His father is the sky
His mother is the earth
Our brother belongs to every race
See our brother’s handsome face
Our brother belongs to every race

Remember me - the one who loves you so truly
Loves you so dearly
May our love grow and grow - and live long and longer
Only you can make the light in my heart
Love is forever - yes love is forever
Love don’t go - only lovers do
Loneliness is nothing but a strong word - words cannot love
Is love too violent to grow - Love is born every minute
May our love grow and grow - and live long and longer
Only you can make the light in my heart

Hurricane, hurricane
Hurricane do what hurricane do
Hurricane do what hurricane do
Cry, brothers and sisters, because it’s your right,
being deprived of father and mother, whole families,
without looking back, nor understanding the damages
Once more nature has shown its power over us, without averting us
of everything around us being submerged in water, coming out of nowhere,
or providing us any rescue
How many years of construction ruined within just a few moments
Hurricane has done what it had to do, and nobody could stop it from happening
We share the grief of the afflicted, we pray for the dead
We must stand firm, because there’s always something stronger than us
Protection lies in doing right as long as we live, and in banning evil as much as we can
You never know if tomorrow is gonna come
The end is there, and it has made its choice
The accident is here, drowning our lives
Irrespective of voice
Irrespective of class
Irrespective of race
Irrespective of caste
Hurricane is here, and the Americans are terrified
Hurricane is here and, the Africans are terrified
How to get out of this?
Travelling or fleeing?
Everyone tries to survive
Everyone tries to help his nearest
This is the world where we live

Pleurez frères et soeurs, car c’est de droit,
Amenant père et mère, toutes des familles, sans se retourner.
Ni se soucier des dégâts.
Encore la nature a montré sa puissance à l’humanité, sans avertir
tout autour de nous, inondé d’eau nulle part, ou aller pour se sauver.
Combien d’années de construction detruite en quelques instants.
Hurricane a fait ce qu’il a fait, et personne ne pouvait l’arrêter.
On compatie pour les sinistrés, prie pour tous ces morts.
On a beau d’être fort, y’a toujours plus fort que soi.
L’abri c’est de faire du bien tant qu’on vit et bannir le mal tant qu’on peut.
On sais jamais si demain sera.
Le sort est là et a fait son choix
Le malheur est là, des vies se noient
Pas de choix de masse
Pas de choix de classe
Pas de choix de race
Pas de choix de caste
Hurricane est là, et ah - térrifier les américains
hurricane est là, et ah - térrifier les africains
Comment s'en sortir?
Partir ou s'enfuir?
Chacun essaye de survivre
Chacun essaye d'aider ses proches
Voici le monde ou nous vivons

It is so good to live here
It is beautiful by you
Flowing by - just watching out
Drifting by - so beautiful

By you

It is wonderful to be here
In this land caring for us
Loving us in this life
Watching out - drifting by
So beautiful by you

I’m standing here by the river
Just thinking about you
And how wonderful it is to be by you
As this river flows by you

One hot summer day of this May
at a lovely little Paris sidewalk café
the French waiter asked the dark savage
- What are your instructions, please -
- Cappuccino, a little cream, and a touch of sugar, merci -
replies the very native soul
- No, no - with disgust, - what is your nationality?
- Oh, oui, oui, Dakota Sioux I'll be -

Walking rain
Walking with the rain
My dream has come alive
Walking with the pain
Hear me
Walking rain laughs at us all
When it rains
When it rains on me, I giggle like a baby
When the wet wind hits my face,
I smile like a clown
When the eagle flies in the rain
I always say a prayer
When it rains,
don't always run away from it and hide
Get wet with it once in awhile
It is the connection to the spirit world
When the rain casts shadows over mountain tops,
and thunder and lightening join the clouds of wind,
to suddenly boil up our prayers of moisture -
When it rains, I know not if my voice can reach the sky,
or if any of you will hear me

Yes brothers, we’re addressing the whole world
No matter your race or sex, this concerns all
We ask for your total attention
Be aware - as life today is just one day, and one hour very short
If you feel like doing something, then do it now
One People - No God Say
Stop pretending being stronger than anything else
Open your eyes and ask yourself some vital questions
What is your real mission - and what your conviction?
Good or bad is like us - same way as good and bad is in all of us
Has God given you the the right to kill?
God hasn’t spoken to you, because God don’t speak no words
Without life, what is your mission here on earth?
Wag‘bl‘ have no use of power when stating simple truths of life
No God say - Hoka Hey - Hoka Hey -
No God say kill
I don’t convince you, I just tell you things as they truly are
There is but one religion, and we’re all with the same conviction
Don’t pretend being no prophet, ‘cause no God has told you to kill
Yes brothers, we’re addressing the whole world
No matter your race or sex, this concerns all
We ask for your total attention
Be aware - as life today is just one day, and one hour very short
If you feel pressed to do something, then do it now

No god has ever said - hooka hey -
No god has ever said - hooka hey -
- Hooka hooka hey -
One life
One peace
One destiny

Those who think along these lines are the survivors
Respect for humanity is like the strongest manifestation of God
To kill, to torture, those barbaric and horrible acts must be condemned,
as they are not spoken by any God
If you really believe in life, you should never take anyone’s life
and all evil acts performed are not right
Take care of your life and your convictions, purify your soul and your heart!
With a good heart, know that you will be saved

Don’t forget to teach the young
to touch the earth, to love the earth
to keep their hearts soft

I have circled the sun
Walked on the stars
Talked with grandfather
Look south
I’m your sacred brother
Wave my feathers
and your prayers will be heard
Look east
I have listened to your thoughts
Seen your good nation
No wisdom silent
Look north
I’m your sacred brother
Wave my feathers
and your prayers will be heard
Look west

Can you hear all the mothers crying
Can you see all our brothers dying
Lately, I been wondering why
They can not take away our dreams
They can not take our dreams away
They can buy, and they can sell
They can lock us up inside their jails
but we’ll make a heaven out of their hell
They can not take our dreams away
They may lie, they may steal
They may hurt, and they may kill
But they can not take away our dreams
They can not take our dreams away

Seems like all my life
people have just laughed at me
Are you laughing at me too -
Well, I laugh with you too
if you just stay with me
Why did you abandon me -
You just walked away from me
way to easily –
You just deserted me.
Heya hey
Yet the warm sunshine fills my soul
Why did you abandon me

Son:
Is it because I pee the bed, or steal from their stores?
Do I have to stay on welfare in orphanages and boarding schools forever?
Did you tell them to make me become just like them?
Oh, Mama, why do I wake up nights crying in a foreign tongue?

Seems like no-one understands me here. Please come back to me, take me, take me to your home.
Hold on to me tight, don’t ever let me get lost again. I know that I got to run away by myself.
It’s just that there is nowhere to go, and I feel so all alone here. No, you don’t gotta come back,
and I don’t know where you’re at, or who you are, but I love you anyway.
It’s just that I don’t even know what race I am. Mama, where are you at?

Mother:
Son, my poor baby boy, my only child. Please, don’t cry anymore. Your mama loves you.
They took you away from me at birth, and they sterilized me without my consent.
That is why you are there and not here with me. Your father was a married soldier,
and I did not tell him of your birth. Please forgive me for that.

We are Sioux, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakotas.
As a young girl I ran away from the government boarding school.
I went to the big city, Minneapolis. Minnesota.
Minnesota, is Sioux for “Smoke on Water”.

I came to love those bright city lights, and then I lost you. I gave up on this life.
I died in a skid row hotel from a broken heart. I have been with you always. Please don’t be bitter
with white people, or angry at the world. Remember that we are good people, and that the water connects all life.
You will have many children, and you will become part of the circle. See, my son, you’re not alone or lost at all.
Let me wipe away your tears. I love you so. You are the son of many warriors.

One ocean
One land
One people
Oneness in one life

The old ones fear
that soon there will be no more Indian language
And the old ones fear that soon there will be no more Indian songs
And the old ones fear that soon there will be no more Indian prayers

Je sens que la terre est un seul peuple
Je sens que la terre est pour nous tous
Je sens que la terre est une nation pour nous tous
On doit y vivre et s épanouir
Un seul peuple pour tous - debout frères!

For being Indian is a daily manifistation of natural prayer
living in balance with the original songs of harmony
If this we cannot recognize,
then we all will have no more language, only noise
No more songs, only sounds
No more prayers, only fears

One ocean
One land
One people
Oneness in one life

This we all must put in to our languages
This we must all put in to our songs
This we must all put in to our prayers

(English translation from French)
Weather’s cracking, wind is pushing, hearts accelerate.
Time accelerates, but the speed is decreasing.
Everywhere it’s clear.Unity, we live it, we see it -
Eternity, we feel it coming
Stretch your vocal cords and dare say we live for the same flame
Who can say who is the first, the second, or the last one in the line
We are one, two for living, three for shaping this world
Whether you believe it or nor, link up with unity, not with war
I stretch out a hand to you, my brother, ‘cause our days are numbered