From the recording Songs to Fight Fascists By!
Lyrics
Water is sacred,
Connecting us all with our mother's blood
We must heed the call
Black snake been coming,
As long was foretold
We must now learn the ways of our ancestors old
Way oh hwey hwey, Way oh whey whey
Way oh hwey hwey, Way oh whey whey
Way yai ya way ya ho
way ya ya ho
way ya ya ho
hai ya
Weyai hy
weyai hy yo
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The powerful men who worship their gold
Who scoff and degrade sacred prayers of old
They won't see how wealth is just being alive
Born of our mother we need water to survive
Mni Wiconi, Mni Wiconi
Mni Wiconi, Mni Wiconi
We’ll always pro-tect you
Mni Wiconi
weya hy
weya hy yo
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These ways are killing our mother as she flows
Her children who protect her have suffered the blows
400 tribes of the First Nation stand
Protecting us all born of this land
All one people on one beautiful Earth
It's all connected from death to rebirth
All life is sacred we must learn to be water protectors if we hope to be free
Mama Earth, oh mama earth
Mama Earth, oh mama earth
Oh how we love you
Mama earth
hy ya
weya hy
weya hy yo
Way oh hwey hwey, Way oh whey whey
Way oh hwey hwey, Way oh whey whey
Way yai ya way ya ho
way ya ya ho
way ya ya ho
hai ya
Weyai hy
weyai hy yo
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