Watch Steemit Open Mic Week 46 "Nyanya Wind Talker Woman" (Original Song) video on DTube
We're pretty excited to have our first open mic on DTube! Good riddance YouTube.
Our tune this week is another in the ARTivism category, yet this time the song has a happy ending, instead of us depressing you the whole time.
"Nyanya Wind Talker Woman" is a collaboration between a dear friend, Jean Pierre De Mante La Jolie, and ourselves. Jean was very inspired one night and wrote a poem for his late wife Nyanya, who was a fierce advocate for Indigenous rights all over the Earth. She was a Native American woman who fought for freedom and equality her whole life. Jean approached us and asked if we would make his beautiful poem into a song and of course we said yes. It's a deep honour!
~Lyrics~
Bombs over Gaza, Nuclear waste on the reservations
Murder on the Palestinians, Moluccan's destruction of the Indian Nations
The genocide continuing, Dancers of death
Murder on the lands, with the next breath
Nyanya (Wind talker Woman) Weeps
Crazed oppressors wielding the sword of hateful greed,
Thou shalt kill in the name of the chosen's deceit.
The Sheep and the Cattle can't keep from milling,
Some are more than ready some aren't willing.
Nyanya (Wind talker Woman) Weeps
Vampires drinking blood and oil cocktails
Their violence works,
It hardly ever fails
New world order, is an old world lie.
Fighting for peace, see how they die.
Nyanya (Wind talker Woman) Weeps
Dragging in God, as they turn violent.
God says nothing, he just remains silent.
Stop madmen from running loose.
Mother Earth Woman can’t take the abuse
The self proclaimed chosen ones,
Invented Zionism and Manifest Destiny,
To bring the people of Palestine, The Moluccas, and Turtle Island to their knees.
Nyanya (Wind talker Woman) Weeps
Wind talking from the spirit world:
Daughter of Earth sets in motion
Uniting with the Earth Children of Palestine
And Nusa Ina: In shared Emotion
Brothers and Sisters on all continents,
Coming together to defeat the beast.
Hansina Uktolseja, Wafa Idris, and Lozen vindicated at last
Nyanya (Wind talker Woman) smiles
Nyanya (Wind talker Woman) smiles
Nyanya (Wind talker Woman) smiles
Lyrics: Jean Pierre De Mante La Jolie
Music, vocals and arrangement: @Lyndsay Bowes
Lead guitar: @hendrix22 (Brendan Bowes)
If you would like to get your music and your messages out there as well, join the Steemit Open Mic this week:
Steemit Open Mic Week 46 - Record Your Performance On Your Phone, Enter And Win Steem - Sponsored By @pfunk And @luzcypher
https://steemit.com/openmic/@luzcypher/steemit-open-mic-week-46-record-your-performance-on-your-phone-enter-and-win-steem-sponsored-by-pfunk-and-luzcypher
👏👏👏👏 Gosh oh gosh... a deep and intense song there Lyndsay. Very thought provoking lyrics and sung from the heart. Well done nice one. 👍
p.s. I don't read other replies prior to posting my own if at all possible, so it's interesting that @atulmittal had used the word "intense" prior to me. I guess that settles it, it's definitely intense! 😉
Thank you SO much for listening @SteelyGeoff! I'm always honoured if you like our song! And I'm really appreciative that the depth and intensity doesn't turn you off. :) Much Love and Tonnes of Respect we have for you!!! XOXOXOXOoxoxoxoxOXOXoxoxoxOXOX
You got my vote! I love your voice and the lyrics of this song
pretty timely
I hope you win ^ ^
good luck!
Thank you very much for listening, for hearing the messages and agreeing with them @englishtchrivy! xo!!
i was curious so I clicked on the link
am glad I did :)
And I'm super glad that the link worked for you! DTube is still very very new, and I got some feedback that the video wouldn't play on ipads, but it will on phones and computers XO Thank you again for your kindness!!
am on my comp so yes it worked
This was beautiful! I was captivated by the beautiful, yet powerful vocals and lyrics. So glad that I came across this song. Upvoted and re-steemed!!!!
Aw, thank you very much for listening and enjoying it enough to resteem @sallyswitchblade! I'm touched!
Absolutely! I've listened to it sooo many times now. :)
That's so cool! Thank you for letting me know <3 <3
You both compliment each other so well in your playing styles! That must be an awesome connection to have with your spouse. Great job on this song!
Thank you so much for always encouraging and supporting our creativity! Love you Michael! Can't wait to hear you jam one day !!!!
Yeah I will post something soon. It will prob suck in the beginning but I dont worry about that. And your very welcome! Thanks for sharing and encouraging me as well. Love you Lindsay!
YAY!!! Yes, go for it!! PS: There's no such thing as sucking when you're doing art!!! I would admire your courage to put yourself 'out there'!
DTube sounds interesting. I'll check it out.
Great! Here's the introduction: Introducing DTube: a decentralized video platform using STEEM and IPFS
Yay! Im here now!. Awesome song wehhuu
Thank you so much for listening :) Much Love!
@Lyndsaybowes Beautiful yet powerful lyrics and a hearffelt peformance. Your spirit shines through, thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for listening and for your kind review @perceptualflaws.
Great song! Mother Earth is alive and well and will continue to be even if it takes her wiping us away.
Thank you! I really feel the same way, SHE will live on for quite a long time with or without us! Earth don't need saving, HUMANS do.
We made a mistake viewing ourselves as seperate from and above nature. We should have stayed hunter/gatherers, now most of us cannot survive in the wild as was meant to be just as the wolf or the tiger. That is why we've lost morals and honor. That's why we strip the environment of resources like roaches. This is why we slaughter one another over illusory cultural differences. I kinda think the Earth Mother may have put this sickness in us so we'd go away.
Damn, you are so WISE!! I just LOVE reading your writing...you are bang ON!!
Nice song!, feels so good to have such talented people in steemit!, really exciting! :D :D
Thank you so much for listening @dreamrafa!
Beautiful lyrics and a voice to go with...love the style and the message ..Kudos to both of you!
Thank you so much for checking it out and for enjoying the song! Much Love Cryptoiskey!
Love the lyrics babe even though I couldn't play the video 😡
Missed your lovely voice.
Did you end up retrying it Percy?
No, I'll go now.
That was intense. It took me quite a while to listen as dtube is not so fast but when I did the song really gripped me. Very deep lyrics and you have sung it so beautifully. Great message. Keep the music alive.
Peace and love !!!
Aw, thank you VERY much for your awesome review @atulmittal! I'm so glad that you enjoyed it :) :) I am just headed over to hear your new song Walk In The Ocean <3 <3 <3
Beautiful accompaniment and serious topic / lyrics that you manage to make sound quite lovely. For some reason I could only hear the left channel audio - just mentioning in case it is a technical snafu on your part that you could avoid in the future. I am listening on a headset (at work) so it is really obvious that it is only coming in one ear. I swear it isn't going out the other though! LOL
I found you on openmic - hope your entry gets counted despite the dtube- appended in front of every tag :( Same thing happened to me. Following you and looking forward to more of your music in my feed! This is my first week entering the openmic contest and I am having a ton of fun listening to everyone's entries. Cheers - Carl
Thank you very much for the feedback Carl, I will listen again on my headphones to see what's going on. When I first listened it was coming through both.
Yeah, hope the entries still count even though dtube took the first tag. I'll pop by your page and give you a listen too :) xo!
Tried again through my headphones, yes it comes through both, yet the left was a bit louder than the right <3
Huh must have been my work headphones. Glad it is coming through!
You got my vote! I love your voice and the lyrics of this song
great
the best song
Thank you so much for listening to our song @ykoussour <3