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Pretendians (Remastered)

by Pretendians Band

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1.
Cut Your Teeth 01:39
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Can you see me because I am pushing through? Can you hear me now I am talking to you? Do you fear me because I speak my mind? Are you with me or are you falling behind? So. To make it here you have to earn your keep. To make it here you have to cut your teeth. What's your name? What did you say? It Sounds the same as the rest to me. Do you hate me I don't walk the line? Do you fear me because I don't run and hide? Can you take me because I am here to stay? Will you embrace me or push me away? So. To make it here you have to earn your keep. To make it here you have to cut your teeth. What's your name? What did you say? It Sounds the same as the rest to me. Why can't we change? Why don't we just feel the same? A little bit too close to the truth. Why can't we feel a little closer here? Why can't we sit down and talk this through?
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She's Not Impressed 02:47
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So, I sit down at the table, the same as I always do. Like a horse trapped in a stable. I try to sing a song but she just rolls her eyes. I try to comfort her but all she can say is… Why, oh why? Oh, why? Oh why? Why, oh why? Oh, why? Oh, why? I realize I cannot be who I am. Just be a happy participant. Just put myself up on that shelf. I try to play a song but she's not impressed. I try to comfort her but all she can say is… Why, oh why? Oh, why? Oh why? Why, oh why? Oh, why? Oh, why? How long do we play these charades? Like we don't know the outcome? Getting lost in a maze when you know the directions. I try to get us out of this mess of obligation. I try to comfort her but all she can say is… Why, oh why? Oh, why? Oh why? Why, oh why? Oh, why? Oh, why? Why, oh why? Oh, why? Oh why? Why, oh why? Oh, why? Oh, why?
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For the Sun 03:23
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So you say you need an average man For support like a bridge or a kickstand To be there for you to touch and feel Make your life feel like something real You don't know that you're looking for love Love won't find you here Not liking what you have become So now you live for the sun. So I say that I am primed and ready For my role as your fast and steady To treat you like I know I should Walk through fire just to show my nerve. You don't know that you're looking for love Love won't find you here Not liking what you have become So now you live for the sun. So you say forget your average man. You need one with two grip hands To hold you and make it feel alright Give you the strength to continue to fight You don't know that you're looking for love Love won't find you here Not liking what you have become So now you live for the sun.
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Bigots 03:10
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Eastern faces here in western places now how could this be? Columbus lost his way while crossing the sea Because all our paths through nature are the discoverer's road to greed Churches, gold mines and penal codes are their plants to seed So why can't bigots see us here for who we are? Just sit and stare at us from across the bar So why can't bigots see us here for who we are? Just sit and stare at us from across the bar You know empire leads to nothing but death and disease The settlers couldn't see in front of them so they cut down all the trees Then developers built the buildings that are blocking out the sky They don't know their history, so now they all have to die. So why can't bigots see us here for who we are? Just sit and stare at us from across the bar So why can't bigots see us here for who we are? Just sit and stare at us from across the bar Our heart is our land here as we are beating together The secret of our culture is now carried on the path of an eagles' feather Because the only thing the bigots see here is money flowing freely More kickbacks from another of our treaties. So why can't bigots see us here for who we are? Just sit and stare at us from across the bar So why can't bigots see us here for who we are? Just sit and stare at us from across the bar
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Walk Strong 02:44
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Sitting staring at the back of your head wondering when this all will come to an end Is this the way we should be living our lives Sleepwalking every day of our lives? But then again you said to me now… Lift your head up friend Today is your day to shine To walk strong together again Lift your head up friend Today is your day and mine To walk strong together again You don't want to get out of bed anymore Get up and walk out that front door Things are cold cruel and dark outside… That makes me want to run and hide So then you said to me again now… Lift your head up friend Today is your day to shine To walk strong together again Lift your head up friend Today is your day and mine To walk strong together again I see the sun now that it's shining through Lighting that pathway from me here to you I'm starting my life over again Going to live it now the bad times are through So then you said to me again now… Lift your head up friend Today is your day to shine To walk strong together again Lift your head up friend Today is your day and mine To walk strong together again
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Can't Take It 02:18
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Politicians standing on their stage Reading lies from another page Ideas and thoughts they can't explain Cheating results from another page Because They can't see what we are doing? We can't go until it's done And they can't believe we've hardened So they turn and start to run Policemen riding in their cars Pulling us over so they never get far Abuse our bodies and strip our rights But our blood runs clean as we continue to fight They can't see what we are doing? We can't go until it's done And they can't believe we've hardened So they turn and start to run Judges sitting on their thrones Condemning ours but never their own A sentence so long all time stands still Keeping us quiet with another pill They can't see what we are doing? We can't go until it's done And they can't believe we've hardened So they turn and start to run
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Back For More 03:04
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Oh Yeah That one hurt Thought I could stand up to you But now I'm face down in the dirt Now you are driving down that road again Yeah you've been there many times before So just grip that wheel real tight and Try to make it through the night Because we will be in each other's life again Though we're walking down two different paths A love this strong can never fade We just need some time to heal Oh Yeah That one hurt Thought I could stand up to you But now I'm face down in the dirt But I am walking on my own again It feels good no strings attached I will never go to that dark place That makes me shake deep down inside Because we will be in each other's life again Though we're walking down two different paths A love this strong can never fade We just need some time to heal Oh Yeah That one hurt Thought I could stand up to you But now I'm face down in the dirt Thought I could stand up But that one hurt
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Wasteland 02:40
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I step outside to feel the sun upon me but It's burning my skin now there's nowhere to go There is no excuse for their corporate greed We give they take but we still don't have somewhere to live so… Welcome to the wasteland So welcome to the wasteland Said welcome to the wasteland Now welcome to the wasteland I ride down the street to try to catch a breath But there is nothing around me but slow burning death So these gas clouds pummel me and I start to feel faint There is no escaping from these commuters who can't be late so… Welcome to the wasteland So welcome to the wasteland Said welcome to the wasteland Now welcome to the wasteland I kneel down to try and till the earth and to give my thanks But this broken glass hurts So who left it here for me and why did they flee? Did they know someday they would run into me and say… Welcome to the wasteland So welcome to the wasteland Said welcome to the wasteland Now welcome to the wasteland
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Black Top 03:19
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The blacktop is steaming from the sun up above Each mile seems longer then the last The dashed lines are melding into one I'm counting signs to help time pass Because that long stretch of highway will lead to another day Of finding my way back to you Yeah that long stretch of highway will lead to another day Of finding my way back to you My ears are still ringing from that call you made last night Maybe I should swallow my pride Just come back baby everything will be alright Because I know you've got nowhere to hide And that long stretch of highway will lead to another day Of finding my way back to you Yeah that long stretch of highway will lead to another day Of finding my way back to you The city's alight with aglow from another mill I can't grip the wheel from all the sweat The purple haze from modern ways floats above the hill I feel like I felt when we first met Because that long stretch of highway will lead to another day Of finding my way back to you Yeah that long stretch of highway will lead to another day Of finding my way back to you Of finding my way back to you
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John's Song 03:18
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Cowboys and Indians here Tales of death and doom White lies are on a screen To be deemed profitable Why do you leave the room? Does what we say make you uncomfortable? There is no John Wayne here Shooting out our eyes to further his desecration There is no John Wayne here Scripting our past into isolation So where do you come from and what do you say? That the plight of my people can be saved through a sermon? Why did you come here again to bid us good day? To treat us as equals now and grant us fair trade? You walk through the door Taking bold steps to a certain future now Squeezing our hearts until they beat no more You're painted grit and false teeth deceive you So where do you come from and what do you say? That the plight of my people can be saved through a sermon? Why did you come here to bid us good day? To treat us as equals and grant us fair trade? The depth of our role play here will never be seen Because the masses may think you have won But the blood on your hands will never be cleaned Because there is no John Wayne here Making wiping out our race a finality Because there is no John Ford here To color white lies into reality
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Whose Hand 04:38
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Trying to clear my head All Colors turn to crimson red Yeah that shadow is creeping up again Who walks these streets with me? Who watches us here? Yeah we're in that trunk again Because Who's hand is reaching out to lift us up again? Because our fall has never been this far before Why can't I see those red and blues And feel that I'm OK? Windows can't hide my profile Who rides these streets with me? Who watches us here? Yeah we're taking that ride again Because Who's hand is reaching out to lift us up again? Because our fall has never been this far before The struggle for our rights is marked by generations Who walks with their ancestors now? Too many have passed to dust for us to fade out now We must make a stand while we still can Because Who's hand is reaching out to lift us up again? Because our fall has never been this far before

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Digitally remastered re-release of our first album.

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released June 20, 2023

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Sparta Sound.
For the Sun, Wasteland recorded at Mother of All Music and mastered at Zealous Noise Music.

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Pretendians Band Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pretendians Band is a Native American rock band based out of Minneapolis, MN. Despite the name of our band, they're not pretending . The majority of the band represent the Oceti Ŝakowiŋ (7 Council Fires) of the Dakhota/Lakhota Nation, hailing from Standing Rock, Rosebud, and Crow Creek tribes. Most songs reflect a societal and political viewpoint, told from a modern Indigenous perspective. ... more

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