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(Verse 1)

Drowning on land - howlin' at the moon

I am a neo native

Levees gone - Tribal storms

floods hide this legacy

Sacrifice coming

Black clouds bring the wind

rush to the higher ground

Native born -I have soared

Nature's fury cries a tear

(Chorus 1)

on my father's land

on his grandfather's land

all I see is an ocean

lost my mother’s home

and a grandmother's hope

still I hear them pray for this neo native

(Verse 1)

Pale thoughts - Proud minds

Thunder rules the sky

Waiting here for those green painted faces

with giant wings they appear

A watery tomb subsides

We call this place New Orleans

Native born - families torn

With a grasp we can touch the sky

(Chorus 2)

So we prayed like job

What can one place endure?

Now all I feel is the water

As the night draws near

We're Americans here

Ivory towers hear our cry... "some are still alive"

(Bridge)

No sight of our brothers - Help is too far away

Death surrounds us now - And it has for days

Open arms in Dallas - Red Cross refugees

"found", this knave... rescued at last from an empire's grave.

(Repeat both chorus)