El Apagón
Rubén Blades
The blackout
The electricity was interrupted and, due to the blackout, it was suspended
the
torture of a subversive carried out by an employee of the misgovernment.
And that blackout also put an end to the sound of a mean balladeer
whose album disguised the screams of the victim and the perpetrator.
No more torture. Don't open the hole. The power went out.
Long live underdevelopment! Here in Sub-D:
The land of Sonia Braga. : He who doesn't do it, pays for it.
Of grandmothers and dictators. : Of saints and sinners.
Ten blocks from the interrogation, people protest, as they
canceled
the local version of a "Miss
International".
And some mothers and the director of the show have once again insulted the
organizer
because the sponsor withdrew due to the blackout, "This cannot go
on".
Half-naked and embarrassed, a Miss shouts:
"Damn: This country is useless."
Here in Sub-D:
Smell of meow and perfume. : Everything that goes down goes up.
We are the envy of Europe. : Our magic causes it.
Because of the blackout, in another place, someone was happy because the
darkness
It will help you perform the very popular role of stealing.
Ten thousand pairs of legs start without paying the bill
and in the church no one knows what happens out there.
Meanwhile, at home some blame Consumerism and others accuse the
Imperialism for this blackout and the confusion of our own
"civilization".
Five hundred years of gossip. The power went out. And the looting continues.
Here in Sub-D:
The end of Imperialism. : The grave of Communism.
Between a Fidel and a Somoza. : And the thing is not fixed.
Of the kiss and the torture. : Of enjoyment and bitterness.
Hallucinated and furious. : Enlightened and glorious.