Cimarrón

Guiro-o-o-o
Listen up, ladies, to this lovely inspiration
Listen up, gentlemen, here comes a runaway slave
Taking down the invaders and their Christopher Columbus

Guiro-o-o
Waking up the consciousness
Singing like a mockingbird
Offering resistance
No oppression I won't face
'Cause I'm a runaway slave and that's why I'm heading to the hills

(To the hills)
I'm a runaway slave and I'm heading to the hills
Runaway, runaway to the hills
Hey runaway, runaway to the hills
(Runaway, runaway to the hills)
And when I show up, the chains break
Reclamation and freedom on the horizon
I'm a runaway slave and I'm heading to the hills, (ha)
(Runaway, runaway to the hills), ha

1492 (What happened?)
To Abya Yala, Christopher Columbus arrived
With a gang of thieving murderers, genocidal
Rapists and kidnappers that accompanied him
Upon his arrival, he witnessed the presence of natives
And in the indigenous warriors, he found resistance
He enslaved them, massacred them, nearly wiped them out
Only to leave saying he discovered America
(So hypocritical!)

For the slave owner, this wasn't enough
And he extended the genocide to Africa
Kidnapped Africans, transported them, sold them like animals
But the black man rebelled and broke the chains
(I'm heading to the hills)
Upstream against the current
To the quilombo, cumbe, mocambo, Maniel, palenque
No one who descends from kings will ever be a slave
And I come from the mother continent

I'm a runaway slave and I'm heading to the hills
(Runaway, runaway to the hills)
Hey, hey, runaway, runaway to the hills
(Runaway, runaway to the hills)
And when I show up, the chains break
Reclamation and freedom on the horizon

I'm a climber and I travel to the mountain
(Runaway, climber to the mountain)
Catalina Luango, Orika, Wiwa
Cecile Fattime, Harriet Tubman
Casilda Cundumi Dembelé, Agustina
Nanni, Kimba Vita, Nzinga Mbandi
(History!)

Palenque of Benkos, Cuzco, Manantiales
Barule in Tadó, Piolín, Limón and Sanaguare
Maluala, Bumba, Sigua, Frijol and Viñalez
Miguel de Buría, Antón and Zumbi dos Palmares
We're redefining, dignifying
Unlearning, afro-planting
And of course, racism is trembling
As we reclaim with the power of knowledge
'Cause we were born free; we fight for freedom
I don't care what the difficulty is

White racist people are really mistaken
Let me remind you that Africa is the cradle of humanity
Change the script in your history books
Since when is being a genocidal maniac civilization?
Our ancestral royalty demands reclamation
'Cause the Afro story doesn't start with enslavement
Eh, shout it loud!

I'm a runaway slave and I'm heading to the hills
(Runaway, runaway to the hills)
Hey, hey, runaway, runaway to the hills
(Runaway, runaway to the hills)
And when I show up, the chains break
Reclamation and freedom on the horizon
I'm a runaway slave and I'm heading to the hills, ha
(Runaway, runaway to the hills)

Get it together, Columbus, get it together
Get it together, Columbus, get it together
Get it together, Columbus, get it together
I'm a runaway slave and I'm heading to the hills, yeah!

Get it together, Columbus, get it together, hey!
(Get it together, Columbus, get it together)
Get it together, Columbus, get it together
(Get it together, Columbus, get it together)
Get it together, Columbus, get it together
(Get it together, Columbus, get it together)
I'm a runaway slave and I'm heading to the hills, ha!
(Runaway, runaway to the hills)
Iron!

Anti-racist resistance
Ha! Mental decolonization
Teaching to unlearn
Afro-planting!