Dioganhdih - Native New Yorker

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🗓️ 15 October 2020

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Dioganhdih - "Native New Yorker," a 2019 self-released single.

A self-described "queer, non-binary, indigenous rapper, activist, and diversity consultant", Dioganhdih uses their music to celebrate the Haudenosaunee culture. On their latest single, they explain, "this single release details the life of a water protector living in a constant state of emergency and being propelled into action while living in occupation at Oceti Sakowin, Standing Rock in 2016." The track was recorded in Los Angeles with Ziibiwan, an Anishinaabe electronic artist, on beat and post production.

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0:00.0	You'll be able.
0:05.0	Space Prince.
0:08.4	I'm a native New Yorker.
0:12.0	Putting a Shoney on the scene.
0:15.0	I swear I'm not important. Just want my water clean.
0:20.0	Yeah.
0:21.0	I'm in there.
0:23.0	Yeah.
0:25.0	Oh, God, we out next, yeah.
0:30.0	Desc!
0:31.0	This night's on repeat, I still feel it in my bones.
0:37.0	I drifted in the sleep, still in yesterday's clothes.
0:41.0	I sense the rising key and my body unfrows I jumped to my feet once the smoke hit my
0:47.1	nose somehow I didn't joke but I was clearly breathing I swore put on my coat because the weather was freezing.
0:55.0	From my TVR rows here and shouts that we're leaving.
0:58.0	Started to get the froze till I woke up from dreaming,
1:01.0	but I swore sister spoke tole up, let's go.
1:05.0	We proved by call load and it's never too full.
1:08.0	So open up that dough.
1:10.0	There's room for one mow.
1:12.0	Just drop your own ego to stand with the people
1:15.1	defend from these evils. It's never been peaceful when the weapons are so
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