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Lyr Add: Water is Life (Sara Thomsen) Mni Wikoni
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Subject: Lyr Add: Water is Life Mni Wikoni (Sara Thomsen) From: Felipa Date: 12 Jul 21 - 07:58 PM Sung by Laura Martin at Mudcat singaround 12 July 2021 https://sarathomsen.com/track/1907929/water-is-life Mni wiconi (mini wi-cho-nee) “Water is life” in Lakota/Dakota Mitakuye Oyasin (mee-dah-koo-yeh o-yah-seen) “All My Relations” in Lakota/Dakota Inspired by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and all who joined together at Standing Rock to protect the Missouri River. It continues as a call to all of us to stand courageously to protect the waters everywhere. Lyrics WATER IS LIFE/Mni Wiconi All my relations, come Every nation, come All my relations under the sun We are one We are praying, come We are praying, come We are the song and we are the drum We are one We are the river, come We are the river, come We are the boat, the paddle, the shore We are one Mni wiconi, sing Mni wiconi, sing Mni wiconi, Water is life for everything We are the water, sing We are the water, sing We are the water We are where all life begins We are the ancient ones We are the ancient ones In your breath and bones we sing on We are one We are the meadow, come We are the meadow, come We are the lark that sings the new day has begun We are the new day, run, run, run We are the new day, run, run, run We are the old and we are the young We are one Chorus We are the earth and sky We are the thunder cries We are the fire, We are the light in your eyes We are standing strong Like a rock, like a stone On this sacred ground we belong We are home Chorus All my relations, come Every nation, come All my relations under the sun We are one |
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