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AMERICAN CRIME

I'm your Indian man
I'm your son of a Squaw
I'm that little Red boy
You don't want to hear from no more
Ask me no questions
And I'll tell you no lies
But you know who I am
I'm the American Crime

Mother Nature
She was a friend to me
You took my land
Now you want to take my dignity
But one too many times
I've toed the line
The world's got to know
The American Crime

Treaties you've made
That have gone by the way
National Holidays
That don't have my name
And I'm your Kiowa man
I'm your Cherokee too
I'm the whole damn Red Nation
Including the Sioux

Mother Nature
She was my friend you see
You raped the land
Now you want to take my dignity
Well one too many times
I've toed the line
The world's got to know
The American Crime

Is somebody out there
Who wants the Red man free
So many other causes
The last of which is me
Visiting dignitaries
Coming to our land
Don't you wonder what has happened
To the real Americans

I'm your Apache, Comanche
Your Iroquois, your Ute
I'm your Winnebago, Choctaw
Your Zuni, Paiute
Shoshone, your Blackfoot
Your Hopi and your Crow
Your Mohawk, Chippewa
Cheyenne, and Navaho
I'm your Massachusetts, Nez Perce
Creek and Papago
I'm your Mescalero, Pennacook
Huron, Eskimo
Wichita, Micmac
Dakota, Yamapai
You know who I am
The American Crime