Name: El Viento
Duration: P00H09M35S
Description: El Viento is a contrafact of “Baba Fururu” (a Santerían hymn to the deity of justice and wisdom Obatalá) that explores immigration justice in the U.S.

El Viento

from Siglo XXI by The Liberation Music Collective

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El Viento is a contrafact of “Baba Fururu” (a Santerían hymn to the deity of justice and wisdom Obatalá) that explores immigration justice in the U.S.

lyrics

SPANISH:

La gente gritan para justicio
Como un desierto para lluvia
Pero todavía el viento seco
Trae aviso solo de lagrimas

Tenemos la fuerza en familia
Tenemos la paz en comunidad
Pero todavía el viento seco
Trae aviso solo de miedo

Los poderosos han decido
Jugar con las vidas de personas
Cuyo piel no coincide
Con sus propias

Cambian destrucción por votos
De personas con mentes cerradas
Apuestan nuestro future
Por un sentido de pureza

¡El viento, traiga valor!

El iya me llama al justicio, a la sabiduría. Todo del mundo dice ¡Basta, basta! ¿Cuando escucharán a los hijos de Obatalá? A los poderosos el iya llama darse cuenta de nuestra canción. (Baba fururu…)

ENGLISH:

The people cry out for justice
Like a desert for water
But still the dry wind
Brings news only of tears

We have strength in our families
And peace in our communities
But still the dry wind
Brings news only of fear

The powerful have decided
To play with the lives
Of those whose skin color
Does not match their own

They trade destruction for votes
Of closed-minded people
Gambling our future
For a sense of purity

Wind, bring courage!

The iya (mother drum) calls me to justice, to wisdom. The whole world cries “Enough, enough!” When will they listen to the children of Obatalá? The iya calls them to give notice to our song. (Baba fururu…)

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from Siglo XXI, released August 29, 2015
Soloists:
Evan Main, piano
Brennan Johns, French horn
Ben Lumsdaine, drums
Sam Motter, tenor
Kristin Olson, timbales

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The Liberation Music Collective Bloomington, Indiana

The Liberation Collective is a socially-conscious big band dedicated to performing original compositions about contemporary social issues.

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