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Mitakuye Oyasin

from The Tipping Point by The OM Sound

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Mitakuye Oyasin

Willow and Sage, went out to play,
Games to teach them how to live in the real world someday,
But the plans that they made, got lost when they came,
And so they’re forced to figure it out from the stage.

Livin’ in a basement suite, 13th St, step dad dead-beat, mom just tryin’ to make ends meet.
39th Ave, not so bad, for a family of their class it’s a pretty sweet pad.
At least that’s what their friends say, but they only ever stay for the day and then go on their way.
Parents pick them up, chat to the people upstairs like they’re scared of something lurking under there.
Looking sidelong at their skin, like it makes a difference, don’t want their kin to learn to sin.
But Sage doesn’t even notice, to her all kids are the same in their motives.
Willow’s getting older and keeps dealing with the coldness, prejudice never had a conscience so he just gets bolder.
Wish they could remember why they came here in the first place, this illusion can’t even compare to their greatness.

Now Willow’s grown tall, shade for us all, branches reaching over make the darkness feel small,
And Sage is doing great, she’s got a perfume that makes all the boys go crazy.
They spread their roots into the ground, dug deep and what they found, they can manipulate anything they want using sound.
But it all fades away, time erases everything, they keep looking for something permanent beyond the grave.
Still don’t know which way to go.
Keep living, keep giving, keep living.
Still don’t recall the paths they chose.
Keep looking, keep looking for love.

Everything is One, everything is connected.

Ho mitakuye oyasin.

To the Creator, to the Four Directions,
To the mineral, plant, and animal nations,
To the human nation, to the Spirit nation,
To the Four Winds of Change and Growth, all my relations.

Ho mitakuye oyasin.

Hiya pila maya.
Ho!

© Orion Miller 2014

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from The Tipping Point, released February 2, 2016
Music: Orion Miller and Marina Durham
Production: Steve Winton
Lyrics: Orion Miller

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