| Ancestry of Song
(sing) Oh my lord, lord, lord. Oh my lord, lord, lord. Oh my lord, lord, lord. Please take me home. My back is broken, lord, lord, lord. My soul is aching, lord, lord, lord. Families breaking, lord, lord, lord. Please, take me home. Please, take me home. I can feel the glow of them watching me now. Women, of color. My color. Bleeding my spirit onto the earth. They bleed fire now. Showing their true heat. They are strong and bold. Bringing me to my highest plain. I am growing with them, becoming my own flowing river. They call me Fire Red. Child born of earth and Fire Red. She's an owls daughter, wise and knowing. She sees more than human eyes can predict. I can feel the glow of them watching me now. And they are singing my life song. They are singing my life song (sing) Walk with me, lord, lord, lord. Talk to my children, lord, lord, lord. Be near me lord, lord, lord. Please, take me home. Please, take me home. I am in their place now. Back lashes for speaking my tongue. Beatings with white fists, because of my olive dark color. Rapes because of my face and my youth. I sit now, holding on to dear life. Only she can save me. Only she can take me from all these things. The horizon stands solid, still. I make wishes on the shapes, the clouds make. I am simple, yet complex to them. They call me a devil. Evil. Bastard. But my parents aren't of the earth. They are of the sun, the moon and the stars. They shine at night, through dirty windows and old worn blankets. I am in their place now. Peaceful in my mind. They are singing my life song. ( sing) Oh my, lord, lord, lord. Oh my lord, lord, lord. Oh my lord, lord, lord. Please, take me home. Please, take me home. Please take me home. The water washes over my body. I sit freely on earth that is mine, but was taken from me. I am Fire Red. My birth name is not dead. My birth name is not dead. They try to take my moon and stars from me, but it was not allowed to happen. I stood tall. Watched my family die and still I stood tall. I am Fire Red. My name bleeds on sands of time. My voice screams out to all of man kind. My face is the one you'll see every time I die. And every time I sing my song, you'll feel the ache of my Ancestors. You'll live my Ancestry of Song. Look into my eyes. Tell the world what you see. Look at this face. Time has taken a toll on me. I am Fire Red. My name is what I speak. Tell me you can't take back what was done to me. Tell me it wasn't wrong. Tell me my people can come back to their land. Tell me it was the fault of all those who are man. Tell me I am Fire Red. The water washes over my body. Voices begin a tale. They are singing my life song. (sing) Oh my lord, lord, lord. Oh my lord, lord, lord. Oh my lord, lord, lord. Please take me home. Please take me home. I can breathe now, lord, lord, lord. I can see now, lord, lord, lord. My mind is clear now, lord, lord, lord. And now I am coming home, home, home. Now I am free and coming home. |