Si os nombro a Eunice Kathleen Waymon igual os quedéis igual. ¿Pero y si os digo Nina Simone? Esta compositora norteamericana es todo un símbolo en el mundo del jazz y el soul.
¿Y qué decir de Sinnerman? Tiene ya sus añitos pero es una melodía atemporal. Se trata de una canción espiritual estadounidense interpretada por muchos artistas y que se utilizaba para ayudar a las personas a confesar sus pecados. La primera revisión que hizo Nina data de 1965, cuando fue incluida como pista de diez minutos en el disco Pastel Blues. En 1968 acompañó a la película El secreto de Thomas Crown. En 1999 repitió en el remake del filme con Pierce Brosnan y Rene Russo. También aparece en Oceans 12, Scrubs, Entourage, …
Confiesen pecadores, confiesen. Y escuchen esto con calma y desatándose el pelo, que son diez minutitos de espíritu gospel…
Letra:
Oh, sinner man, where you gonna run to?
Oh, sinner man, where you gonna run to?
where you gonna run to
all on that day?Well I run to the rock
Please hide me I run to the rock
Please hide me I run to the rock
Please hide me lord
All on that dayWell the rock cried out
I can’t hide you the rock cried out
I can’t hide you the rock cried out
I ain’t gonna hide you god
All on that dayI said rock
whats a matter with you rock
Don’t you see I need you rock
Don’t let down
All on that daySo I run to the river
It was bleeding I run to the sea
It was bleeding I run to the sea
It was bleeding
All on that daySo I run to the river
it was boiling I run to the sea
it was boiling I run to the sea
it was boiling
All on that daySo I run to the lord
Please help me lord
Don’t you see me praying
Don’t you see me down here prayingBut the lord said
Go to the devil
The lord said
Go to the devil
He said go to the devil
All on that daySo I ran to the devil
He was waiting
I ran to the devil
he was waiting
I ran to the devil
he was waiting
All on that dayOh I run to the river
It was boiling I run to the sea
It was boiling I run to the sea
It was boiling
all on that daySo I ran to the lord
I said lord hide me
Please hide me
Please help me
All on that daySaid God where were you
When you are old and prayingLord lord hear me praying
Lord lord hear me praying
Lord lord hear me praying
All on that daySinnerman you oughta be praying
Oughta be praying sinnerman
Oughta be praying all on that day