I Am a Native

I am a Native
A Native of this land
From Apache to a Yaqui to a fellow Mexican
From Oaxaca to Sonora and even Canada
It's all the same, man
We are the same people what can't you understand
Don't let them divide us give your people a hand

I am a Native a Native of this land
From Mapuche to a Maya and even Peruvian
It's all the same, man
We are the same people what can't you understand
Don't let them divide us give your people a hand

Divide and conquer that is the main plan
They divided our land
Split us into groups into gangs into clans
So we fight each other our sisters and our brothers
We became the main reason why we ended in a trance
Dazed and confused
Faded and used
Who the fuck are you
Do you even know
If we don't know who we are
Then how will we grow
Then the whiteman will say
"Forget the past it was long ago let it go!"
But letting go of the past
Is letting go of ourselves 'cause we are that past
Time is irrelevant do they teach you that in class?
'Cause their plans is to obviously assimilate your ass
And now you over there claiming
Titles that belong to them
Hispanic and Latino
All belong to them
And are given to you
To ethnically cleanse
And it makes no sense
That we split ourselves
Due to a border fence
And so my friends
Here I am standing with you
And I will tell you in a song
How we got it all wrong
So you can finally get it right
Even if this move
Can potentially
Cost me my life
Check it out

I am a Native
A Native of this land
From Apache to a Yaqui to a fellow Mexican
From Oaxaca to Sonora and even Canada
It's all the same, man
We are the same people what can't you understand
Don't let them divide us give your people a hand

I am a Native a Native of this land
From Mapuche to a Maya and even Peruvian
It's all the same, man
We are the same people what can't you understand
Don't let them divide us give your people a hand

I am a Native
A Native of this land
From Apache to a Yaqui to a fellow Mexican
Take a look at our faces take a look at our skin
We are the same, man
From Arapaho, Navajo, Cherokee, Ajachemen
Apalachee, Dohemah, Cree, Cowichan
Apsaalooke, Arawak, Blackfoot, Costanoan
Itza-Maya, Juichun, Lutuamian, Hawaiian
Iraqois, Karankawa, Onondaga, Santiam
Yocotan, Yakama, Taino, Wanapam
Quinnipiac, Okanagan, Nanticoke, Quechan
Massachusset, Maricopa, Maliseet, Kulchan
Goddamn, we're all the same, man
Nantucket, Okwanucho, Galibi, Arikara
Exelen, Garifuna, Havasupai, Keresan
Moosehide, Munsee, Mohawk, Lipan
Sandia, Suquamish, Pawnee, Omaha-Ponca
We're all different tribes, but we're still the same kind
So when they ask you next time, this is how you reply

I am a Native
A Native of this land
From Apache to a Yaqui to a fellow Mexican
From Oaxaca to Sonora and even Canada
It's all the same, man
We are the same people what can't you understand
Don't let them divide us give your people a hand

I am a Native a Native of this land
From Mapuche to a Maya and even Peruvian
It's all the same, man
We are the same people what can't you understand
Don't let them divide us give your people a hand