Great Spirit – Nahko
Great spirit, I have had it.
Bring me back to the nomadic
Way of weaving through damage.
Mindful, stay mindful
.
Great spirit for my sisters
,
Let me be a flowing river,
Flood the banks the rocks that bind her
.
Carry, I’ll carry
.
Great, great spirit.
Great, great spirit.
Great spirit for my brother
,
Let me be a mountain under,
Which he climbs to discover,
His process now that’s progress.
Great spirit all that hinders
,
Tie reminders to my fingers,
I must speak with you more
often.
Great, great spirit.
Great spirit for my relations,
Give them strength to face racism,
In every single situation
,
Easy now go on speak loud.
Great spirit take me instead.
Guide me down the road of red
.
Tun-kash-a-la.
I am
Saying, praying
.
Great, great spirit .
Tunkashila.
Great spirit the stone collapse,
Nothing but the earth will last
,
And I’ll be singing sweetly into the
Darkness,
Now hark this.
Great spirit on my tongue
Be still, be still, the time will come
When everyone will sing
All life is
Sacred While I’m waiting.
Great spirit my fist is up
,
Bringing the power to the people, your reflection of us.
Some of your people cant hear it, The cries of the earth
.
Some of your people can’t feel it, The way that it hurts.
And it hurts great spirit
.
And it moves great spirit.
Interconnected in the wreckage of a
Paradigm on its way out, its way out.
Speaking of spiritual lyrical testimony
.
The spirit that did resist, Weaving around false prophecies.
Spirit directed and selective, With the message I bring.
While the ship slowly sinks, Ive been directed to sing
.
I’m like a wrecking ball, Breaking down the walls of the past.
A minimalist living on bliss, With the last of my cash.
You’re gonna be justified, With how you treated the land.
You’re gonna be by my side
When I stand and demand
A change!
Tunkashila
Great, great spirit.