Por Que Será?

Why is that, why is that?
That today the black man didn't come to work

(Chorus)

The news has spread
There was death in the palm groves
The black man named Gangazumba died
The news has spread
There was death in the palm groves
They killed the black man named Gangazumba

(Chorus)

Back then there was no
Princess
There was no bread on the table
There was only the sugarcane field

It was sweat, it was blood
Spilled
It was the black man's work
Day and night without stopping

(Chorus)

And nowadays
After the sugarcane field
There's the time clock
That doesn't stop ticking

And if the black man is sick
And can't make it
His boss or master
Continues to ask

(Chorus)