IT’S THE PAHA SAPA
DEEP IN A HEART
A SIOUX MANTRA
PAHA

I TOOK A TRIP TO THE HILL
IN SOUTHWESTERN DAKOTA
INTO THE LAND OF THE BUFFALO
THE OGLALA LAKOTA

MET A MAN NAMED RICHARD
AS HE WAS PAINTING A VASE
HE SPOKE OF THE LEGEND OF SACRED PIPE
AND THE START OF A RACE
BRUSHED DEEP IN HIS FACE

PAHA SAPA
SITS DEEP IN A HEART
A SIOUX ARIA
PAHA

HE SAID “WE ALL BLEW OUT OF THE EARTH
FROM A HOLE IN A WIND CAVE
AND WAKAN TANKA MADE US STRONG
GENERATIONS OF BRAVES

AND KORCZAK CARVING A MOUNTAIN
TO REMEMBER US ALL
WE WERE LIVING THEN, WE’RE LIVING NOW
THE DRUM MAKING A CALL
IN A SKY GHOST DANCE BALL”

PAHA SAPA
DEEP IN A HEART
A SIOUX MANTRA
PAHA SAPA