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Break Me (Let the Lakota Sing) - Danny Hamilton

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Channel: dannyhamilton · 2017 · Music

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All proceeds go to benefit Standing Rock, and the #NoDAPL efforts.

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I've written a handful of songs, through the years, about the genocide and horrific treatment of the indigenous people in this country. I wish that the songs were not so damn relevant today.

This is a song I wrote, fifteen years ago. Written from the perspective of those victims of mass genocide, who had to fight for the right to exist. I decided to record and release the song now, dedicated to the incredibly strong and peaceful souls currently fighting the DAPL, at Standing Rock, in North Dakota. 

All proceeds go to benefit Standing Rock, and the #NoDAPL efforts.
Donations will be going to one or more of the following:

lakotalaw.org/legalfund
http://bit.ly/winter-camp-fund
http://bit.ly/standing-rock-fund
http://bit.ly/winter-medic-fund

#StandWithStandingRock #NoDAPL

Written by Danny Hamilton
Copyright 2016 Danny Hamilton, all rights reserved.

Original artwork created for this project by John M. Gill


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LYRICS:

I am a man, as you can see
I welcome you, you lie to me
I share with you all that I have
You take all that you can grab

Who have I wronged? What have I done?
You speak of peace, but show us none
Land of the free, unless you're me
I call you friend. You call me Indian.


I am a man, and I was free
Before you came to save me from me
You burn my home, then shake my hand
And push my children from their land

I watch in fear, your numbers grow
And one-by-one destroy the buffalo
You're blind with pride, oh can't you see
Freedom is free, if you'd just let it be


 Break me, take me
 Tell me what you need

 And inside, we sing 
 Free me, save me
 I know what you need

 Hear the Lakota sing

Different century, same old lies
We see your father's poison behind your eyes
Break your promises, rape the land
To put another dollar in your hand


I am a man, down on my knees
My way of life stripped from me
I'll learn your speak, I'll learn to lie
I'll watch my brothers burn alive

I'll cut my hair, I'll wear your clothes
But whisper strong, down Grandmother's road
With fortitude, my heart grows wings
And I will fly, as the Lakota sing


 Break me, take me
 Tell me what you need

 And inside, we sing 
 Free me, save me
 I know what you need

 Break me, take me
 Kill me if you please

 And inside, we sing 
 Free me, save me
 I know what you need


Let the Shoshone sing
Let the Cahuilla sing
Let the Cherokee sing
Let the Navajo sing
Let the Apache sing

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