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Chorus 1

You belonged to an ancient race

Of barefoot and white dreams

You were dust, dust you are, think

That iron is always soft when heated

Verse 1

You bit the apple

And renounced paradise

And you condemned a snake

Being the one who wanted it that way

For millennia and millennia

You remained naked

And you faced dinosaurs

Under a roof and without a shield

And now you're here

Wanting to be happy

When you didn't give a damn

Your destiny

Chorus 2

You belonged to an ancient race

Of barefoot and white dreams

You were dust, dust you are, think

That iron is always soft when heated

Verse 2

You built a precise world

With such perfect finishes

Everything calculated

In its space and time

I'm a complete chaos

The entrances, the exits

The names and the measurements

They don't fit in my brain

And now you're here

Wanting to be happy

When you didn't give a damn

Your destiny

Chorus 3

You belonged to an ancient race

Of barefoot and white dreams

You were dust, dust you are, think

That iron is always when heated

You belonged to an ancient race

Of barefoot and white dreams

You were dust, dust you are, think

That iron is always soft when heated

Verse 3

To greet the neighbor

To go to bed at a certain time

To work every day

To live in life

And only answer that

And only feel this

And may God protect us

From bad thoughts

To fulfill the tasks

To attend school

What would the family say

If you're a failure?

Always wear shoes

Don't make noise at the table

Wear sheer stockings

And a tie at parties

Women get married

Always before thirty

Otherwise they'll dress saints

Even if they don't want to

And at the fifteenth party

It's best not to forget

A fine champagne

And dance the waltz well

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Shakira Mebarak, Luis Fernando Ochoa

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SONG MEANING

Pies Descalzos, Sueños Blancos invites us on a witty time-travel from humankind’s carefree origins to today’s rule-ridden society. Shakira paints our ancestors as barefoot dreamers, molded by fire yet free of worry, who once battled dinosaurs without a roof or shield. Somewhere along the way, we bit the forbidden apple, swapped spontaneity for perfection, and started measuring every inch of life. The song’s pop-rock vibe underscores this contrast between raw freedom and polished conformity.

With tongue-in-cheek humor, Shakira then fires off a checklist of modern expectations: wear shoes, mind your table manners, marry before thirty, dance the quinceañera waltz flawlessly. Her rapid-fire satire exposes how these “rules” can box in our happiness. Beneath the playful lyrics lies a call to ditch the suffocating scripts, remember our barefoot roots, and choose a destiny that actually matters to us.

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