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THE TREE STILL STANDS by William

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THE TREE STILL STANDS

Indigenous Folk

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Lyrics
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Mm-ya-hey-ya, mm-mm Fire don’t erase a name
Mm-ya-hey-ya, mm-mm Spirit Lord don’t age with time
Slow start, begin Slow, steady, oh
Oh-oh-ohh, oh-oh-ohh Oh-oh-ohh, oh-oh-ohh
Oh-oh-ohh, oh-oh-ohh Oh-oh-ohh, oh-oh-ohh
Oh-oh-ohh, oh-oh-ohh Oh-oh-ohh, oh-oh-ohh
Oh-na say, oh-ya-na Never say, oh-ya-na
Roots don't lie, roots don't flee Oh-ya-na, oh-ya-na
Bloodline strong, spine unbent Oh-ya-na, oh-ya-na
What was stolen gets called back in
Red clay on his ankles Stomp, ground, thunder in his bones
Cherokee breath, creek blood This land already knew his tone
Fierce skin, quiet spine unbent Corn smoke prayer to the firmament
Two children named by river sound Wife like sunrise wrapped in brown
They called him chief but meant obstacle Couldn't move and he was geological
Who named this land? Ancestors Who bled this ground? Ancestors
Who still walks here? We do
Hey-ya, hey-ya, hey-ya Hey-ya, hey-ya, hey-ya
Oh-na say, oh-ya-na Never sold, never ran
Oh-na say, oh-ya-na The land remembers who I am
Oh-na say, oh-ya-na Blood don't bow, blood don't run
Oh-na say, oh-ya-na The land remembers who I am
They came back riding horses No treaty, no shame, no law
Summer night split open with flames Smoke writing theft in sky
Baby's barefoot in sacred dirt Mama screaming at the lie
Dragged him to the tree that still stands Moonlight holding his breath
Rope swung, throw in front of his blood Land stolen under threat
They called it ownership History called it fate
But the soil still trembles Where they sealed that hate
Oh-ya-na, oh-ya-na They came with paper, we came from bone
Oh-ya-na, oh-ya-na You can't evict what the earth owned
Oh-ya-na, oh-ya-na Trees still breathing, rope still wrong
Oh-ya-na, oh-ya-na Land hears blood like a drum song
Oh-na say, oh-ya-na Never sold, never ran
Oh-na say, oh-ya-na Eighty-five years I stand
Oh-na say, oh-ya-na Blood don't bow, blood don't run
Oh-na say, oh-ya-na What was taken ain't done
Eighty-five years later I'm still walking that land
Paper fades, root stone The tree still stands
And so do I
One final stomp
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