(Verse 1) Tecumseh called the nations to the forest side, Crazy Horse rode where the Bluecoats died. No power could break the spirit or the tribal pride, Through five hundred years of a rising tide. (Chorus) Resistance strikes from the rez to the street, Red Power rising, it won't fucking retreat! A signal of distress on a flag turned down, Reclaiming the rock and the sacred ground! (Verse 2) On Alcatraz Island, warriors took the shore, At the BIA, they burst through the door. Seventy-one days with the guns in hand, The Oglala Nation made a final stand! (Chorus) Resistance strikes from the rez to the street, Red Power rising, it won't fucking retreat! A signal of distress on a flag turned down, Reclaiming the rock and the sacred ground! (Verse 3) At Standing Rock where the Missouri flows, A generation wakes and the resistance grows. "Water is Life" is the battle cry, Protecting the earth ‘til the day they die! (Chorus) Resistance strikes from the rez to the street, Red Power rising, it won't fucking retreat! A signal of distress on a flag turned down, Reclaiming the rock and the sacred ground! (Bridge) Not a minority, but a sovereign nation, The Two Row Wampum, no assimilation. From the Gila River to the Mohawk land, The warrior spirit is still in command! (Chorus) Resistance strikes from the rez to the street, Red Power rising, it won't fucking retreat! A signal of distress on a flag turned down, Reclaiming the rock and the sacred ground!
