Into our homes they came with force

To take our ways without remorse

Erase our past with blood and sweat

So we won’t know, so we’d forget

They made us speak in different tongues

So we’d forget our lovely songs

They made us wear their sullen clothes

So we’d forget how garment glows

They took the heroes from our tales

So we’d forget how good prevails

They took our land beneath our feet

So we’d forget from where we eat

They took our sky above our hands

So we’d forget where prayer ends

They took our mountain’s holy name

So we’d forget from where we came

They took the bones out of our graves

So we’d forget we’re kings not slaves

They took our brightest and our best

So we’d forget how much we’re blessed

They took our mothers and our fathers

So we’d forget we’re sisters and we’re brothers