Lyrics Scars of a Warrior: They Called Us Mission Indians - Jessa Calderon

Mommy, No, No! Don't let him take me! (Mom: Nooo! Give him back!
Give him back! Put my baby down. muffles) No,
No! Put me down, put me down! Mom, help me!
Y la mujer? Es dificil, matarla (gun shot)

Sweet faced child clinging to mommies skirt
This will be hard many times a day you will hurt
I stand by you while this mistreatment is endured
I witness Everything
Placing my hand on your heart as they force you to your knees
The butt of a gun to your face, whips lashing your back til you bleed
Missionaries beat you to take on their civilized ways
Look in the bible and pick a name
Forget your way of life is what they say
But you will remember mommies words always
For it is I, whispering them in your ear
Telling you to stay strong and never show your fear
The once a week rapes are only temporary
One day you'll leave this man made hell
The trauma within you'll always carry
But I'll help you to heal yourself
For now the strength you carry is your only way out

You don't define me by what you say
Ancestors stand behind me so I'll be brave
The pain you inflict is temporary
The evil in your eyes, no it doesn't scare me
You don't define me by what you say
Ancestors stand behind me so I'll be brave
The pain you inflict is temporary
The evil in your eyes, no it doesn't scare me

Guns drawn to your peoples dome
Gotta sign away what they don't even own
The mother land known as home
Forced on to dry acres where very lil grows
Cept the yearning to have your life back
Before these pirates hopped off their ships to attack
Exploiting free natural everything
Selling for a fee
Pour concrete in your rivers and poison out your streams
They'll tell you children this is living
This is how it's gotta be
Forced you into schools for religion where you're getting beat
Food is rotted food a scarce
Call you savages tell you nobody cares
They say your skin is ugly you're stupid and disgusting
Set you up for failure to banish into nothing
But Great Spirit keep saying that you're something
Saying that you're something
You don't define me by what you say
Ancestors stand behind me so I'll be brave
The pain you inflict is temporary
The evil in your eyes, no it doesn't scare me
You don't define me by what you say
Ancestors stand behind me so I'll be brave
The pain you inflict is temporary
The evil in your eyes, no it doesn't scare me
-- Cierra la boca
Sentarce ahora
Antes que vencer
Eres un salvaje (You Don't Scare Me)
Y nada mas
Nadien te ama
Por eso te dejaron
Tu me repugna
Ir, a llorar
Sigue, sigue (You don't scare me)
Indio sucio
Imbecil--

They speak vulgar, spitting in your face
Treat you as an object call you a disgrace
When you leave this place
You'll still be fighting for your
Life while fighting depression (get up)
Won't give up on creator but you second guess em
Try to love finding it hard
Pain is deep, wanna heal your scars
Share the past with your grand kids,
Tell them to be proud of who they are
The colonizers evil intentions were to
Force your Traditions to be suppressed
But like I said I wouldn't let you forget
Now plant these seeds in your grand babies and watch what grows
The culture will revive, reap what you've sown (Resilient()
Problems won't just dissolve, they'll face hate too, (A.I.M)
But they won't back down, cause you showed them truth
Yeah the truth will set you free, N.A.T.I.V.E
You don't define me by what you say
Ancestors stand behind me so I'll be brave
The pain you inflict is temporary
The evil in your eyes, no it doesn't scare me
You don't define me by what you say
Ancestors stand behind me so I'll be brave
The pain you inflict is temporary
The evil in your eyes, no it doesn't scare me
You don't scare me, the ancestors showed me the truth
You don't scare me, and I know that that scares you
You don;' define me by what you say
Ancestors stand behind me, so I'll be bray yay yave