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This America

Joy Harjo
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Joy Harjo


If you look from the stars, you will see truly.
You will see your breath, your breathing as clouds.
You will see the ancestor dreamers.
The witness wins.
They are watching this America.

Nita ojan wajinogi. Nita ojan wajinogi.
America, America.
Where are you going? Where have you been?

Remember the sky you were born under?
Know each of the star’s stories?
Remember the sun's birth at dawn.
That is the strongest point of dawn.
Remember sundown and they're giving tonight to dreaming.

Nita ojan wajinogi. Nita ojan wajinogi.

Remember your birth, where the peacekeepers stood
Eagle above us, Earth below us.
Remember the earth whose skin we are
We are plants, trees, animals, wind
We make a lumbering creature of chaos and heart

Nita ojan wajinogi. Nita ojan wajinogi.
America. America.
Ay ya ya ya he

Remember the nation is a person worth us all
We are a heart of mind
We make a memory trail
Anything that happens is never forgotten
We can use the story to burn down the country or make a light
To find the way home
Eagle above us, Earth below us.

Eagle above us, all around us.
America. America.
Where are you going? Where have you been?
Hey heyee yee yaya hey heyee yee yaya he



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