“ Manidoo Dewe'igan is a special song to me for multiple reasons. This song speaks about the journey of finding culture and language as well as how it affects ones spirit to find belonging within both. As someone who grew up without that culture but later reclaimed it, this song will always be one o...
[Verse 1]
Rise up with the sun
Feel free when I run
Heartbeat like the drum
Still see where I’m from
Mooka’am, gizhiibizo
Dewe’igan, ondaadizi
Spirit asleep but now it’s awake
Hear when it speaks, grows harder to take
Hair like the trees, sweet grass with a braid
Connection so deep, grows harder to break
[Pre-Chorus]
Dancing with pride, healing inside
The soil beneath, revealing my time
Chanting alive, the drum is my guide
The language I speak will revitalize
[Chorus]
Manidoo dewe’igan
Manidoo dewe’igan
Manidoo dewe’igan
Manidoo dewe’igan
[Verse 2]
Find us, we’re the ones
Who feel for the young
Heartbeat like the drum
When we breathe with our lungs
Nandawaabam, Oshkayi’iiwan
Dewe’igan, Maadanaamo
Spirit has reached a point that it makes
Others come near with the love it creates
Stare at the sea then gaze at the waves
Reminded of life and we won’t let it fade
[Pre-Chorus]
Dancing with pride, healing inside
The water beneath, revealing my time
Chanting alive, the drum is my guide
The language I speak will revitalize
[Chorus]
Manidoo dewe’igan
Manidoo dewe’igan
Manidoo dewe’igan
Manidoo dewe’igan
Manidoo Dewe’igan was written by Cody Purcell.
Manidoo Dewe’igan was produced by .
Cody Coyote released Manidoo Dewe’igan on Sat Aug 17 2019.