Verse One � Rex Smallboy

My reservation As I look into your eyes I realize that were living out the Whitman�s lies There was no compromise just deceit as I face the defeat that was put here long before me At times I find it hard to accept I ask god is this a test is this really all we have left cuz my sons life is just getting started and life is seeming harder just to try stay above the water I remember the days of way back when we had no gang fights; we had no crack pipes and brothers got along in the families What the hell went wrong with the families My reservation

Verse Two � Karmen Omeosoo

I�m feeling the pain The strain on my mental weighs heavy Genocide makes me live my native life deadly I hope you get me if you don�t let it marinate The mind-state of my people, we try to set that strait We never brought residential schools to this place We never brought alcoholic fluid to our taste We would never go and try change you What you did to my descendants changed the elder�s lives too And all the Time you knew, now we feeling reserved Living disturbed, living a life huh we never deserved The native way of thinking ain�t the way of the old Its time to look toward the future let our story unfold

(Chorus) I�m feeling reserved Man that�s how I�m living I gotta do with this mic I was given X 2 To try to get by, no word of a lie We gotta try to restore pride

Verse Three � Ryan Small

Reservations only No need to wait for seating Natives continue bleeding The circle just keeps repeating This feeling filling a void Exploit a people changing It�s why I turn the tables like time Turning the page going against the grain and Engaged in health through out the day and No way it�s simple or plain Need to maintain through these pains Taking these short ends making encores and Acrylic abortion it all costs so all the real could gain applause Reserves relentless yo it�s what I gotta contend with Sundance the rez demented genuine arson of lessons From beneath the ground sentence to blessed with four elements This mic this light this rez this life I represent my residents

Verse Four � Cynthia Smallboy

Sweet Grace how music lets my mind take flight Rez life my life living a wake of sleepless nights Be my eyes color blind catch a glimps of babies sight Realize there�s more to see than all this rock around me Grant this girl a beat and let my soul run free Amidst the plague of war there ain�t no way I�d rather be One love for my people U. N I. T. E Instead of feeling reserved my reserve feel me

(Chorus) x 3

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