because the blood of the shadow is black

I want to see the abusers' faces
When Sankara rises from the grave (the shadow)
The light wants to take control away
That's why in Africa the sun hits the hardest

We are the shadows without a face
We are the shadows without a name
We are everything the light doesn't tell you
We are everything the light hides