Earth Revolution (by Ta’Kaiya Blaney and Aileen De La Cruz)
Verse 1:
Out from a distance
Still got a million miles to go
Making a difference
The only trophy I want to hold
State of the nations
Poisoned by pollution , greed and war
We know we got solutions
But actions speak louder than words
Pre chorus
Oh oh stop waiting til tomorrow
Stop living yesterday
Cause there won’t be a tomorrow
If we don’t change today
Chorus
Generation Now, Children of the future, Earth’s Revolution
Creation’s crying out, I can feel her pain, can’t walk away
I’ll do my part to fix what’s broken, give back what we’ve taken, hope for the dawn of a new day
Calling each and every person, join me in Earth Revolution
Verse 2
Let’s go the distance
We are a million voices strong
Facing resistance
But there’s a choice between right and wrong
Pre Chorus
Oh oh stop waiting til tomorrow
Stop living yesterday
Cause there won’t be a tomorrow
If we don’t change today
Chorus
Generation Now, Children of the future, Earth’s Revolution
Creation’s crying out, I can feel her pain, can’t walk away
I’ll do my part to fix what’s broken, give back what we’ve taken, hope for the dawn of a new day
Calling each and every person, join me in Earth Revolution
Bridge
I’ve walked this great land, it used to be beautiful, it used to be home
I’ve seen the rivers run dry, and communities have no home
Where are the birds and the trees
They’ve replaced them with their concrete dreams
We can turn this around. We can fix this right now.
Shallow Waters: Ta’Kaiya Blaney and Aileen De La Cruz
Verse 1
In shallow waters, I can’t see
Your clear waves lapping at my feet
The lifeless ocean, black not blue
I didn’t help but deep down I knew
Verse 2
In shallow waters I used to see
Dolphins playing in front of me
Seaweed swaying, keeping time
Tidal rhythms laugh not cry
Pre Chorus
Oh/oh Why do tears fall from the sky?
On/oh Have we given up, please tell me why?
Chorus
Remember the salty ocean breeze,
We used to build castles on the beach,
Splashing around in the summer heat
Now it’s just oil up to our knees
Bring back the days we used to care
When all of these troubles were not there
A cry for help this is our song
If we do nothing it’ll all be gone
Verse 3
Om shallow waters I can’t see
The wondrous life God created to be
But tankers and pipelines keep coming through
I turned my head and so did you
Bridge
Come with me to the emerald sea
Where black gold spills into my ocean dreams
Nothing to be found
No life is around
It’s just the sound of mourning in the air
Silence everywhere
Prechorus, chorus.
Ta’Kaiya Blaney and Aileen De La Cruz
(Chorus)
Once upon a dream the whales splashed
The eagles flew, the frogs hopped
Then everything changed.
I wish those days were back with me
Oh how I miss them badly,
My memories are carried on the eagle’s wings
Remembering yesterday.
(Verse 1)
In my dream, I rode a whale,
We shared stories of the past.
Guh no mutch, “Qwa nooch” tums gi jeh [I dreamed of the land]
Guh no mutch, “ee qwa Ajom” tums gi jeh [I dreamed the land changed]
(Chorus)
Once upon a dream the whales splashed
The eagles flew, the frogs hopped
Then everything changed.
I wish those days were back with me
Oh how I miss them badly,
My memories are carried on the eagle’s wings
Remembering yesterday
(Verse 2)
In my dream, I saw a frog,
We hopped through the cleansing rain
Guh no mutch, “Qwa nooch” tums gi jeh[I dreamed of the land]
Guh no mutch, “ee qwa Ajom” tums gi jeh[I dreamed the land changed]
(Chorus)
Once upon a dream the whales splashed
The eagles flew, the frogs hopped
Then everything changed.
I wish those days were back with me
Oh how I miss them badly,
My memories are carried on the eagle’s wings
Remembering yesterday
(Breakaway)
Then I thought how
Then I asked how
How can I change the world right now?
(Chorus)
Once upon a dream the whales splashed
The eagles flew, the frogs hopped
Then everything changed.
I wish those days were back with me
Oh how I miss them badly,
My memories are carried on the eagle’s wings
Remembering yesterday
Wonderful, Beautiful
Ta’Kaiya Blaney and Aileen De La Cruz
Verse 1
My life is too short to wait one more day
Dreams don’t come through if you don’t pave the way
Just like a river that flows to the sea
You can get through anything that may be in between
Verse 2
Just like a mountain, a rock you must climb
Sometimes in life you must struggle to find
Choosing a path you will find your own way
No matter what, there’s still hope at the end of the day
Chorus:
Wonderful, Beautiful, that’s what you are
You can do anything, follow your heart
Just like a bird you can fly through the wind
Soaring thru storms you can feel all God’s strength in your wings
Bridge
Even when times get too tough
Just believe in in His love
No matter how you may fall
You will stand up and stand tall
Chorus:
Wonderful, Beautiful, that’s what you are
You can do anything, follow your heart
Just like a bird you can fly through the wind
Soaring thru storms you can feel all God’s strength in your wings
Watching Over Me
Ta’Kaiya Blaney, Aileen De La Cruz
(Verse 1)
There are days when I feel like giving up
And there’s no one left I can trust.
Be my refuge and shelter me from the storms
Calm my mind, with your peace and your grace
(Chorus)
And forever Your Love will live in my heart
There’s nothing I fear when you are around.
I know you are near, with the angels watching over me
Keeping me safe, safe in your arms.
(Verse 2)
There are days when I feel like a beautiful butterfly
Dancing on air with the breeze.
All the wonderful things that He has created
Has opened my eyes to His Glory
(ChorusJ
And forever Your Love will live in my heart
There’s nothing I fear when you are around.
I know you are near, with the angels watching over me
Keeping me safe, safe in your arms.
(Bridge)
I just can’t do this alone
I need Your strength top carry on
Everyday of my life I will live just for you.
(Chorus):
And forever Your Love will live in my heart
There’s nothing I fear when you are around.
I know you are near, with the angels watching over me
Keeping me safe, safe in your arms.
Keeping me safe, safe in your arms…..
A breeze of sorrow and disgrace
A silent morning hush
One lone cedar tree awakes
Life is silent in the bush
The streams are left empty
The salmon won’t ever return
Once blue, lazy waves from the sea
Now only an oily black churn
Chinuth chuiy qwa eho
I am a child of many generations to come
We had to quit our old ways in oder to live
A barren place this coast has become
It’s ourselves we can never forgive
Before it’s too late, I need you to listen
Stop the pipeline before it spills
And covers the forest with an oily glisten
Our greed is the oil that blackens and kills
by Ta’Kaiya Blaney, age 10
What is there .
Fish are one of the important things on our planet.
But if you take something away it can really cause a difference.
Lots of other animals that eat fish are going to go hungry;
like bears, seals, sea lions, elephant seals, whales, and killer whales.
Bears now starve and die in hibernation. Seals now have to come
to shore to catch fish.
Tishosem, “place of the Spawning Herring.” was the home of my people.
My dad remembers well that he used to catch sockeye, sping salmon,
rock cod and red snapper just by handline.
Many people liked to fish too much. Big boats, as big as a ferry, and
fished all day and all night and fished all of them out. Other people
wanted to build a mill. Their big dam blocked the fish from laying their eggs.
Now, a big truck comes to Tishosem and gives everyone fish.
But it didn’t come this year because there were no more fish to give.
What would happen if there were no more fish?
Ta’Kaiya Blaney (age 7)
If I were an eagle
I would soar above the clouds
I would see the stars above me
I wish I could be like them
If I were an eagle
I would swoop down the river
and try to catch some fish
But…they would be all gone
I would keep searching
I might starve and die
If I were an eagle
I would look to see my home
The scattered logs would be laying down
as if they had been sleeping
for thousands of years
a cruel wind would blow over
the gentle earth
If I were an eagle
People would look up
They would wish to be with me,
where the air is clear…If I were an eagle.
Ta’Kaiya Blaney (age 6)
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