John Trudell - Co-Optation/49 Crazy Horse lyrics

These Indian ears Hear them supports peoples revolution In Central America And rest of third world While they tell us our situation is different We must be patient Their system of laws Protects freedoms face they believe But these ears believe different These Indian eyes See them struggling along civil Disobedience cooperation rules Violent non-violence Handing human identities To war makers national security squads As if war maker believes in Same democracy they do Pretending civil disobedience by Cooperating could be Aiding and abetting enslavement In these eyes some ones in for Big surprise This Indian heart beats Times they said they understood As they tried imposing New missionary positions Of their love-hate romanticism on us Heart beating in a rush We barely escaped What they said they understood These Indian dreams Surround words so carelessly used As they speak of truth and justice Their illusions grow like tears On these dreams As though dreams are fires They want to put out This Indian blood flows As they proclaim freedom From their point of view Indian blood flows Through prison bars Through business streets Through revisions history Through the hole in God's golden halo Blood flowing back into stolen land This Indian voice Carries thoughts They have no time to hear Sounds of their industrial power speak Languages more persuasive to the mood Protect the environment But protect the material most This Indian voice speaks of Mother But who listens? This India soul Lives in and out of their reach In the wind air water soil sky sun moon Stars planets animals birds memories Laughter tears This Indian past this Indian future Waits