Can anyone be stronger
\nThan to sit on sacred ground
\nWhere ancestors have lived and died
\nAnd where their souls are found<\/p>\n
A simple barbed wire fence
\nBetween the bridge where Tiger Swan
\nAnd the law enforcement militarised goons
\nAre camped all of them don
\nTheir robo cop apparel and their weaponry of war<\/p>\n
One might ask what its all about
\nArmed to the teeth what for?<\/p>\n
This is indigenous treaty land
\nThis is sacred soil
\nWho are they taking blood money from
\nProtecting the fracked oil
\nComing down a black snake
\nThat will open its bowels one day
\nAnd contaminate the water source
\nWhen everyone will pay<\/p>\n
And there she sits a lonely figure
\nNO DAPL on her back
\nIts bitterly cold but she is warm
\nAnd if you lot attack
\nThe souls of many chiefs will be
\nReady to protect<\/p>\n
You should really think it through
\nBe more circumspect<\/p>\n
Water is life for you for us
\nFor everyone alive
\nWhatever prejudice you think you have
\nIf you are, to survive<\/p>\n
Big oil is not your friend nor mine
\nAnd though you are earning well
\nIf the black shit hits the fan
\nYou too will feel that HELL<\/p>\n
So think a while and look at her
\nShe sits there all alone
\nSuffering the frosts of time
\nRight through to her bone<\/p>\n
The ancestors are with her
\nWhich is more than can be said for you
\nAnd as for the glorious corporation
\nThey were never true<\/p>\n
They drilled into emotions
\nAnd you were quick to hold
\nYour hands out for their glitter
\nBut it was never gold<\/p>\n
These monsters took good men and true
\nAnd turned them bad for they
\nFired rubber bullets and bean bag rounds
\nAt women in their way<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Can anyone be stronger Than to sit on sacred ground Where ancestors have lived and died And where their souls are found A simple barbed wire fence Between the bridge where Tiger Swan And the law enforcement militarised goons Are … Continue reading