"Tribe" genre: Blues Rock
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	A very groove-based organic song. Various instruments and textures blending to convey a feel. Peak position - #32 on Blues Rock Chart! 7/13/03 - MP3.com Featured Artist Song - Blues Rock!
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	Story Behind the Song This song was a total experiment for me. For a while, I had become complacent in my genre of blues rock and ballads. So I decided to go a different direction that I wasn't necessarily comfortable in. I have appreciated some of the tones I've heard in World, Urban and even Techno. Also, some wonderful friends of mine pushed me to expand my musical horizons (Thanks, Nick and KK). But being a guitarist, I wanted to still retain the feel of a guitar oriented song. Yet, I was able to utilize a varied pallette of real and virtual instruments. As the music took shape, I heard the voices of what I wanted to write about. So I wrote about the suffering of indigenous people. Although there are definite Native-American overtones, this song speaks to all people who suffered in name of progress, commerce and the so-called "true religion". It is very ironic that so many atrocities have been committed in the name of organized religion. So, there you have it. I hope you enjoy the music. And I hope you are moved by the words. Peace... Lyrics I speak the sacred prayer now And hope my heart is true I dream the long lost visions Of the world that we once knew Our freedom just a memory Despair the bitter truth The strange ones are our masters And our scars are living proof And I call to you Great Father To guide us through the trials that we must face For their is no hiding place From the tears that fill our eyes I sing the sacred chanting To help us understand Why they kill our people And rape our fertile land But some of us were chosen And found the strength to fight But our world is slowly dying Like the long and cold dark night And so I call to you Great Father To help us through the trials that we must face For their is no hiding place From the fear that lives inside And so I call to you Great Father To help us through the trials that we must face For their is no hiding place From the tears that fill our eyes As our people slowly die...

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