A Mão da Limpeza
Chico Buarque
The Cleaning Hand
The white invented that the black
When not dirty at the entrance
Will dirty at the exit, hey
Just imagine
Will dirty at the exit, hey
Just imagine
What a damn lie, hey
In truth, the slave hand
Spent life cleaning
What the white dirtied, hey
Just imagine
What the white dirtied, hey
Just imagine
What the black suffered, hey
Even after slavery was abolished
Black is the hand
Of those who do the cleaning
Washing the dirty clothes, scrubbing the floor
Black is the hand
It's the hand of purity
Black is the life consumed by the stove
Black is the hand
Preparing our table
Cleaning the world's stains with water and soap
Black is the hand
Of immaculate nobility
In truth, the slave hand
Spent life cleaning
What the white dirtied, hey
Just imagine
What the white dirtied, hey
Just imagine
Oh, what a dirty white
