Non siete stato voi [English translation]

It Wasn't 1 you that speak of freedom

like when you speak of a good night on a brothel

It Wasn't you that drag the country into the darkness

but you enjoy being luminaires

It Wasn't you that are firm men

just because you are surrounded by a group of idiots2

It Wasn't you that wave the flag

like on the stadium, and that for you is enough to feel patriots

It Wasn't you or your parliament

of worshipers ready to do everything to get a hearing

It Wasn't you that buy votes with propaganda

but you never pay the consequences3

It Wasn't you that hold in your fingers

the rosary of the polls hoping that will hearten you

It Wasn't you that solve the drama of the unemployed

going on tv to do the jugglers

It Wasn't you

It Wasn't you

It Wasn't you hangmen with a uniform

that beat to death the prisoners

It Wasn't you with bovver boots

on unarmed faces, being kicked

like trash bags

It Wasn't you that send your children to the front

like a carrion to the hyena that strips the flesh of it

It Wasn't you that tuck in the flags

on the coffin to put to sleep every sense of guilt

It Wasn't you fucking unprepared angry mob

always searching for an enemy for the fight

It Wasn't you that will burn like witches

the immigrants except to save the one in the cave

It Wasn't you with the bust of the duce on the desk

and the constitution under the feet

It Wasn't you that will deserve to be weed out

like the bad weed from your headquarters

It Wasn't you

It Wasn't you

It Wasn't you that toast with the blood

of who try to make light on your obscure lives

It Wasn't you that want to give voice

to party's newspapers silent like burials

It Wasn't you that make customized laws

like a pair of underwear depending on the genitals

It Wasn't you that handle who criticizes you

like a stray to which cut the vocal cords

It Wasn't you, slaves, that have rent

sovereigns costumes with undeserved money

You are brethren of a lodge that rest

on the value of the privileged like you

That you call the member of the mafia "heroes"

and that you call the corrupted "devout"

And each one of you, involved in every possible crime

looks the magistrate and then swears on God:

"It Wasn't me"

1. This is based on the double meaning of the Italian word "stato", when used as verb it becomes "was" while if used as a subject and written with capital S,

it becomes "Country"2. firm men = uomini di polso, the literal translation will be "men of wrist"

manica di idioti = group of idiots

Manica has a double meaning: group or sleeve3. This is a reference to political parties buying electoral votes from the Mafia, but every investigation never finds anything

• Artist:Caparezza
• Album:Il Sogno Eretico