Wahwahtay Benais - Indigenous Holocaust lyrics

[Hook: Wahwahtay Benais] They took his son from his home yeah they pulled 'em apart/ they took her Daughter from her home they were forced to depart amongst the others on a Train they called the Iron Horse Another Native Fell victim to they holocaust [Verse 1: Wahwahtay Benais] Them devils came to the village posing as priests stealing children from They homes took and placed 'em in a school to replace and undo what they Labeled as savage Before the gates ya long hair sheared tossed in a pile like it was garbage Stripped down from ya custom attire ya skin scrubbed till it bleed put his Clothes in a fire and bury His items replace 'em with ours give 'em a bible teach 'em to read bleach 'em indeed if he speaks one word of his tongue no songs sung from the Homeland wich he learned as a Young buck from a old sage in the village to a school made of brick were They plan was to k** 'em save the man was the modo sodomized dramatized Gettin beat grueling rations when He eat many died cuz they starved no one notifyed buryed in the yard for not Following the cross or officials for my ancestors ya heart beats thru me [Hook: Wahwahtay Benais] They took his son from his home yeah they pulled 'em apart/ they took her Daughter from her home they were forced to depart amongst the others on a Train they called the Iron Horse Another Native Fell victim to they holocaust [Sample: Dixie Chicks] Forgive, sounds good Forget, I'm not sure I could They say time heals everything But I'm still waiting [Verse 2: Wahwahtay Benais] She came from a family of five she was 9 at the time when they came to pay The people a visit with a man who translated the language they promised Beautiful things if she attended without mentioning the evil they imposed His hands clammy and they cold as he shakes with a smile on his face now she On her way to carlisle with no knowledge of her fate he tell her calm down Come now we at the gate she see the faces of her schoolmates saddened and Broke they sat her down cut her hair and made her wear proper clothes to Look civilized no More livin like ya tribe Lye soap if you try to speak a word of ya tongue ya Mouth washed was the punishment amongst others gurls raped and made mothers Babys born babys murdered women sterilized a act of genocide mutha***** ya Heard me F*** the government cuz we didn't die we survived [Hook: Wahwahtay Benais] They took his son from his home yeah they pulled em apart/ They took her Daughter from her home they were forced to depart amongst the others on a Train they called the Iron Horse Another native fell victim to they holocaust [Sample: Dixie Chicks] Forgive, sounds good Forget, I'm not sure I could They say time heals everything But I'm still waiting [Verse 3: Wahwahtay Benais] For more then 500 yrs we been fightin to live 80's baby born 85 12yrs after Wounded knee but what about the ma**acre were they slaughtered 300 and I Ain't talkin bout the movie 1890 on a cold december day when the calvary came and started shootin cuz of Ceromonie scared we might raise the dead and take back our lands raise or Arms and make a stand iam fightin back with these words if u dont know ur Past then the future is bleek so seek knowledge from the elders who still Livin holdin teachings for the people gotta carry on tradition for or Children so we bridging the gap cuz pratt sought break us down by creation Of school 1879 we were takin treated cruel like some animals dem priests Never took sabatical from beatin and rapin young women and men dem f*** Demons [Hook: Wahwahtay Benais] They took his son from his home yeah they pulled em apart/ They took her Daughter from her home they were forced to depart amongst the others on a Train they called the Iron Horse Another native fell victim to they holocaust [Sample: Dixie Chicks] Forgive, sounds good Forget, I'm not sure I could They say time heals everything But I'm still waiting