Frank Waln - White War lyrics

[john trudell sample] "We have never really seen the war go away I mean If you're dying If you're dying from the 7th cavalry's bullets If you're dying from induced poverty and racism and cla** systems and s** systems And you're dying from alcoholism and poverty Or someone has come in now in the name of maximizing the profit And they're getting you to work in the mines, the uranium mines And you're dying from lung cancer and you're dying from the cancers and the diseases that come out of that You're dying It's the same as the bullet k**ing you And I see it all as a war" --- On dusted plains Songs that my people sing Make me feel like I ain't gotta worry bout a thing The ballad swings Everyone treated like a king Remember mother earth And the teachings that she brings But why I'm back You'll find that It's all related It reminds that with purpose we're all created But that's debated Distorted by those who hated On our beliefs Cause we believed all things were sacred The long-awaited Seventh generation feels The pain Uranium drain from our black hills Let it rain Genocide won't pay the bills I feel the shame Suicidal thoughts give me chills I can't escape that warming up with this smallpox blanket While I see my mother get abused I'm accused Of a rebel Cause I don't dance with the devil I got these Reservation blues CHORUS I bet their hearts drop when they hear these drums And hear our songs now Tired of being oppressed We're standing strong now You can't white wash me in this white war You can't speak about people you don't fight for Their hearts drop when they hear these drums And hear our songs now Tired of being oppressed We're standing strong now You can't white wash me in this white war You can't speak about people you don't fight for I'm a product Of chaotic love Planted in psychotic mud A rose from rosebud Who rose from haunted clubs Hooked on phonics Beating on my sonic drum Addicted to my demons And my melancholic drug Self-hate on my sleeve Self-destruction on my mind Alone in this house I built with my beats constructed rhymes I'm not allowed to leave Until I deconstruct my mind Historical trauma Got my spirit stuck in time Manifest destiny Arrested all that is left for me I used to be free in this land But now I'm a refugee In the name of progress Presidents ordered the d**h of me Shout out Lakota 38 I pray that you're blessing me Resistance is natural Ancestral energy God has the survival Decolonized memories Apologies will never make amends for your colonies America, you a b**h Give us our sovereignty [Chorus] I bet their hearts drop when they hear these drums And hear our songs now Tired of being oppressed We're standing strong now You can't white wash me in this white war You can't speak about people you don't fight for Their hearts drop when they hear these drums And hear our songs now Tired of being oppressed We're standing strong now You can't white wash me in this white war You can't speak about people you don't fight for They say these wars never ended Descended from the spirit Singing songs of freedom Our ghosts make you hear it Genocide never ended Descended from the spirit Singing songs of truth Their lives make you fear it Way of life never ended Descended from the spirit Singing songs of freedom Our ghosts make you hear it Revolution never ended Descended from the spirit Singing songs of hope Hoping my people hear it [john trudell sample] "and in order for that system to work They have to mine our minds To get at the essence of our spirit The mining of the essence The mining of the spirit Mining our minds The pollution from that Is all of the neurotic, distorted, insecure behavior patterns that we develop That's the pollution But it's a disease Lives and travels through the mind Through the generations"