1	00:00:06:18	00:00:08:25	[engine starts]
2	00:00:08:25	00:00:10:25	§ §
3	00:00:19:23	00:00:21:23	[rapping]
4	00:00:21:23	00:00:22:26	I feel the latent effects
5	00:00:22:26	00:00:24:03	Of assimilation
6	00:00:24:03	00:00:25:08	Inner city native
7	00:00:25:08	00:00:26:18	Raised by bright lights
8	00:00:26:18	00:00:27:19	Skyscrapers
9	00:00:27:19	00:00:28:24	Born with dim prospects
10	00:00:28:24	00:00:30:02	Little peace in living
11	00:00:30:02	00:00:31:16	As a child, hot headed
12	00:00:31:16	00:00:32:16	About the fact
13	00:00:32:16	00:00:33:16	I wasn't wild
14	00:00:33:16	00:00:34:28	Like they called my ancestors
15	00:00:34:28	00:00:36:06	Imagined what it'd be
16	00:00:36:06	00:00:37:22	To live nomadic off the land
17	00:00:37:22	00:00:39:15	And free
18	00:00:39:15	00:00:41:07	Instead I was full of heat
19	00:00:41:07	00:00:42:07	Like a furnace cause
20	00:00:42:07	00:00:43:07	I wasn't furnished
21	00:00:43:07	00:00:44:16	With language and traditional
22	00:00:44:16	00:00:46:02	Ways of my peeps
23	00:00:46:02	00:00:47:11	Yeah I used to feel
24	00:00:47:11	00:00:48:23	Like I wasn't truly indigenous
25	00:00:48:23	00:00:49:28	Now I say
26	00:00:49:28	00:00:51:25	Miigwech gichi-manidoo
27	00:00:51:25	00:00:53:01	For showing me my true roots
28	00:00:53:01	00:00:54:10	Definitely native
29	00:00:54:10	00:00:55:18	Take responsibility
30	00:00:55:18	00:00:57:12	For being educated
31	00:00:57:12	00:00:58:22	My people and customs
32	00:00:58:22	00:01:00:12	Originating from early phases
33	00:01:00:12	00:01:01:16	Of history
34	00:01:01:16	00:01:03:03	It's deeper than frybread
35	00:01:03:03	00:01:04:21	And contest pow-wows
36	00:01:04:21	00:01:06:00	Tears shed in the sweat lodge
37	00:01:06:00	00:01:07:09	Prayers go out to
38	00:01:07:09	00:01:08:26	All those I've wronged
39	00:01:08:26	00:01:09:26	And who have wronged me
40	00:01:09:26	00:01:11:22	Gotta treat 'em like family
41	00:01:11:22	00:01:13:24	Gichi-manido wiidookawishin
42	00:01:13:24	00:01:15:12	Ji-mashkawiziyaan
43	00:01:15:12	00:01:17:01	Mii dash bami'idiziyaan
44	00:01:17:01	00:01:18:13	Miizhishinaam zaagi'iiwewin
45	00:01:18:13	00:01:20:01	Ganoozh ishinaam
46	00:01:20:01	00:01:21:29	Bizindaw ishinaam
47	00:01:21:29	00:01:25:13	Mii-wenji nagamoyaan
48	00:01:25:13	00:01:27:11	Nimishomis wiidookawishinaam
49	00:01:27:11	00:01:29:06	Ji-aabajitooyaang anishinaabe
50	00:01:29:06	00:01:31:04	Izhitwaawin
51	00:01:31:04	00:01:33:14	Mii-ji-bi-gikendamaan
52	00:01:33:14	00:01:36:09	Keyaa anishinaabe bimaadiziwin
53	00:01:36:09	00:01:37:27	Becoming aware of a heart beats
54	00:01:37:27	00:01:39:08	Fragility so I
55	00:01:39:08	00:01:40:24	Pray for my creator's will
56	00:01:40:24	00:01:42:04	And humility
57	00:01:42:04	00:01:43:10	It seems my prayer's weak
58	00:01:43:10	00:01:44:12	I can't speak
59	00:01:44:12	00:01:45:14	Not a linguist
60	00:01:45:14	00:01:46:14	Does he hear my English
61	00:01:46:14	00:01:47:28	When I vent I fear
62	00:01:47:28	00:01:49:02	The answer to the question
63	00:01:49:02	00:01:50:19	This is symbolic of anguish
64	00:01:50:19	00:01:52:02	I feel regarding language and
65	00:01:52:02	00:01:54:08	The obligation of revitalizing
66	00:01:54:08	00:01:55:15	Something sacred
67	00:01:55:15	00:01:56:24	Failure to carry through
68	00:01:56:24	00:01:58:03	Is disgracing a nation
69	00:01:58:03	00:01:59:06	My first tongues in need
70	00:01:59:06	00:02:00:21	Of a face lift but
71	00:02:00:21	00:02:02:11	Deciphering conjugations
72	00:02:02:11	00:02:03:27	Like trying to find my way
73	00:02:03:27	00:02:05:10	Through a maze in the matrix
74	00:02:05:10	00:02:07:15	Complex hard to start without an
75	00:02:07:15	00:02:08:20	End aside from being fluent
76	00:02:08:20	00:02:10:09	I gotta push the limit
77	00:02:10:09	00:02:12:01	If I'm gonna keep pursuing
78	00:02:12:01	00:02:14:01	So I, use it in a way that
79	00:02:14:01	00:02:15:29	Relates to my life and vocab
80	00:02:15:29	00:02:17:15	Bring some entertainment to it
81	00:02:17:15	00:02:18:28	Spit it on a track
82	00:02:18:28	00:02:20:12	And I take it out the class
83	00:02:20:12	00:02:21:26	Can't let what I lack
84	00:02:21:26	00:02:23:16	Become a self-defeating habit
85	00:02:23:16	00:02:25:27	That'll make me want to quit
86	00:02:25:27	00:02:28:07	Gichi-manido wiidookawishin
87	00:02:28:07	00:02:30:04	Ji-mashkawiziyaan
88	00:02:30:04	00:02:31:24	Mii dash bami'idiziyaan
89	00:02:31:24	00:02:34:02	Miizhishinaam zaagi'iiwewin
90	00:02:34:02	00:02:36:01	Ganoozh ishinaam
91	00:02:36:01	00:02:37:19	Bizindaw ishinaam
92	00:02:37:19	00:02:39:21	Mii-wenji nagamoyaan
93	00:02:39:21	00:02:42:04	Nimishomis wiidookawishinaam
94	00:02:42:04	00:02:44:00	Ji-aabajitooyaang anishinaabe
95	00:02:44:00	00:02:45:17	Izhitwaawin
96	00:02:45:17	00:02:47:10	Mii-ji-bi-gikendamaan
97	00:02:47:10	00:02:50:16	Keyaa anishinaabe bimaadiziwin
98	00:02:50:16	00:02:52:04	It's far fetched but grandfather
99	00:02:52:04	00:02:53:10	Please help me learn it
100	00:02:53:10	00:02:55:02	Help me assist in keeping it
101	00:02:55:02	00:02:56:16	From burning, don't let me quit
102	00:02:56:16	00:02:57:26	And flee from working
103	00:02:57:26	00:02:59:04	For a worthy purpose
104	00:02:59:04	00:03:00:16	Enlighten me and help me
105	00:03:00:16	00:03:01:27	Comprehend effects of my
106	00:03:01:27	00:03:03:23	Service, I need a spark in my
107	00:03:03:23	00:03:05:26	Desire from something higher
108	00:03:05:26	00:03:07:11	Prior to negative reminders
109	00:03:07:11	00:03:08:18	Killing my stride
110	00:03:08:18	00:03:10:09	Sometimes I'm the type that
111	00:03:10:09	00:03:12:00	Likes getting results overnight
112	00:03:12:00	00:03:13:21	Without sweating or stressing
113	00:03:13:21	00:03:15:21	Overnight, so I pray, creator
114	00:03:15:21	00:03:16:26	Give me strength
115	00:03:16:26	00:03:18:09	Then I can move on
116	00:03:18:09	00:03:19:23	Creator show us love
117	00:03:19:23	00:03:21:08	So it can spread around
118	00:03:21:08	00:03:23:20	Communicate with us, from above
119	00:03:23:20	00:03:25:17	Hear me now, my prayers
120	00:03:25:17	00:03:27:23	In a song I speak em out loud
121	00:03:27:23	00:03:29:16	Grandfather help us to
122	00:03:29:16	00:03:31:05	Revitalize the language
123	00:03:31:05	00:03:33:19	And ways so we walk the red road
124	00:03:33:19	00:03:35:13	That you paved, communicate
125	00:03:35:13	00:03:37:07	With us from above hear me now
126	00:03:37:07	00:03:38:25	My prayers in a song
127	00:03:38:25	00:03:41:15	I speak em out loud