Red Clay Battle Cry

Lyrics

[Intro] Drums in my chest Dust in my lungs Ancestors chant I carry their tongues (hey!) [Verse 1] Great Plains under a dark sky Red clay be the battle cry Buffalo bones in the back mind Still hear hooves when the flags rise They drew lines, tried to cage the wind We drew strength from the sage and flint Copper in the blood, we don’t blend in We the first story, they the loose ends [Chorus] Sovereign nation just stand tall While these fools try to build a wall We were here ‘fore they named this all Still we rise, still we never fall Sovereign nation just stand tall Hear that drum when you hear that call Red clay be the battle cry Great Plains roaring through the sky (woah) [Verse 2] Feathers on caps in they mascot game We don’t dance for a half-time frame We the storm that they can’t contain We the name that they can’t rename Paved our roads over old trails But the song in the soil won’t fail You can’t fence wind, can’t cage hail We the story they can’t retail [Flute Break] [Haunting flute solo over rolling low toms and distant chants, tempo breathing, then snapping back into full beat] [Chorus] Sovereign nation just stand tall While these fools try to build a wall We were here ‘fore they named this all Still we rise, still we never fall Sovereign nation just stand tall Hear that drum when you hear that call Red clay be the battle cry Great Plains roaring through the sky (hey!) [Outro] Dark sky, but the fire bright Old songs on a new mic Red clay on my soles tonight We still here, we still fight