| They took the whole Cherokee nation
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| Put us on this reservation
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| Took away our ways of life
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| The tomahawk and the bow and knife
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| Took away our native tongue
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| And taught their English to our young
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| And all the beads we made by hand
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| Are nowadays made in Japan
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| Cherokee people
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| Cherokee tribe
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| So proud to live
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| So proud to die
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| They took the whole Indian nation
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| Locked us on this reservation
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| Though I wear a shirt and tie
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| I’m still part redman deep inside
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| Cherokee people
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| Cherokee tribe
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| So proud to live
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| So proud to die
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| But maybe someday when we’ve learned
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| Cherokee nation will return
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| Will return, will return
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| Will return, will return |