[Hook: Wahwahtay Benais]

They took his son from his home yeah they pulled 'em apart/ they took her
Daughter from her home they were forced to depart amongst the others on a
Train they called the Iron Horse
Another Native Fell victim to they holocaust
[Verse 1: Wahwahtay Benais]

Them devils came to the village posing as priests stealing children from
They homes took and placed 'em in a school to replace and undo what they
Labeled as savage
Before the gates ya long hair sheared tossed in a pile like it was garbage
Stripped down from ya custom attire ya skin scrubbed till it bleed put his
Clothes in a fire and bury
His items replace 'em with ours give 'em a bible teach 'em to read bleach
'em indeed if he speaks one word of his tongue no songs sung from the
Homeland wich he learned as a
Young buck from a old sage in the village to a school made of brick were
They plan was to kill 'em save the man was the modo sodomized dramatized
Gettin beat grueling rations when
He eat many died cuz they starved no one notifyed buryed in the yard for not
Following the cross or officials for my ancestors ya heart beats thru me
[Hook: Wahwahtay Benais]

They took his son from his home yeah they pulled 'em apart/ they took her
Daughter from her home they were forced to depart amongst the others on a
Train they called the Iron Horse
Another Native Fell victim to they holocaust
[Sample: Dixie Chicks]
Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I'm not sure I could They say time heals everything
But I'm still waiting
[Verse 2: Wahwahtay Benais] She came from a family of five she was 9 at the time when they came to pay
The people a visit with a man who translated the language they promised
Beautiful things if she attended without mentioning the evil they imposed
His hands clammy and they cold as he shakes with a smile on his face now she
On her way to carlisle with no knowledge of her fate he tell her calm down
Come now we at the gate she see the faces of her schoolmates saddened and
Broke they sat her down cut her hair and made her wear proper clothes to
Look civilized no
More livin like ya tribe Lye soap if you try to speak a word of ya tongue ya
Mouth washed was the punishment amongst others gurls raped and made mothers
Babys born babys murdered women sterilized a act of genocide mutha***** ya
Heard me F*** the government cuz we didn't die we survived

[Hook: Wahwahtay Benais]

They took his son from his home yeah they pulled em apart/ They took her
Daughter from her home they were forced to depart amongst the others on a
Train they called the Iron Horse
Another native fell victim to they holocaust

[Sample: Dixie Chicks]
Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I'm not sure I could They say time heals everything
But I'm still waiting
[Verse 3: Wahwahtay Benais]
For more then 500 yrs we been fightin to live 80's baby born 85 12yrs after
Wounded knee but what about the massacre were they slaughtered 300 and I
Ain't talkin bout the movie
1890 on a cold december day when the calvary came and started shootin cuz of
Ceromonie scared we might raise the dead and take back our lands raise or
Arms and make a stand iam fightin back with these words if u dont know ur
Past then the future is bleek so seek knowledge from the elders who still
Livin holdin teachings for the people gotta carry on tradition for or
Children so we bridging the gap cuz pratt sought break us down by creation
Of school 1879 we were takin treated cruel like some animals dem priests
Never took sabatical from beatin and rapin young women and men dem f***
Demons

[Hook: Wahwahtay Benais]

They took his son from his home yeah they pulled em apart/ They took her
Daughter from her home they were forced to depart amongst the others on a
Train they called the Iron Horse
Another native fell victim to they holocaust

[Sample: Dixie Chicks]
Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I'm not sure I could They say time heals everything
But I'm still waiting