3ème: Earth Guardians Rap

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is a 16-year-old Native American (indian) environmental activist, hip hop artist and the youth director of Earth Guardians, a nonprofit organisation that encourages young activists, artists and musicians from around the world to connect and become involved in positive change (#GenerationRyse). 

In 2013 Xiuhtezcatl received the “Youth Change Maker of the Year” award from President Obama. He has spoken on three occasions at the United Nations, recently challenging a group of world leaders to do something real about climate change. 

http://www.earthguardians.org/

(1:52 to 2:50) 
Yes that’s right, we are First Nations.
Indigenous people were the first people to roam the land.
Though our way of life has been threatened, we are striving to pass on our teachings to the next generation.
So they may create a new world for all people on Earth.
We are the caretakers of the Earth
We honour the sacred connection between all beings
We saw beauty in the simplest gifts of nature
We are part of the Earth, not separate from it.
We are the warriors of the land, the protectors of nature and the guardians of the Earth.

I’m a descendant of the people oppressed in this land
But people are rising up, breaking free from these locks and chains.
We are bringing forth a movement that’s on the rise
Uniting the people of the Earth all under one sky.
To defend our secret land
To defend our only hope
To protect these sacred waters we will never be alone.
Reconnect to the sacred wisdom of our ancestors past
Set free my people, we are rising at last.

 

“I STAND” By Aaron Ableman, Xiuhtezcatl & Finian Makepeace

January 5, 2016

Lyrics from the song that was created during our time at the UN Conference of Parties (Global Climate Summit), Paris 2015.  Watch the video here.
If I stand with love, you could stand by me
If I stand with earth, she will stand by me
I will stand I will climb the water will rise
like tides of the ocean behind my eyes…
From death comes new life,
Your breath melts the ice
Fire catching flame
Nobody to blame
Just you and I, the water we drink is the same
We both feel the pain
Nature can’t be tamed
Roll the dice for the final time and give up the game
We will dance in the sun and pray for the rain
Restore our soil quit burning the oil
Internal turmoil the oceans will boil
The people will laugh, write songs in the grass
Determine the future our children will have
In my final hour, power to the youth
Stand atop a tower setting free the truth
All will fall silent except for me and you
I stand for my planet, I stand for the truth
I stand for the beauty of every passing moment
Stand for justice, lighting fire of a movement,
I will stand!
My body, her body one.  My body, her body love. My body, her body one. My body, her body love.
If I stand with love, you could stand by me
If I stand with earth, she will stand by me
A clock strikes, the earth cries out
Another suit and tie refuses the sound
Of refugees losing our homes
Man vs earth, fish vs water
Black vs white, child vs father
Wars of fear, lack, worry and doubt
Hate hates itself, searching for a way out
So I went down and kissed the ground
Where I stand is what matters now
Time stopped, the rain stopped and the sun peaked through the clouds
If we stand with the earth, she stands with us
Stand for the earth, she stands for us
Come on world!
If I stand with love, you could stand by me
If I stand with earth, she will stand by me