1269 – John Lennon – Woman is the nigger of the world (1972)

 

Escrita por John Lennon e Yoko Ono, foi gravada em novembro de 1971 e mixada em março de 1972, no Record Plant East, em New York City e lançada em 24 de abril de 197 no compacto que tinha Sisters, O Sisters como Lado B. Posteriormente saiu no disco Some time in New York City, em 1 de junho de 1972.

O título foi criado por Yoko e fala sobre subserviencia da mulher e misoginia em todas as culturas. Porque usou um termo racista no título, mesmo sendo pra comparar o sofrimento da mulher com o do negro, as rádios se recusaram a tocar e a música só chegou ao numero 57 nos charts pop americanos. Foi o compacto que ficou em pior posição nos Estados Unidos em toda a vida de Lennon.

John cantou e tocou guitarra. Stan Bronstein tocou sax tenor. Gary Van Scyoc tocou baixo. Adam Ippolito tocou piano e orgao. Wayne Tex Gabriel tocou guitarra. Richard Frank Jr. tocou bateria e percussão e Jim Keltner tocou bateria.

A letra:

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 won't be a slave, we say that she don't love us
If she's real, we say she's trying to be a man
While puttin' her down, we pretend that she's above us

You know, woman is the nigger of the world, yeah
If you don't believe me, take a look at the one you're with
Woman is the slave to the slave
Ah, yeah, if you believe me, 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 she's too unworldly to be our friend

Well, now, woman is the nigger of the world, yeah, she is
If you don't believe me, take a look at the one you're with
Woman is the slave to the slave
Yeah, if you believe me, you better scream

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
This is the one that I can never remember
But you get the message anyway

You know that 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 slave
Yeah, Connely was right, we scream 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

You know, we make her paint her face and dance
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance
We make her paint her face and dance

A versão de John Lennon:

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