Threat to its people,
Assailant, kidnappers,
Player with violence and planner of revolts
Scary, unsafe, unpleasant,
Country of frightening actions:
They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I
have heard la Resistencia in the streets and seen their vandalism in the walls
have heard la Resistencia in the streets and seen their vandalism in the walls
And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes, it
is true for I have heard and read in the news death, death, and death.
And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: In the
streets there are beggars asking for food or money for drugs.
And having answered so I turn once more to those who
sneer at my country, and I give them the sneer
back and say to them:
Come show me a country that has lifted itself
so proud of being catrachos and of achieving its best.
Restoring some order through revolts, being able to be recognized by other countries, and
classifying to South Africa World Cup. Here is a small achieving country set against the
big rich countries;
Small as an ant with heavy loads on its back, seeking
to rise as other countries in the world
Stealing,
Kidnapping,
Revolting,
Killing,
Screaming, wanting, demanding
Under the boom, the gun in his hand, grasping with
large hands,
large hands,
Under the work for the future, grasping as a little
boy grasp his toy,
Grasping even as a climber who is
about to fall,
Hoping and grasping that under his hands is the future
and in his mind the faith for success
Grasping!
Grasping the dirty, old, worn out tools of
Working, bruised, perseverant, trying to reduce the
Assailants, Kidnappers, Player of violence and planner of revolts;
The threat to the people.
