We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Sacred Ground (Benefit for Standing Rock Sioux Reservation #NoDAPL)

by Various Artsts

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $9 USD  or more

     

1.
2.
Sacred Crude Tender Earth Cold hearts pumping Thick black blood Sever the veins Let it leak into the body Sacred Body Patient Ghosts Their Nation was here Before our nation's birth Those who remain Will still be standing Let loose the dogs We'll keep the things we took And we'll shoot you in the face If we don't like the way you look Sacred Ground Heavy Bones Safe in the cradle Of their mother’s womb Never suspected it would Be cut open Sacred Water Mother Giver Speak, scream, and fight for her but they won't listen Forcing it inside without her permission Let loose the dogs We'll keep the things we took And we'll shoot you in the face If we don't like the way you look Sacred ground Brave spirits are riding on steeds with their descendants Sioux pursuing suited parasitic stratigraphic rapists Who pierce the soil and suck and suck, their hunger never sated Fat ticks on a starving dog, as she’s slowly overtaken Her tears purest lake water gift to her children While corporations spin a lie into a future promise broken Repeating the sins to which they've never admitted From dark chapters of history, conveniently omitted A modicum of empathy would help in deciding Or should we go back to December 29th of 1890 How many million barrels of blood flowed through Dakota Buried deeper than your hands in her pockets to hit your quota Sacred ground Those who remain will still be standing On sacred ground
3.
Cochambamba water capitol of Bolivia Aguas de Tunari Italian mambo dynasty come dance now in the floods of follia in the waters of life is the evolution of me crack open a hydrant there's a party in the streets i don't want you rights like i don't want your police my mother our earth is hurting silent tears she cries the literal and figurative well’s not empty yet but it's looking dry fuggedabout your rights ignite your life mni wiconi under my feet sacred water of my Momma run thru bad mans streets i let no privateers put an end to my fun them too join in my evolution would if they knew it be good for them — and me and you 100 monkeys gathered i can feel the tipping point comin on soon look inside see that light within? you don't need no ringleader to tell ya that you're free every single moment of your time con ruido de león hoy to digo ya basta hoy abro mis alas de condor y retomo mi libertas hoy como nunca me despierto de la pesadilla y abandono las cuerdas esas cuerdas que me atan chaymi chay runa imarayku qollqeqa ñawpaqta kawsanchismanta? manam munanichu paqariypaq kawsayniyki, khunan ruwasqayki (such is man why place money before life? this is not what I want the cause of your future will be your present) international styling unification is the key el underground hoy se levanta para gritar ya basta grande es su maquina y su gente nos aplasta nuestro sacrificio siempre les llena la panza y no descansa la esperanza en que algún día reine el equilibrio y acabar con ese delirio de diferencia de razas superioridades o de cualquier dominio llenemos de cualidades pensemos con ingenio hagamos hermandades sin imponer imperio love and respect for each and everyone Kuyayky & Askultura coming rougher as one united we stand to mother earth we belong no more policeman no more machine gun big brother attacking imposing his oppression wants to drill our land to make a water corporation raids, depression, upbringing deportation embracing the underground is the only solution nothing belongs to us in governments we do not trust the water it finds rust our bodies they find the dust we want nothing to do with this no anarcho-communists no liberation-theory marxists nor happy capitalists in the western hemisphere can we live without interfere from european politricks and religions of the hypocrites? turtle island time to rise up maka'takiya pachamamma, nothing belongs to us it’s in the water that I trust el pueblo unido jamas será vencido un pueblo cosiente nunca mas será asiente "it's in water that I trust"
4.
The Truth - Beyoh Welloh (Verse 1) They're still breaking promises and they stealing from the people All these networks not showing true face of all this evil Man it's messed up but all we gotta do is pray Keep our heads up first ones here & we will stay Keep the pride nation wide this the day that we gon' rise It's been time after time & they still don't get it right All I see in this world is that people won't protect it Government still trying to poison all the people & reservations Police still being corrupted tell us who do you protect Selling out because of oil and a nice lookin' check But we'd rather have water for our sons & for our daughters Fight for all our rights it's what the fathers would've wanted Stayin rezz'd out while the drums keep thumpin Know our where abouts we planted all over the country Tell me what do you envision Natives always on a mission Spreading peace & all the wisdom it's what all their people's missin' (Chorus) 2X I just speak the truth, It might be nothing to you, But all my natives know it's true, So I'll just speak the truth yeah, I'll just speak the truth (Verse 2) Black out in the media they don't wanna see their crimes Put some mercenaries on us & won't call it genocide Big company's got the politics in pockets Legal documents denying everything they're talkin Landowners get evicted just for being on the route Crossing reservations but won't cross a white town Fight for mother earth man it's sad we even gotta fight Against the us government, the one that invented genocide Tribes all gather and they're only speaking peace But police are protecting all the hearts full of greed Protectors only speak and pray for a day of victory Government respect the treaty? Go check our history America was never great since columbus and the slaves To this very day where they're building over graves Time for a change and it's time for our chance But one thing we learned was "don't trust your government" (Chorus) 2X I just speak the truth, It might be nothing to you, But all my natives know it's true, So I'll just speak the truth yeah, I'll just speak the truth
5.
CHORDS: KEY OF E MINOR (ORIGINAL KEY) Verse/Chorus Chords : / E minor / C / G / Bridge Chords: / C / G / D / E minor / Ending Chords: / C / G / D/ E minor D / C/ G / D / E minor // LYRICS: (CHORUS 1) water, water is life water, water is life water, water is life water, water is life (VERSE 1) the veins of the river run the same as the tears in our eyes as the black snake slither's under lands where our ancestors hide and the white man comes with his dogs and his guns and his lies now there's blood on the soil and you should have left the oil inside now there's blood on the soil and you should have left the oil inside (CHORUS 2) water, water is life water, water is life water, water is life water, water is life (VERSE 2) thats why we’re out there on the frontline holding up a peace sign for what we all know is right sleeping out in the cold black and white young and old we come from every walk of life dancing to the sacred drums singing our freedom songs praying into the night for the ones who've sold their soul for a pocket full of gold and it’s left them blind for the ones who've sold their soul for a pocket full of gold and it’s left them blind (CHORUS 3) water, water is life water, water is life water, water is life water, water is life (BRIDGE) can't drink oil leave it in the soil… (8X) (ENDING) that's why we’re out here on the front line holding up a peace sign for what we all know is right sleeping out in the cold black and white young and old we come from every walk of life…
6.
OF THE PEOPLE lyrics © Mojdeh Stoakley Every land has a language That language has a taste Building every sentence savory Salt and lime The cadence makes the flavor rich Every country has a melody that's made of faces. Filling notes, the passages are folk. The folk make the stories that begin with grass and end with war! The folk make our history Our history, our history is torn! The best we can do, make light of history, take pride in our legacy, celebrate each brushstroke of culture! A nation is no more than genre, a country no more than cuisine, all is music, all hearts hunger, and all folk be hopeful of imminent unity!
7.
lyrics: Kylo says the time has come white and red unite as one i know some say the kingdom he says 7th generation Kylo says the time has come when all races unite as one i know some say it’s the kingdom well he says the 7th generation Kylo smiles when he talks about the prophecies, Around the fire, at Standing Rock in October, he said it’s about life now, we’re on God’s side, making offerings, (yea) so, it’s about time now, that the tribes unite, that’s the final piece, that’s the last barrier holdin us back and their first weapon in their line of attack and the strategy they always use is just that tactic divide and conquer pitting white against black, feedin people on steady diet of fear and hatred enough to wage a genocide still here and still the Sioux forgive, they know uniting is the only way we’ll live they call it the 8th fire, yea, the last one, the human race, ah, we’re healing our past, joinin the sacred council of the nations, bringing back the garden in this 7 generation (chorus) (bridge) Kylo says the Fire is lit The Rainbow Tribe will carry it Some say that’s New Age bullshit but he says make no mistake of it Fools Crow did pray for it Black Elk spoke the same before him Sitting Bull died for his kin and now his kids are calling us in Kylo says the time has come when all races unite as one i know some say it’s the kingdom well he says the 7th generation
8.
9.
From Plymouth Rock to Standing Rock Every day is a day of thanks, bend and whisper to the orange fleshed squash, Welcome, like the Wampanoag welcomed us to Plymouth Rock and taught us to harvest blueberries and beach plums, hunt for wild turkeys and geese, make nets out of woven reeds, and plant corn, squash, and beans together and call them sister. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I have boiled down the cranberries into gel, I have ground the corn between two sacred stones. I have lifted the fresh water to my lips and chanted, Water is not a weapon. I have closed my bank account and I have stood at the entrance to the Backwater Bridge, and I have shaken the small pox from the borrowed wool blanket, and I have built a monument in a mason jar, and I have said enough to the dirt that is starting to die, and the river told me yesterday that treaties are not made to be broken and that the mountain that is filled with gold belongs to no one, and that water is not made to purposely freeze our fingers to the bone, and that pipes are made to be passed in peace circles. What will happen if we stand long enough? The president has pardoned the turkey, but not the Sioux. Reparations are long overdue. Standing Rock, I stand with you.

about

This is an ongoing compilation of songs, the proceeds of which are going directly to the paypal account for Standing Rock Indian Reservation. We are in the process of getting in touch with Bandcamp about waiving their processing fee, in support of this cause.

Accepting Submissions! If you have written a song inspired by the Dakota Access Pipeline Protest, you can submit it to: hashtagnodapl@gmail.com

credits

released October 6, 2016

Compilation. See individual tracks for credit details. A BIG thank you to all the artists who have contributed thusfar! Keep spreading the word!

Cover painting: "High Plains" by David Titterington.
Layout by Lau.

license

tags

about

#nodapl North Dakota

contact / help

Contact #nodapl

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like Sacred Ground (Benefit for Standing Rock Sioux Reservation #NoDAPL), you may also like: