(West Papuan Chant)
Tuets
I cannot talk about what I don't know
I can only make sense of it by
Talking about what I sort of understand
So, where I'm from
There's this word, Vanua
Means land, earth, rock, stone, soil
For us, the Vanua can also be this entity
This physical representation of nature's spirit
Let's just say that to give this entity a name and a purpose
Because like for us, the Vanua can be active, reactive
She provides and she takes
She nurtures and she punishes
Vanua can also mean the land that I am from
When we're asked where we're from
Sometimes we say
I am Vanua
I'm a child of this land
The land that birthed us
We don't own it, we just belong to it
It's like this ancestral umbilical cord that tethers us to the land
To where our totem tree grows
To where our totem bird sings
Maybe that's why we fight so fervently
When we're forcibly and unjustly separated from it
(West Papuan Chant)
Christonite Boginikua - Free West Papua (feat. Blanc.O, Zen & Tuets) Lyrics
Christonite Boginikua - Free West Papua (feat. Blanc.O, Zen & Tuets) Lyrics
We currently do not have these lyrics.
If you would like to submit them, please use the form below.
We currently do not have these lyrics.
If you would like to submit them, please use the form below.
English
(West Papuan Chant)
Tuets
I cannot talk about what I don't know
I can only make sense of it by
Talking about what I sort of understand
So, where I'm from
There's this word, Vanua
Means land, earth, rock, stone, soil
For us, the Vanua can also be this entity
This physical representation of nature's spirit
Let's just say that to give this entity a name and a purpose
Because like for us, the Vanua can be active, reactive
She provides and she takes
She nurtures and she punishes
Vanua can also mean the land that I am from
When we're asked where we're from
Sometimes we say
I am Vanua
I'm a child of this land
The land that birthed us
We don't own it, we just belong to it
It's like this ancestral umbilical cord that tethers us to the land
To where our totem tree grows
To where our totem bird sings
Maybe that's why we fight so fervently
When we're forcibly and unjustly separated from it
(West Papuan Chant)
Tuets
I cannot talk about what I don't know
I can only make sense of it by
Talking about what I sort of understand
So, where I'm from
There's this word, Vanua
Means land, earth, rock, stone, soil
For us, the Vanua can also be this entity
This physical representation of nature's spirit
Let's just say that to give this entity a name and a purpose
Because like for us, the Vanua can be active, reactive
She provides and she takes
She nurtures and she punishes
Vanua can also mean the land that I am from
When we're asked where we're from
Sometimes we say
I am Vanua
I'm a child of this land
The land that birthed us
We don't own it, we just belong to it
It's like this ancestral umbilical cord that tethers us to the land
To where our totem tree grows
To where our totem bird sings
Maybe that's why we fight so fervently
When we're forcibly and unjustly separated from it
(West Papuan Chant)
Writer: Christopher Mallam
Copyright: Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
Copyright: Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid