[Hook – original] Just like cowboys and Indians All the same people, just a different time It’s time to undo the lies It’s time to reclaim what’s mine Just like cowboys and Indians They were the first original clan The first original man The true originators of this land ⸻ [Verse 1] Painted on caves, stories in sand Before the ships came, we walked this land Braids to the back, moccasin soul Rope in hand, we was in control We showed ‘em horses, we showed ‘em flame We showed ‘em rhythm, they took the name Now they play cowboy, wear our skin But forget we the ones who been here again ⸻ [Pre-Hook – chant echo] They flipped the script – we takin’ it back They sold the lie – we speakin’ the facts Ain’t no myth – we real with proof Black and native, we the root ⸻ [Hook – repeat] Just like cowboys and Indians All the same people, just a different time It’s time to undo the lies It’s time to reclaim what’s mine Just like cowboys and Indians They were the first original clan The first original man The true originators of this land ⸻ [Verse 2] My granddad rode with a feather and a rope Whistled at the stars, told tales of hope Said “We was here when the grass was tall Before the borders, before the fall” Taught me to drum, to listen to trees To ride that horse like I ride the beat He said “Don’t forget, your roots run deep Black Indian blood — we never sleep” ⸻ [Bridge – stomp & clap call out] We the fire, we the flame We the soul, we the name We the earth, we the sky We the truth they can’t deny ⸻ [Rap – 16 bars, sharp & grounded] Yeah — They gave us cowboys with a white face But we was in the saddle in the first place Braids in the breeze, chasin’ them steers Drums in the dark, bloodline for years Buffalo roam where our people prayed We the ones that taught ’em how to blaze that trail Fed that land, healed that soil Still got spirit they can’t spoil Tied to the roots, both red and black They erased the truth, but we bringin’ it back Two feathers up, both sides in me I walk with the past and the prophecy ⸻ [Hook – powerful repeat] Just like cowboys and Indians All the same people, just a different time It’s time to undo the lies It’s time to reclaim what’s mine Just like cowboys and Indians They were the first original clan The first original man The true originators of this land ⸻ [Extended Chant Vamp – fade out over drums & harmony layers] We was cowboys (we was) We was Indians (we was) We was warriors, builders, and medicine men We was farmers (uh), we was kings (yeah) We was spirit talkers, drumline dreams We still here (say it) We still rise (yeah) Truth in our bones, stars in our eyes Black and Native, one bloodline We the ones they couldn’t define Say it loud — this land is mine (repeat & fade with tribal chant and humming)
