Blackfoot
Azayah Pugh
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There was a time when the peoples here were at peace So let me describe it to you if it were all in cerise Now prepare for the present to fade and cease And just for a brief history lesson Living in their own heaven Blackfoot was there with 'em He was only an ordinary man With a family in the southeast The least he could do was wake Support the kids and tribe, never took a break He lived there in a community with his comrades Been there for generations before the settling nomads When they came they called him Indian In Tsalagi, he said he was called Aniyunwiya That meant he was a leader One in the Cherokee nation when Everybody was claiming, everyone was taking But worst of all, said it was given by god And that morning his people told they were outlawed Blackfoot thought it was odd Right there being rounded up May 28, 1830- All feeling drub Indian Removal Act passed- surely wasn't fair Jackson celebrating in his chair And Blackfoot could foresee the events to come And as he presumed the president said The evil savages in our holy land Would be pushed away It wasn't long before they came for them Telling them, to move all out west Being forced to pack up light The people couldn't even bring animals Even to help with the load Telling them to start heading down the road And as confusion filled the tribe They all asked where they'd be going Blackfoot didn't wanna lie He said the US thinks that we're the bad guy So we have to live in a place called a reservation Away from the land where we laid our nation Don't stare at the militias They might start getting suspicious If you're gonna run away 'Cause they'll shoot and put you on display They had no choice but to leave their home Though it didn't make sense they complied He said someday we'll go back home Someday, someday So now they're in a crowd with no space around 'em But they could only keep marching on From horseback the soldiers rode Blackfoot had to carry a large load He was just very mad and Wanted to run away at the first chance he had but He didn't want to lose his family So he kept pushing on Sadly it wasn't long before tragedy His son got sick, his daughter passed Illegal immigrants In their own damn land what for Time passed and they finally arrived in strife He wondered how they'd rebuild their life Had to stay on the reservation But without hesitation Some men went out of their for hopes of something But it was certain when they didn't return That they'd been shot and killed by an American Feeling unfulfilled Nations of tribes rebuilt destroyed By colonial invaders feeling annoyed Or the power of natural force They'd been moved to tornadoes' course Generations later, told they could go back home Just had to change their life Reeducated, taught to speak English Work secularly and worship their god With Blackfoot's family feeling alone His son went back and saw his home These people had tore it away And built a city a steel where it used to lay Wanted to fit in without losing his heritage But they all called him a heretic He said someday I will be okay Someday "Now the names have been changed but the story's true" My father's family was a branch of of the Sioux The people's there were my ancestors peers And they called it the Trail of Tears
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