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| What has become of the word respect? | ||||||||||
| Is there none left today? | ||||||||||
| Is there nothing you would honor? | ||||||||||
| If we were digging up your cemetary, What would you say? | ||||||||||
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| These bones of old may mean nothing to you. | ||||||||||
| But herein resides our ancestors. | ||||||||||
| Resting in these most sacred sites. | ||||||||||
| We are here as their protectors. | ||||||||||
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| You say these roads and stores are progress. | ||||||||||
| But it is not thru your cemetary you cross. | ||||||||||
| Your people lie in complete rest. | ||||||||||
| Ours is not your loss. | ||||||||||
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| You have driven us from our lands before. | ||||||||||
| This we knew would be. | ||||||||||
| Can we not finally be at peace? | ||||||||||
| Is there nothing Holy you can see? | ||||||||||
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| Look into your hearts this day. | ||||||||||
| And all the others to come. | ||||||||||
| What will you see within? | ||||||||||
| What are you to become? | ||||||||||
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| This greed of man is an evil thing. | ||||||||||
| But seems to rule your heart. | ||||||||||
| Its never too late to make a change. | ||||||||||
| Now's the time to start. | ||||||||||
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| Stop the destruction of our people, our lands. | ||||||||||
| Stop and close this door of sin. | ||||||||||
| Let us all gather to pray. | ||||||||||
| It is time for a new day to begin. | ||||||||||
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| Have you not seen within yourselves. | ||||||||||
| The destruction you have wrought. | ||||||||||
| Only in the name of progress. | ||||||||||
| For roads to be made and gee gaws can be bought? | ||||||||||
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| Our people wish only to live in peace. | ||||||||||
| And honor how we were taught. | ||||||||||
| To show respect for all things. | ||||||||||
| Its so little the things we've sought. | ||||||||||
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| There's been enough of hate and greed. | ||||||||||
| New seeds must now be planted. | ||||||||||
| But through these deeds like this you do. | ||||||||||
| Taking this thing called progress for granted. | ||||||||||
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| We gave and gave and had more stolen. | ||||||||||
| Just to please this greed. | ||||||||||
| But now is the time to take a stand. | ||||||||||
| And respect us in our need. | ||||||||||
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| These sites to us are still most Holy. | ||||||||||
| And these bones that lie within. | ||||||||||
| Show the respect you would like returned. | ||||||||||
| Let the healing begin. | ||||||||||
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| The road we have traveled has often been hard. | ||||||||||
| Your progress making it even more so. | ||||||||||
| Remove us once again? | ||||||||||
| We are saying, "NO!" | ||||||||||
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