Homeland

[?]

[Chorus]
I'm just livin' out
This life I was given
On my homeland (on my homeland)

Hear me laugh, hear me cry
See me smile, see me frown
On my homeland
That's my own land

I know it like the back of my hand
It's my homeland
(I know it like the cracks in my hands)

'Cause everything I'm not
Made me everything I am
On my homeland

[Verse 1]
With conditions that take
Our power stays in outer space
Until we're on our last limb
Branching out too far we held our place
But get an inch away from
[?] face too distant
From the root to creation's mace
We pass through foundation laid
Delve into inner space
Or some fifth dimension shit
From the peace, the spirit mentions it
Only piece by piece releasing tension
Built from the inner space that tension's
Filled [?] cleansing spirit
As I was left out on that limb for days
I still have skin to shed to keep my spirit fed
Inspired by [?]
Their voice inside your head
That can speak without your mouth
Can see without your eyes
I wanna be about that life
So we about to rise (all the way up)
[?] to flex some
No self-righteous complexion
That was never my objection
Never the best one, but a blessed one
If I stray, send protection for my [?], okay?
Even nomads have homelands
People of the elements who know land
We know land

[Spoken]
Yeah, you're on stolen land

[Verse 2]
Look, I'm from the land of the free
The stolen land don't cost nothin'
When my own people feel
They won't amount to nothing
On their own land
I don't know, man
Tell me why your homeland
Don't feel like home, fam
Yo, is it the power of the people
[?]
When they say "We come in peace"
Man, they can't believe 'em
They got the grim reaper [?]
So they can't be peaceful
[?]
Man I hear you say "a loud vehicle", check this
Have you had a family member [?] murdered?
Has a brother [?] or is that unheard of?
If not, then perfect
I ain't even scratched the surface
But if I got you feelin' worthless
Then the system's working
They all go "We preach free speech"
To me that seems sinister
When the prime minister
Can't make a promise he can keep
Now I'm leaning on my elders
Taking in what they can teach
'Cause the system I'm accustomed to
Makes freedom out of reach
But I'm blessed in a way
'Cause the homeland is beautiful
Oceanfront view, man
The energy is doing it
Forest in the backyard
The rivers point through 'em
All the cause of my relations sounding
Like a fuckin' musical
Mountain fills the sky
Wind fills the valley
Smoke fills with smoke
I see my mama's back at it
You know it, l-o-v-e
I got it bad from the start
[?] may be displaced
But the homeland's in the heart

[Chorus]
I'm just livin' out
This life I was given
On my homeland (on my homeland)

Hear me laugh, hear me cry
See me smile, see me frown
On my homeland
That's my own land

I know it like the back of my hand
It's my homeland
(I know it like the cracks in my hands)

'Cause everything I'm not
Made me everything I am
On my homeland, own land

[?]

[Verse 3]
Look, don't get me wrong
I'm still feelin' for the finer things
But that don't mean I can't
Appreciate the minor things
If choosing honesty allows
New growth every day
Is for the man up in the mirror
Then I guess it's time for change
I fell up in the city
So I came back home
Remember [?] for the soul
My mama died
Hearing her cry was the
Toughest thing I ever heard
Until the sister made her laugh
Then that's the sweetest sound on earth
Baby, there ain't no love like the [?] love
Yeah, 'cause they're the words
That remind me of
Who I am, and that number
Tips the scale more than hate does
I can't thank you all enough, fam

[Verse 4]
So hold your head high
[?]
Yeah, but it could always be worse
And despite whatever happened
You live to make a stronger man
Than you [?]
And if you crossed the same path
And just happen to be askin'
How I'm doin', yeah
With a big grin on my face
I'll be like "Shit"
Then I'll reply back

[Chorus]
I'm just livin' out
This life I was given
On my homeland (on my homeland)

Hear me laugh, hear me cry
See me smile, see me frown
On my homeland
That's my own land

I know it like the back of my hand
It's my homeland
(I know it like the cracks in my hands)

'Cause everything I'm not
Made me everything I am
On my homeland, own land

[Verse 5]
We out on Wetʼsuwetʼen territory
Where the [?] territory was there
So before you look there is the story
We swear on the bees that protect the berries
Takes the stones in the circle
See it from the aerial
This is the area that their
Ancestors carried them
Observe and see the part of you
That will be preparin' yuh
This the guidance from [?]
Is surely to carry them
Like the plants and trees that
Give their air to yuh
We share their love in
Every breath and every sky
And every depth and every life
[?]
The best of our hearts and minds
I've never been to my homeland
I'm a nomad
My mom and dad came together [?] what they had
[?] three born Ontario, [?] Territory, and PG
I was carried from the prairies
All the way to BC
Where my home is them
With the Wetʼsuwetʼen
My home is with them
[?] with them
I know within (know within)
[?] about the way shit's been
And it helps me tell a story
About my kin (about my family)
Where I was raised up on the sticks
Kicking it with teens
Want to inspire their dreams (dreams)
They don't feel at home
Need to help their homeland on their knees
A few words to understand
They're stewards of the land