Our ancestors helped shape you.
Can you hear them?
Gizhayinimiko.
♪ Left here alone holding demons at bay ♪
♪ Skies were so blue,
now they've all turned to gray ♪
♪ When I was young, it was all fun and games ♪
♪ Till the white man came and took it all away ♪
♪ Strength born from ashes, a fierce aftermath ♪
♪ In the wreckage of our past,
we're forging a new path ♪
♪ Owning reflection,
shedding illusions ♪
♪ Rising from shadows and bracing conclusions ♪
♪ Bang the drums,
shake the rattles,
come on dancers,
this ain't no battle ♪
Listen to the sound of the drums,
embrace the sound of the rattles,
and emerge as self-empowered dancers.
♪ They say I'm built of good parts,
but all I can see is a monster at heart that I face
every day ♪
♪ I pray to Gitchin,
I see nothing change,
so dream of the gallows and take me away
♪ Bang the drums,
shake the rattles,
come on dancers,
this ain't no battle
♪ Bang the drums, shake the rattles,
come on dancers, this ain't no battle
♪ Bang the drums,
shake the rattles,
come on dancers,
this ain't no battle
♪ Gotta show them how we do,
native style is what we do,
native style is what we do
♪ Gotta show them native style,
let me hear y'all go wild