Okia - Blood on the Soil Lyrics

Yo listen up, I got somethin' real to say
'Bout a genocide, hundreds of years in play
Land stolen, culture destroyed, respect faded
For the true owners of this soil, it's time we paid

Attention to the blood, the tears, the pain
What we did to them, the shame
Native Americans, the well ain't dry
Tears of injustice still fillin' the sky
Time to speak truth, time to break the chains
Time we owned up to the sins and the shame

We took their land with no remorse
Drove them out with military force
Treaties broken, that was our game
Killin' 'em off with guns and disease, no shame

Stole their kids to erase their ways
Forced assimilation at the end of the days
Stripped of rights, culture, identity
Left with nothin', abandoned community

Generational trauma, still to this day
Elders' wisdom, tossed away
Wounds of history, never closed
Our country's origin, just a blood-soaked coast

Respect to the Natives, too long exploited
We gotta face this, this ain't no joke
Justice for the First Peoples, not neglected
We gotta do this right, time to correct it

MMIW, the crisis unspoken
Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit unawoken
Kidnapped, murdered, no real attention
By the police, the system, no intervention

Epidemic of violence, we won't face it
Uninvestigated, the cases all placed it
Out of sight, out of conscience and mind
Awards for the men but no help in kind

For missing women, forever victims in pain
Our society failed, allowed it to reign
Breaking apart families, hurting all tribes
We gotta step up, time to stop the denial

Need accountability, that's what we owe
Get to the bottom, leave no stone unturned though

Respect to the Natives, too long exploited
We gotta face this, this ain't no joke
Justice for the First Peoples, not neglected
We gotta do this right, time to correct it

1500s to today, it's still the same
Systemic oppression, no change
From reservations to realizations
We gotta make amends to native relations

Give the kids back their legacy
Lives matter, time to see that expressively
Preserve their culture, pearls of wisdom
Not relics of genocide, let it get in ya

We need to buttress, not tear down
Build understanding, tear up the frown
Work in alliance, not just for a day
Time to make a change, come what may

Couldn't finish their story though
Tearing up the land, can't no one go

This matters, Native Americans, we owe
Honor their strength, their spirits, let's go
Treat them with respect, no more oppression
Face our dark past, new foundation

This ain't over, we got a debt to pay
For their rights, their life, stop the system in play
Learn their history, it's the least we can do
Native Americans, we owe it to you