[Intro: Barack Obama]
You have been ignored by Washington for as long as Native Americans, the first Americans
Too often, Washington has paid lip-service to working with tribes while taking a one-size-fits-all with tribal communities across the nation
That will change when I am President of the United States
[Verse 1: Litefoot]
It's the land of the free, but really are we?
When the rich F it up and you left with 700b
When pennies off a check, all that's left each month
And the price-per-gallon, it got you skippin' lunch
And when ya credits fucked up, what's a credit crunch?
What's a loan to the unknown man? They outta touch
Layin' awake each night, this shit ain't right
Visions of my grandchildren's already fucked up life
And that's fucked up, right? They born to the plight
Outside the system, wings clipped before flight
And there is a feeling overwhelmingly
That colonization is failing me
A slave to the system, time to break these chains
Wake up at the wheel, drive and switch up lanes
That wall on the street, built to ostracize mine
A house of cards in prophesied times
[Chorus: Litefoot]
Difficult times got us trippin' trippin'
We gotta get it right, this ain't livin' livin'
Difficult times, the clock is tickin' tickin'
The Earth's meltin' down, it is drippin' drippin'
Difficult times got us trippin' trippin'
We gotta get it right, this ain't livin' livin'
Difficult times, the clock is tickin' tickin'
The Earth's meltin' down, it is drippin' drippin'
[Verse 2: Litefoot]
I wanna believe in hope and get over the deceit
But you gonna have to do more than jus' telling me
It is hell on we, the people that greeted y'all
We need a unity equally encompasses all
I wanna view the US Like it's U-S
Not some dudes in DC of me that's clueless
Barack gave me hope on election night
Said "Native American" in his speech that night
Brought tears to my eyes over just two words
May slipped by you like they was just two words
'Cause we been left out, discarded an' swept out
Hearts that empty from guts that wept out
Been waitin' on the light, surviving in the dark
Tryin' to win this race, it's over 'fore it starts
Like we livin' in a maze and lookin' for exit signs
Watch the last be first in these final times
[Chorus: Litefoot]
Difficult times got us trippin' trippin'
We gotta get it right, this ain't livin' livin'
Difficult times, the clock is tickin' tickin'
The Earth's meltin' down, it is drippin' drippin'
Difficult times got us trippin' trippin'
We gotta get it right, this ain't livin' livin'
Difficult times, the clock is tickin' tickin'
The Earth's meltin' down, it is drippin' drippin'
[Verse 3: Litefoot]
You gotta put it together, then you figure it out
'Cause the signs is all there behind their fear and doubt
Need to hear me out, I was born to spit this
And God's my witness, we ain't got much choices
There's many that's called, but the chosen are few
And even those hesitate 'cause others hate what's in you
So I know Rev Run knows and Barack got a role
And the gift Jigga got, not having to write when he flow
It come from another place, out the porthole of ya face
Ya mouth, and the outcome in years is called fate
So Martin Luther died for why Crazy Horse died
For the masses to be free, some have to leave this life
Ultimate sacrifice for red, black, yellow, white
Ultimate price: Earth, if we can't get this right
And what the fuck is this but just sixteen lines?
Well, I guess we'll find out in these difficult times
[Chorus: Litefoot]
Difficult times got us trippin' trippin'
We gotta get it right, this ain't livin' livin'
Difficult times, the clock is tickin' tickin'
The Earth's meltin' down, it is drippin' drippin'
Difficult times got us trippin' trippin'
We gotta get it right, this ain't livin' livin'
Difficult times, the clock is tickin' tickin'
The Earth's meltin' down, it is drippin' drippin'
Difficult times got us trippin' trippin'
We gotta get it right, this ain't livin' livin'
Difficult times, the clock is tickin' tickin'
The Earth's meltin' down, it is drippin' drippin'
Difficult times got us trippin' trippin'
We gotta get it right, this ain't livin' livin'
Difficult times, the clock is tickin' tickin'
The Earth's meltin' down, it is drippin' drippin'
[Outro: Barack Obama]
I know what it's like to be on the outside
I know what it's like to not always have been respected or to have been ignored
I know what it's like to struggle and that's how I think many of you understand what's happened here on the reservation
That a lot of times you have been forgotten just like African-Americans have been forgotten or other groups in this country have been forgotten
And because I have that experience, I want you to know that I will never forget you
You will be on my mind every day that I'm in the White House
We will never be able to undo the wrongs that were committed against Native Americans
But what we can do is make sure that we have a President who's committed to doing what's right with Native Americans; being a full partner, respecting, honoring you, working with you
That's the commitment that I'm making to you and since now I'm a member of the family, you know that I won't break my commitment to my own brothers and my own sisters
Thank you, everybody! God Bless you!
I'm honored to be part of you, thank you very much!
