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Our music speaks to us, it reflects our past
A tribute to the ones brave enough to create it
Rhythmic power celebrates their voices but they are fading fast
Native culture something for the media shows only when they see fit
Indigenous survival is threatened now
Exploitation, isolation, and loss
A future on our land is beyond our view somehow
We have given all through our open hand at tremendous cost
A simple life too much to ask but all we desired
Live in harmony with the land and respect what nature provides
If we had anything of value it was bargained away by greed that conspired
Traffic our path, our land and now our people, the simple way out are the countless suicides
Copyright © R William Standish | Year Posted 2019
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