Something I Was Thinking About (feat. Storytellers)

Okay, when did you start Like, have you always practiced your culture Well, yeah, exactly. Have you always been Nish or like Almost drifted off to sleep, catching Z's Almost thought that this life would be easy Almost went, and fell down a rabbit hole Almost got myself addicted to Adderall Starting to feel like I aint appreciated So when shit gets rough, pushing like I'm constipated I'm not the greatest, but I miig creator that i made it Another day, see the sunrise, so elated It aint your birthday, but shit happy belated You should hear the rez pick up lines, we aint related I did the calculations, not hallucinating I still give thanks to everything, all my relations I put that shit on everything Franks Red Hot Sometimes people gotta feast at the gumbo pot If you aint got much to eat, you can still speak There's always food in my Pan Indians was weak So don't worry about the knowledge of your next meal I can shoulder some of this burden until my legs feel Like they might fall off from another long journey Anishinaabe aki, we're here to take class early It was my whole life. My whole life, I did Did you, like, grow up learning your language, too Was it spoken fluently around you Yeah, it was fluent, and I always, always knew my language until I went to school And where did you go to school Catholic school And then, like, that's when the language stopped No sooner you might be right next to me Drifting away, falling asleep Late nights, feeling the midnight Breeze No sooner you might be right next to me Drifting away, falling asleep Late nights, feeling the midnight Breeze Damn Everytime that I sit and reflect All my life, I better breathe til there's nothing left Cause when i think about the past generations Who had hope stripped, fightin' assimilation I fucken wish there was a blue pill, a simulation Then maybe we'd have more kids out at the convocation It's not the lack of motivation, ya'll got beautiful minds We can't change the past, but it's the passage of time That might take us to the next phase, a different vision Two plus two is easy, but it's hard to fight division I'm on a mission it's my method like I'm Reverend Jones Ni anishinaabemowin in some christian homes Oooh, Nishna nongom How you feeling today Gichii gichii nendam Oooh, Nishna nongom How you feeling today Gichii gichii nendam No, just to see things. We're coming along. We've got a long way to go, though A long way to go That's all we can do is, you know, hope and pray and keep it going Because I'm not going to be here forever, either, so I mean, you young guys are bringing it, so bring it home No sooner you might be right next to me Drifting away, falling asleep Late nights, feeling the midnight Breeze No sooner you might be right next to me Drifting away, falling asleep Late nights, feeling the midnight Breeze Was there sandwiches left No, they were all gone