Colores, colores by Bacilos - great Spanish song addressing racism

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Bacilos was a Latin pop band based in Miami. They won Grammy awards for Best Latin Pop Album in 2003 and 2005 and numerous awards throughout South America. The group broke up in 2007.

Their song Colores, colores has been used high school Spanish classes all over the country, so there are many, many videos of the song on YouTube with photos and lyrics (often with a few spelling errors). It works well with upper elementary students too. This is one example of a student project, but you will find many more.

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https://www.spanishplayground.net/spanish-color-songs/



On October 2017, the band decided for a reunion and released their latest hit, "Por Hacerme el Bueno". In August 2018, the band released their fourth studio album "¿Donde Nos Quedamos?".

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1. Lyrics in English

Colours, colours
The world would be boring and sad without colours
Without the rainbow that the flowers paint
Without the blue sky and the red clouds
Without the lively green that paints the leaves

The world would be boring and sad without colours
There are skin colours, eye colours
Hair colours, colours, colours
But the same colour paints us on the inside
The same colours are in our feelings

The world would be boring and sad without colours
There are so many colourful children
So many dreams an illusions
Colours, colours
So many bright smiles
So many small giants
Colours, colours

The world would be boring without our colours
There are people in this world
That think themselves to be superior
That want to separate us
According to our colours
They even make wars and are unkind
Towards all those with a different skin colour

The world would be boring and sad without colours
There are skin colours, eye colours
Hair colours, colours, colours
But the same colour paints us on the inside
The same colours are in our feelings

The world would be boring and sad without colours
There are so many colourful children
So many dreams an illusions
Colours, colours
So many bright smiles
So many small giants
Colours, colours

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/colores-colores-colours-colours.html