Below is the lyrics of the song Eu Sou Neguinha , artist - Caetano Veloso with translation
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Caetano Veloso
Eu tava encostad’ali minha guitarra
No quadrado branco vídeo papelão
Eu era o enigma, uma interrogação
Olha que coisa, mais que coisa à toa, boa boa boa boa boa
Eu tava com graça…
Tava por acaso ali, não era nada
Bunda de mulata, muque de peão
Tava em Madureira, tava na Bahia
No Beaubourg, no Bronx, no Brás e eu e eu e eu e eu e eu
A me perguntar:
Eu sou neguinha?
Era uma mensagem, lia uma mensagem
Parece bobagem mas não era não
Eu não decifrava, eu não conseguia
Mas aquilo ia e eu ia e eu ia e eu ia e eu ia e eu ia
Eu me perguntava: era um gesto hippie, um desenho estranho
Homens trabalhando, pare, contramão
E era uma alegria, era uma esperança
Era dança e dança ou não ou não ou não ou não ou não
Tava perguntando:
Eu sou neguinha?
Eu sou neguinha?
Eu sou neguinha?
Eu tava rezando ali completamente
Um crente, uma lente, era uma visão
Totalmente terceiro sexo, totalmente terceiro mundo
Terceiro milênio carne nua nua nua nua nua nua nua
Era tão gozado
Era um trio elétrico, era fantasia
Escola de samba na televisão
Cruz no fim do túnel, beco sem saída
E eu era a saída, melodia, meio-dia dia dia
Era o que dizia:
Eu sou neguinha?
Mas via outras coisas: via o moço forte
E a mulher macia den’da escuridão
Via o que é visível, via o que não via
O que a poesia e a profecia
Não veem, mas veem veem veem veem veem
É o que parecia
Que as coisas conversan coisas surpreendentes
Fatalmente erram, acham solução
E que o mesmo signo que eu tento ler e ser
É apenas um possível ou impossível em mim em mim em mil em mil em mil
E a pergunta vinha:
Eu sou neguinha?
Eu sou neguinha?
Eu sou neguinha?
Eu sou neguinha?
I was leaning my guitar over there
On the white square video cardboard
I was the enigma, a question mark
Look what a thing, more than nothing for nothing, good good good good good
I was with grace…
I was there by chance, it was nothing
Mulatto ass, pawn muque
I was in Madureira, I was in Bahia
At Beaubourg, at Bronx, at Brás and I and I and I and I and I
To ask me:
Am I black?
It was a message, read a message
It sounds silly but it wasn't
I couldn't decipher, I couldn't
But that was I was going to I was going
I asked myself: was it a hippie gesture, a strange drawing
Men working, stop, against traffic
And it was a joy, it was a hope
It was dance and dance or not or not or not or not or not
I was asking:
Am I black?
Am I black?
Am I black?
I was praying there completely
A believer, a lens, was a vision
Totally third sex, totally third world
Third millennium naked naked naked naked naked naked naked
it was so fun
It was an electric trio, it was fantasy
Samba School on television
Cross at the end of the tunnel, dead end
And I was the exit, melody, noon day day
It was what it said:
Am I black?
But I saw other things: I saw the strong young man
And the soft woman in the darkness
I saw what is visible, I saw what I did not see
What poetry is prophecy
They don't see, but they see see see see see
It's what it looked like
That things say surprising things
Fatally they make mistakes, they find a solution
And that the same sign that I try to read and be
It's just a possible or impossible in me in me in a thousand in a thousand in a thousand
And the question came:
Am I black?
Am I black?
Am I black?
Am I black?
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