artist:Vanessa Williams

movie:Pocahontas

You think you own whatever land you land on

The earth is just a dead thing you can claim

But I know every rock and tree and creature

Has a life, has a spirit has a name



You think the only people who are people

Are the people who look and think like you

But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger

You'll learn things you never knew, you never knew



Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?

Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?

Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain?

Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?



How high does a sycamore grow?

If you cut it down, then you'll never know.

And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon.

For whether we are white, or copper-skinned,

We need to sing with all the voices of the mountain

Need to paint with all the colors of the wind

Need to paint with all the colors of the wind



You can own the earth and still,

All you own is earth until

You can paint with all the colors of the wind.








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