A fines de agosto de 1972, en el Madison Square Garden de Nueva York, John Lennon ofreció un largo recital junto a Yoko Ono y otros músicos. Alli interpretó "Woman is the Nigger of the World" (que trajo controversias, dado que el término "nigger" es altamente despreciativo en la comunidad negra, aunque en general se entendió el sentido satírico). El tema (con versos como "la insultamos todos los días por TV" o "es la esclava de los esclavos" o "cuando es joven matamos su voluntad de ser libre") ya estaba en el disco de John titulado "Some Time in New York City". Hoy es el Día Internacional de la Mujer, que no deja de ser una convención cultural. De cualquier forma, este blog se suma a los homenajes con Lennon and company.
Woman is the nigger of the world
Yes she is...think about it
Woman is the nigger of the world
Think about it...do something about it
We make her paint her face and dance
If she wont be a slave, we say that she don´t love us
If shes real, we say shes trying to be a man
While putting her down, we pretend that shes above us
Woman is the nigger of the world...yes she is
If you dont believe me, take a look at the one you´re with
Woman is the slave of the slaves
Ah, yeah...better scream about it
We make her bear and raise our children
And then we leave her flat for being a fat old mother hen
We tell her home is the only place she should be
Then we complain that shes too unworldly to be our friend
Woman is the nigger of the world...yes she is
If you dont believe me, take a look at the one you´re with
Woman is the slave of the slaves
Yeah...think about it
We insult her every day on tv
And wonder why she has no guts or confidence
When she´s young we kill her will to be free
While telling her not to be so smart we put her down for being so dumb
Woman is the nigger of the world
Yes she is...if you don´t believe me, take a look at the one you´re with
Woman is the slave to the slaves
Yes she is...if you believe me, you better scream about it
We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance
John Lennon
