Phases of the Moon
Let me tell you about the impact excluding people from history has.
For many exclusion becomes a solution
Making things taboo
Remember the statue we were supposed to look up to
idolizing a killer responsible for the genocide of our people
Everything so dull and awful
Dark like the earth during an eclipse
I decided to get lyrical because you got physical
You took my natural land and made it artificial
You ripped the land off my hands and my family and culture out my heart
The beat of the drums in my heart carries on and I will resist
Like a piece of paper
Families were torn apart
From there we were sent to boarding schools
We were their fools
Who had to follow their rules
They were using cultural genocide as their tool
Kill the Indian
Save the man
I know your history
They know your history
What about mine ?
The history in which you tried to end my bloodline
History is looked upon only one perspective
In that perspective we look up to the wrong historical figures
Exclusion became the solution to obliviate important parts of history
They wrote the history and gave themselves a false heroic image
Two sides to a story
Ours was untold
But not forgotten
For we will never forget what they did to us
My people and our history live through the phases of the moon