Honor The Earth - Nahko and Medicine For The People

Gate of the north

Onondaga

I was alone, I knew the names of my loves

Four-legged and wings

Mycelium branches and fins

Under the ocean, totems of what we would call God

The Creator

Who just happens to be neighbors

With the law of nature

She’s a painter, after all

When the mountains knew our names

And the rivers sang our songs

As they crashed into the ocean

Where the whales would sing along

We’re the people of the salmon

We’re the people of the rice

We’re the people of the kalo

And this is our life

I will be there when the work is done

What I leave for my grandchildren

Honor the earth

The mother comes first

Live in a good way for her

Honor the earth

The mother comes first

Live in a good way for her

Live in a good way for her, oh-oh

Live in a good way for her

Gate of the west

The Salish Sea

The planet was warmin' by a couple degrees

From cedar and stone

Our actual origins unknown

Lookin' for answers in triangular lights in the sky

No bees were buzzin'

They were strugglin' to survive

The data showed the shift in poles

Back when the coral was alive

We’re the people of the water

We’re the people of the maize

We’re the people from the stars

And the keepers of the old ways

I will be there when the work is done

What I leave for my grandchildren

Honor the earth

The mother comes first

Live in a good way for her

Honor the earth

The mother comes first

Live in a good way for her

Live in a good way for her, oh-oh

Live in a good way for her

Live in a good way for her, oh-oh

Live in a good way for her