Nishnawb Hip Hop

from The Braid Remains by Shibastik

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This is Nishnawb Hip hop…
Shotgun red hot like a sweat rock…
Make a city Native do the rez stomp…
This is Nishnawb Hip hop…
30-30 with the head shot…
Straight shwoosh with the rez rock…

Ever try to shoot a goose flying passed you?
That’s what I call fast food /
Ever try to grab a moose by the rack, you?
That’s what I call a bad move //
I’ve always represented for the Native North...
Call me Thomas Shepard; way I play with cords /
Trying to create a sound to catch the vibes //
Of the machataywayow... It’s land and skies /
Still bringing high notes from the Lowlands...
If you really Wanna go we can go den /
I fight with my words... Musko Dotem...
On a track first one to say “Skoden” //
94 calls to action…
Still waiting on all the action…. /
It’s looking like it’s not going to happen…
It’s looking like we’re going to have to take it all back den…. //
If you know some politicians better at them…
Talking bullshit? We’re going to throw it back at them… /
No more stretched words and talking…
The ancestors are watching //

This is Nishnawb Hip hop…
Shotgun red hot like a sweat rock…
Make a city Native do the rez stomp…
This is Nishnawb Hip hop…
30-30 with the head shot…
Straight shwoosh with the rez rock…

I’ve made some shoolean but it’s more than business...
Every word... Every verse dropped for my Nishes /
But when it come to the critics and haters hating specifics
about the way that I did this? All I hear is crickets //
I’ll never take a deal... I keep it independent…
I own the rights to every record… Each and every second /
I wear it proud around my neck just like a beaded pendant…
Peace sign folded in a fist my only needed weapon //
They don’t want to see us rise up…
Want us to keep our mouths closed and our eyes shut /
They taught of a God made their image…
Said the theft of our land was pilgrimage //
They still grimace at the thought of me doing a sweat…
Brush off the fact their economy’s doomed to dept /
They’d probably hate to know that I still pray for them…
Cold world… But my father taught me how to stay warm //
I’m a hunter and warrior through and through…
It’s nothing that I need to prove… What’s true is true /
I truth pursue as I’m moving through these ruins… Smooth
Stepping wild lynx who has never jumped through a hoop //
I knew I was no chicken so I flew the coop…
Showed them I had eagle vision… Saw through the noose /
I heard a calling from the fallen and I made a promise…
No matter how much truth hurts… I’m staying honest //

This is Nishnawb Hip hop…
Shotgun red hot like a sweat rock…
Make a city Native do the rez stomp…
This is Nishnawb Hip hop…
30-30 with the head shot…
Straight shwoosh with the rez rock…

This is Nishnawb Hip hop…
Shotgun red hot like a sweat rock…
Make a city Native do the rez stomp…
This is Nishnawb Hip hop…
30-30 with the head shot…
Straight shwoosh with the rez rock…

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from The Braid Remains, released October 26, 2022
Produced by Shibastik at Swamp CREEture Studios

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Shibastik Thunder Bay, Ontario

Legendary James Bay (Mushkegowuk) Cree emcee, producer, artist and workshop facilitator. Creator of the Healing Through Hip Hop Workshop, Land Bass Healing Tour and the Rez Rock. An experienced traditional hunter and an accomplished basketball player, Shibastik grew up in the isolated northern communities of Moosonee and Moose Factory on the Moose River. Two time captain of Team Ontario at NAIG. ... more

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