They said the storm was coming frostbite on the way oh no

But we built the fire higher we aint melting in the snow

Sweetgrass burning drum heart beating through the pain

No more fragile flakes falling on the Red Road again

You march with signs saying land back while leasing out the mineral rights

Post a tear for the treaties you broke then book a flight to the next climate summit tonight

Tell us were strong and resilient but keep the rez locked in welfare chains

Diabetes spiking pipes leaking brown water for decades while you argue over pronouns and names

You cry genocide every election cycle light candles for the graves from the schools

But when our sisters vanish on those lonely highways your outrage lasts about as long as a tweet cools

Open borders for the cartels man camps rolling through treaty land

More missing women more silent graves but you blame the wind and wash your hands

All these double standards hit different when your blood remembers the snow

Who talks loudest over Native voices the ones who never walked these roads

They said the storm was coming frostbite on the way oh no

But we built the fire higher we aint melting in the snow

Sweetgrass burning drum heart beating through the pain

No more fragile flakes falling on the Red Road again

You romanticize the feathers and the regalia for your music festival glow

Smudge with white sage you bought online then cancel any Elder who tells you no

Push two spirit theory on the kids while our languages fade to whispers in the wind

Our boys hunt for meat not likes but you call that toxic rewrite tradition on a whim

You defund the officers say restorative justice will heal the wounds from the violence

But when the predators circle the reserves its our women paying the highest price

Grandpa still wont speak about the strap and the shame from those church run halls

You want trigger warnings on the history books man he lived the triggers took the falls

Handouts instead of hunting grounds casinos over clean rivers running free

You virtue signal decolonize from the city but the real work stays with me and my people see

All these contradictions cut deeper than the winter wind weve always known

Who claims to save the Indigenous most the settlers scared of being called alone

We survived the blankets the relocations the children stolen in the night

Didnt shatter when the government lied didnt kneel when they turned off the lights

We dont need your safe circles or your land acknowledgments read like a script

We need running water real sovereignty and the right to raise our kids without the grip

You dissolve when words get heavy evaporate at the sight of uncomfortable truth

But weve walked through centuries of actual frost stood tall kept the fire kept the youth

So keep your statues debates and your rewritten books that paint us as props in your play

Well keep the ceremonies alive the stories passed down the old way

You want equity start by admitting the system you built still keeps us dependent and broke

While real warriors are out here fixing fences teaching the young ones not to choke

No more melting when the cold hits hard we were born in this climate forged in the flame

Ancestors whispering in the wind reminding us we carry the name

Frostbite warriors we dont break we dont fold

Sweetgrass burning drum heart beating stories told

They said the storm was coming but we still here standing bold

No more fragile flakes on the Red Road