LA CARNE
(A carne)
(Meat)
Marcelo Yuka-Seu Jorge-Wilson Cappellette

cheapest meat in the marketplace is black meat

the kind that goes to jail for nothing
and ends up in plastic bags
and goes straight to underemployment
and to psychiatric hospitals

cheapest meat in the marketplace is black meat

that’s always made history, holding up this country
with the strength of their arms
cattle here don’t feel up in arms
because the trigger’s jammed
and the avenger is slow
but is very well-intentioned

and this country’s slowly turning everybody black
with ironed hair
but even so, it still has the right
of some colored ancestor
to fight, cunningly, for respect
to fight, bravely, for respect
to fight for justice and respect
of some colored ancestor
fight, fight, fight, fight

Pedro Aznar: Vocals, Bass
Andrés Beeuwsaert: Keyboards
Facundo Guevara: Percussion