Difficult Times - Litefoot

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

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

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'

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

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'

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

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'

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!