Wounded Knee Memorial

Blackfeather Sonic Resistance Series

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[INTRO]
"Good evening, I am Black Feather. This is the Sovereign Rhythm Republic. Welcome to the Wounded Knee Lounge, Salt Lake City. Tonight, we’re addressing a past but still modern historical tragedy. The loss of our dignity, humanity and claimed racial and cultural superiority, the ultimate failure and ruin of our civilisational mission and ambition. But let's start where I began:"
[VERSE 1]
I rode a range with my fathers
I heard the old trails speak
But the dirt beneath these fences
Was home long before me
The names were there in the river
In the hills and in the stone
Then boots came down like judgment
And said, “This land is ours alone”
[Pre-Chorus]
They call it law, call it order
Call it a banner of light
But a lie can wear a clean coat
And still be wrong at night
[Chorus]
Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?
Telling them to vanish
Then calling that just
Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?
When the wound still lives
In the ground and the dust
[Verse 2]
They were chased from their own fires
From the rivers and the corn
Sent away from sacred places
Like their prayers were something worn
And the ones who preached their virtue
Who said they stood for right
Built a nation on their silence
Then locked their children out of sight
[Pre-Chorus]
You praised your schools and your churches
Your papers, your pride, your flags
But you broke the bones of justice
Then wrapped them in your rags
[Chorus]
Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?
Telling them to vanish
Then calling that just
Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?
When the wound still lives
In the ground and the dust
[Verse 3]
I’ve read the books they wrote for us
With the winners in the frame
Always “civilized” and “chosen”
Never one word of blame
But the prisons were called reservations
And the hunger had a name
And the law kept turning backward
So the guilty stayed the same
[Bridge]
I asked forgiveness from the nations
Still standing through the pain
For what my bloodline carried
For the losses and the shame
I don’t want their hollow honor
I don’t want that borrowed dream
If this land means theft and silence
Then it’s not my country to claim
[Final Chorus]
Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?
Telling them to vanish
Then calling that just
Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?
I want to stand as brother
If you can’t, I’ll walk the dust
[Outro]
I came to your table humble
I came with open hands
If I cannot be forgiven
I will leave this promised land
[OUTRO & CODA]
"Thank you, everybody! Give it up for the Rhythm Republic!