We Won't Drown Slow

Forget what you heard,
America was taken
From my people the forsaken
It wasn't just vacant
When Colombus arrived
People lost lives
American Holocaust is covered through lies
Out of every 20 Natives only 1 survived
They tried to erase us through Genocide
We've been labeled Savages but kept our pride
Like they can crack the whip but can't change inside
Disease spread through tribes and they took advantage
Evidence shows that the Easterners planned it
Now I can't stand it but I try my best
Picture a little baby torn from mother's breast
Fed to the Spanish dogs of war
We were peaceful people never wanted a war
It's got me sore how we were brought down
But I know one thing what goes around comes back around

And around we go
Fed us alcohol so we could drown slow
They don't teach it in school keep it on the down low
And our Corporations wanna treat us like we're slow
And around we go
I refuse to drown slow
Wether digging for Oil or searching for Coal
We need to take back that control.

Back on my dumb shit, started with Columbitch
Who brought a few hundred, hundreds turned to thousands
Started building houses until the land was overcrowded
They sold us a dream who were we to doubt them
I heard a few medicine men could see the outcome
But their vision was shrouded, clear skies got clouded
Nobody knew what they were capable of doing
The Wild Wild West wasn't wild until they moved in
And when they moved in, brought fear and hatred
Made disappear what was dear and sacred
Take every person you know now divide by 20
Surprised well don't be, I see lies on the 20
And it feels like we've been going down that trail for years
Can't look ya'll in the face, no missionary
Cuz our language was replaced by the missionaries
They taught us to hate everything we knew
So my Grandpa escaped from Missionary School
Forced Assimilation either convert or die
There ain't nothing worse than seeing a shattered tribe
When lies cover lies and lives are lost
You got the Genocide of tribes, American Holocaust
When lies cover lies and lives are lost
You got the Genocide of tribes, American Holocaust

And around we go
Fed us alcohol so we could drown slow
No, We won't drown slow

They say the only good Native is and I quote, "a dead one"
I beg to differ, and I am a red one
French paid us for scalps, call that a head hunt
Oil Pusher looking down on me, Fuck that peasant
We need to ride together, regardless of clan
Take a look outside, this is our land
They tried to divide and conquer but formed a monster
Still trying to recover from that generational trauma
And around we go, trying to take back the land they stole
So you see me Native dancing that's fighting back
Teaching my boys how to hunt that's fighting back
Trying to relearn the language, and most of all support my Natives
Stop judging your cousins who faded, it's ok to be jaded
Because we're destined for greatness
Say it again, destined for greatness
And around we go
We won't drown slow

This goes out to every Native who
mysteriously got drunk and jumped in the River
We know you ain't commit suicide, we know it

No, we won't drown slow