Stories From the Fire
by Pretendians Band
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The 38
02:39
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Wikcemna yamni sanm saglogan kin, kiksuyapo!
With feelings consumed by the poison of hate
Ramsey's soldiers killed the 38
The land of our own was the settler's power
While Dakota's died at the whim of a coward
Seen as useless now by Lincoln's people
How'd you honor our treaties if we were never equals?!
So now you keep them in that cellar to hide the truth
Big city builder the Dakota's doom.
Keep them in that cellar
To please the masses
Silencing our people
Until all time passes
Corporate products and tools of the trade
Put our earth on her last leg
Our mother was life but now she's a plaque
With generations of victims etched on her back
Past names of our people now fading fast
From being put in a book to be shelved and passed
So you keep them in that cellar to hide the truth
Big city builder the Dakota's doom
Keep them in that cellar
To please the masses
Silencing our people until all time passes
Destroy our culture? Did you think you could take it?
The cycle of violence kills those who make it
"Let them eat grass" aren't they a part of nature?
Now two steps sideways from a lustful creature
You're tricky with the games that you make to ensnare us
But the lessons of our 38 arm and prepare us
To take back what's ours!
To take back what's ours.
To take back what's ours!
Let's take back what's ours!
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Our Rights
02:17
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Trump couldn't make me build his border
He was not the new world order
Greed and lies were his play
Together we will build a new day Because…
They don't own our rights
We have them dead in our sights
We are always ready to fight
because we know it's our right
Police can't tell me I can't play
They can't tell me "Go away"
They don't feel it slipping away
We will live to breathe another day Because…
They don't own our rights
We have them dead in our sights
We are always ready to fight
because we know it's our right
Judges can't tell me I'm not right
They can't tell us not to fight
I will show them all of my might
We defend ourselves and our rights Because…
They don't own our rights
We have them dead in our sights
We are always ready to fight
Because we know it's our right
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You look at me like you already know
You treat me like I should just go
Little did you know that it isn't true
Like rivers flow you're just passing through
It's easy to forget your past
When you've already buried it
How heavy is your burden
When you never carry it?
I feel that stare it burns right through
I know there is nothing I can do
Your blatant ignorance shows how little you know
Without earth and water our seeds cannot grow
It must be easy to forget your past
When you've already buried it
How heavy is your burden
When you never carry it?
We need to feel the beat through our souls
We need to conquer all of our foes
Little will you gain here from our pain
Without a soul your light will fade
It must be easy to forget your past
When you've already buried it
How heavy is your burden
When you never carry it?
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Come On Right Now
02:59
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Now they hang their young on camera
But they're dead before the credits roll
No end scene here just regrets
When will this ever end?
Oh you didn't hear what I said
But you spit it back to me verbatim
You try to sneak past me unnoticed
Because my gaze burns right through you
What role do we play here today
In this story that has no end
A side character without a line to speak
When will this ever end?
Oh you didn't hear what I said
But you spit it back to me verbatim
You try to sneak past me unnoticed
Because my gaze burns right through you
No crowds flocking to our side
They forget about us so fast
Your heart a target in a shooting gallery
When will this ever end?
Oh you didn't hear what I said
But you spit it back to me verbatim
You try to sneak past me unnoticed
Because my gaze burns right through you
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Drifting Away
02:55
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What can I say to you?
What have not I said?
Loving words I say are true
But you
You just brush them away
Yeah you brush them away
It is dark inside my home
And I'm afraid to go in
There is a stranger in my bed
Strange that it is you
Nothing I can say
Nothing I can do
To change the course that we're on
Now we're drifting away
Your words are stripping me
Stripping all of my faith
What happened to our love?
A love that we held so dear?
What can I say to you?
What have not I said?
Loving words I say are true
But you you just brush them away
Yeah you brush them away
Nothing I can say
Nothing I can do
To change the course that we're on
Now we're drifting away
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Somewhere To Go
03:46
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Is this the best there is for us?
Why haven't the expectations changed?
Who is this system set up for?
Why do we push forward until we drop?
There's a place for us to go
We need to understand that we are already there
To put the haves back in their place
And take back our own story
Can't you see that we are all the same?
That we are all responsible for letting our story pass us by
When pointing fingers didn't make it stop
There's a place for us to go
We need to understand that we are already there
To put the haves back in their place
And take back our own story
Throwing shade on a sunny day
While walking with your colonized ignorance
With every step you take so holy
Yet your actions betray your words
There's a place for us to go
We need to understand that we are already there
To put the haves back in their place
And take back our own story
There's a place for us to go
We need to understand that we are already there
To put the haves back in their place
And take back our own story
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7. |
In My Dreams
01:55
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My dreams are rapid and at times unclear
But she just keeps on dancing
Should I join, is it a step that I know or is it something new?
In my dreams
Doing what it takes to stay alive
In my dreams
Doing what it takes to live our lives yeah
My feet move me as my soul cares
But not where I care to go
I speak so many words unheard by anyone
She likes to keep pushing forward
In my dreams
Doing what it takes to stay alive
In my dreams
Doing what it takes to live our lives yeah
Will she push me away or pull me in?
Is her dance the same
Am I out of rhythm or just a step ahead?
Taking it before it's time
In my dreams
Doing what it takes to stay alive
In my dreams
Doing what it takes to live our lives yeah
In my dreams
Doing what it takes to live our lives yeah
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8. |
Line In the Sand
01:33
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How can you make a stand
When your footing is never set?
The ground crumbling underneath your feet
Before you get a chance to charge forward
Now you're standing tall
Making your line in the sand
Not knowing the tide is up
Before we all get washed away
We are forced to vote for fools
Like we ever really had a choice
Be a part of this backward system
Ones that want us to just fade away
Now you're standing tall
Making your line in the sand
Not knowing the tide is up
Before we all get washed away
Now we yell above each other
To prove we are what
Though we suffer from the same affliction
We both look the other way
Now you're standing tall
Making your line in the sand
Not knowing the tide is up
Before we all get washed away
Now you're standing tall
Now you're standing tall
Now you're standing tall
Before we all get washed away
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Walking Stereotype
04:47
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I'm coming to, to see what's become of you.
I can pick myself up off the floor, and we are not the same.
Racists can't knock off my color, they always try to bring us down.
Because I'm a walking stereotype
Now you can hold me tight.
I'm a walking stereotype
Now you can hold me tight.
I can't walk down the street police might cuff me again.
Cuz "Boy you look like someone we know, and you all look the same to me."
"Yeah, I'm sure we'll find you guilty of some sort of crime."
Because I'm a walking stereotype
Now you can hold me tight.
I'm a walking stereotype
Now you can hold me tight.
Could you pass me a thought as you are standing in line?
The reason why you are wasting all of your precious time
While your children are left alone with nowhere to go.
I'm a walking stereotype
Now you can hold me tight.
I'm a walking stereotype
Now you can hold me tight.
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10. |
Bush Talk
01:50
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You act like you have something to say
To pacify the masses and get your way
A world of terror is at our door
And now sending our children off to endless war
Close your eyes and blow it all away
Today is the day to start something new
Close your eyes and blow it all away
That is all you're trained to do
You act like you got something to do
Like the world is not crumbling around you
The blood of haves and have-nots the same
How deep in the sand must we go?
Close your eyes and blow it all away
Today is the day to start something new
Close your eyes and blow it all away
That is all you're trained to do
You act like you have something to prove
Like lies are not easy to see through
Endless oil war to line your pockets
With a trillion-dollar flow to fuel those rockets
Close your eyes and blow it all away
Today is the day to start something new
Close your eyes and blow it all away
That is all you're trained to do
Blow it all away
Blow it all away
Blow it all away
That is all you're trained to do
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11. |
War Cry
03:42
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Now you are speaking your truth to an empty room
Packed full of people who refuse to hear your heart
Spelling out their own doom
Trying to stop you before you start
Because they know you're gonna blow their world apart
Let them hear your war cry
Let them know you're still alive
Let them hear your war cry
It's not our day to die, no!
It's not our day to die, no!
Let 'em hear that war cry
Bring back our missing sisters and watch them stand up
Let them teach us about how this world should be
If we hear their words about the hypocrisy of institutions
It'll give them wings to fly up into the clouds again
Let them hear your war cry
Let them know you're still alive
Let them hear your war cry
It's not our day to die, no!
It's not our day to die, no!
Let 'em hear that war cry
Now the bigots are looking for shelter in an empty room.
Begging for a brand-new start
Waiting for a fate that's not on their side
because this new world we build will set all their
wrong things right
Let them hear your war cry
Let them know you're still alive
Let them hear your war cry
It's not our day to die, no!
It's not our day to die, no!
Let 'em hear that war cry
It's not our day to die, no!
It's not our day to die, no!
It's not our day to die, no!
Let 'em hear that war cry
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12. |
Mni Wiconi
04:51
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If water is life, then why can't we protect it?
We speak our truth and you want to reject it
Our movement is strong as the currents flow.
Our time is now as yours must go.
Mni Wiconi, "Water is Life".
But we're living and fighting a life full of strife
Mni Wiconi, "Water is Life".
Our rivers push forward and never flows back
A steady stream that keeps us on track
It carves a path through the corrupt police
And their pawns that are now falling at our feet.
Mni Wiconi, "Water is Life".
But we're living and fighting a life full of strife
Mni Wiconi, "Water is Life".
Indigenous people flow with such force
It cracks any walls that hate puts forth
Our source of life does not pool or clot but feeds the needs of have-nots
Mni Wiconi, "Water is Life".
But we're living and fighting a life full of strife
Mni Wiconi, "Water is Life".
Mni Wiconi- water is life
Mni Wiconi- water is life
Mni Wiconi- water is life
Mni Wiconi- water is life
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Why can't we be seen as the originals
and not as outdated and obsolete?
A failure to be improved upon
Not a template to mold an age of us again
Cause' there are times
When being first isn't always the best
These are the times
When we rise up above it all
Should we all take part of the blame
For choking out our own resistance?
Or blessed with bringing back our own resurgence?
Without an eye towards truth or consequence
Cause' there are times
When being first isn't always the best
These are the times
When we rise up above it all
Why can't we return to a safe house
Without being thrown under the bus again?
Whose image are we trying to fit into?
And why is I that we never match?
Cause' there are times
When being first isn't always the best
These are the times when we rise up above it all
These are the times
These are the times
These are the times
When we rise up above it all
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The long awaited second album by Pretendians Band, Stories From the Fire.
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released June 30, 2023
All songs by Pretendians Band
Lyrics by Thomas Draskovic
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Sparta Sound
All songs by Pretendians Band
Lyrics by Thomas Draskovic
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Sparta Sound
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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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