We came to your land Bringing trade and trouble The type inside That no one could see We established a post And started trading Deeper than we thought And soon you would leave When we took our packs And headed west We found untamed Wilderness Abandoned farms Called it God’s providence You saw us as devils Bringing pestilence O smallpox O mumps O measles We owe our countries To thee We pushed on anon Birthed our new lands Some survived the fire To fall victim to our hands In the schools of the damned We called civilizing We robbed raped and pillaged Without harmonizing And now some claim It as our birthright To manage what was yours Under conqueror’s rights While you get shoved onto Reservations out of sight As we do our business Celebrating our dark light O smallpox O mumps O measles We became you To become free And now today As you restore And fight for your rights To the lands that were yours We now have a generation With a claim to the land A fair fight for rights One that be ignored can’t So maybe it’s time That we both put our swords And laid them down On that old wooden floor And have us pay A penance for your loss While recognizing Most don’t know the true cost O pestilence O disease O generational hate Leave us be Let us come together And treat the land As if it’s our brother Once again And may one day we love Like we are brothers And sort out our differences Without blood covers For I am a guest In this space called life And we walk within it For such a small time We really have no hours To waste in hate So maybe someday We can walk beyond the pain maybe someday We can walk beyond the pain
