Saturday, January 04, 2025

Manu Chao - Clandestino

This article describes why Trump is good for the human smugglers who work the southern border. The article also points to the significance of the song Clandestino. 

On a visit to the U.S., Manu Chao sang the song outside of one of Maricopa County's Tent Cities:

   

English translation of the original lyrics (aimed at human smuggling into Spain and Europe): 

I come alone with my punishment
There comes only my conviction
Running is my fate
In order to deceive the law
Lost in the heart
Of the great Babylon
They call me the Clandestine
Because I don't carry any (legal) papers

To a northern city
I went for work
I left my life behind
Between Ceuta and Gibraltar
I'm a just a streak in the sea
A ghost in the city
My life is prohibited
Says the authority

I come alone with my punishment
Thеre comes only my conviction
Running is my fate
Bеcause I don't carry any (legal) papers
Lost in the heart
Of the great Babylon
They call me the Clandestine
I'm the sellout of law
Clandestine Black Hand
Peruvian- Clandestine
African- Clandestine
Marijuana- illegal
I come alone with my punishment
There comes only my conviction
Running is my fate
In order to deceive the law
Lost in the heart
Of the great Babylon
They call me the clandestine
Because I don't carry any (legal) papers

Algerian- Clandestine
Nigerian- Clandestine
Bolivian- Clandestine
Black Hand- illegal

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