The official song of the upcoming documentary film Kakkoos which is a film on manual scavengers was released on Youtube yesterday. The film has been directed by Divya Bharathi. This is a powerful song that captures the shameful practice of manual scavenging that is still prevalent in India, a profession that has been primarily carried out by Dalits and pushed down by the caste hierarchy in Hindu society. We have jotted down the English lyrics of the song that appear in the subtitles below the video.
Direction – Divya
Cinematography – Palani Kumar & Gopalakrishnan
Editing – M.K. Pagalavan
Music – R.Prabakhar
Lyrics – R. Thanikkodi
Singer – Saravanan
To your conspiracy of silence on the septic tank deaths
Are you there to poop
Tell us
Are we here to clean
come and clean
Are you there to poop
Tell us
Are we here to clean
come and clean
If an animal poops, no other animal cleans
Oh fool with six senses why did this not reach your brain
we die in shit pits. you have no guts to question
Now we have to pour it on you. Nothing wrong in that
Are you there to rule
Tell us
Are we here to die
come and clean
Are you there to rule
Tell us
Are we here to die
come and clean
..
Oh men and woman
you move away closing your nose
hundres of stories of how we die
of suffocation prevails here
getting sick, getting rotten
we eat our food
If you feel nauseous on hearing
this screw yourself up
whatever food crosses throat
becomes shit
you talk about social service
when will you clean this
do you have brain
or shit works on your head
we are going to poop
on the justice that ignores this
are you here to rule
Tell us
Are we here to die
come and clean
are you here to rule
Tell us
Are we here to die
come and clean
..
oh people who walk on fire pit
as flower for the gods
why don’t you pray to get into
this shit pit
we rise before even
the flies and clean
we will rise up and raise our
voice oh stinking society
we will rise up and raise our
voice oh stinking society
life or death everyday
that’s our life says everyone
we sweep the deat
and life above our heads
we will tear the “MANU” who said this fate,
and clean our ass with it
we will call your gods
to clean the shit
we will call your gods
to clean the shit
are you here to poop
Tell us
Are we here to clean
come and clean
If an animal poops, no
other animal cleans
Oh fool with with sex senses why
did this not reach your brain
we die in shit pits. You
have no guts to question
Now we have to pour it on you.
Nothing wrong in that
Are you there to rule
Tell us
Are we here to die
come and clean
Are you there to rule
Tell us
Are we here to die
come and clean
come and clean
come and clean
come and clean
come and clean…
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