The Shuar are a proud people
\nWarriors who
\nHave always been able
\nAnd clearly are true
\nTo their culture
\nTheir history
\nAnd they now see
\nTheir environment
\nSuffering
\nSubstantially<\/p>\n
The jungles are dense
\nAn emerald flush
\nTrees every which way
\nA great spirit rush
\n\u201cBy the strength of the spear\u201d
\nSo says Domingo Ankwash
\nWe shall fight off the enemy
\nTheir heads we shall squash<\/p>\n
Once shrunken head merchants
\nFrom the old days
\nFacing the squalor
\nA mining phase
\nGold and some copper
\nUnder the ground
\nAnd the the Chinese are after it
\nSome has been found<\/p>\n
The Indigenous peoples
\nOf this neighbourhood
\nAre so very clear
\nDon\u2019t be misunderstood
\nWarriors yes and they will fight
\nTo the last man
\nEveryone will
\nIf the miners come forth
\nTheir blood they will spill.<\/p>\n
Ecuador sadly in Correa\u2019s time
\nGot a vast loan from China
\nEleven billion that rhyme
\nWas good when it happened
\nBut now China needs
\nPayback in gold
\nAnd the message it bleeds<\/p>\n
They clearly love
\nWhere they live and they should
\nIts a beautiful area
\nWholesome and good
\nTheir ancestral shaman
\nTheir medicine\u2019s there
\nAll of their footprints
\nHave always been where<\/p>\n
The mountains storm upwards
\nThe jungle alive
\nThe rivers of white water
\nHelp them survive
\nThe Shuar are a people
\nAs proud as can be
\nWho will not give up
\nWell not easily<\/p>\n
Mirador and the bankers
\nAre backing it all
\nThey sit on a fortune
\nAnd beg its the rule
\nOf foot at the moment
\nChina needs gold
\nThe gold digger hunters
\nOn riches are sold<\/p>\n
Its a battle of wills
\nIts a hell of shot
\nThe jungles are greener
\nThe place hits a spot
\nIts untouched its unspoiled
\nAll-embracing and sure
\nHarmony truthfully who dares ignore<\/p>\n
I have walked their fair land
\nPeered into the green
\nWet from the waterfalls
\nMy eyes have seen
\nThe wonder the smell of the
\nMosses and vine
\nTo tear this all down
\nI mean its divine
\nIts dreamland on earth
\nIts heaven its true
\nIt has to be saved
\nThats also my view<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Shuar are a proud people Warriors who Have always been able And clearly are true To their culture Their history And they now see Their environment Suffering Substantially The jungles are dense An emerald flush Trees every which way … Continue reading