Verse 1
Feet deep in the dirt of the ancestors
Sun on my back like a gold-leafed vesture
Refusing the ticket to a far-off place
Wrinkles of the elders on a young man's face
Concrete cracking but the roots run deeper
Mountain high road and I am the keeper
Holding my ground where the hills roll green
Walking through the smoke in a silent scene
Pre-Chorus
Not bowing my head
Not taking their lead
Just planting the grain
To handle the need
Chorus
This is Sumud
Staying where we stood
Stuck to the soil like a king in the wood
This is Sumud
Making evil good
Doing what they told us that we never could
Sumud
Steadfast and rooted
Sumud
The spirit undiluted
Verse 2
Peasant soul power with a child in the womb
Building out the life inside a narrow room
If the pipe gets blocked and the water won't flow
It is just a little seeds that we started to sow
Trading all the silver for a bag of the grain
Building our own clinics to handle the pain
Boycott the store and we grow it at home
Kings of the dust and the valley we roam
Pre-Chorus
Not bowing my head
Not taking their lead
Just planting the grain
To handle the need
Chorus
This is Sumud
Staying where we stood
Stuck to the soil like a king in the wood
This is Sumud
Making evil good
Doing what they told us that we never could
Sumud
Steadfast and rooted
Sumud
The spirit undiluted
Bridge
Third way
The bird stay
The olive tree won't ever sway
Firm hand
On the land
Even when the world don't understand
Firm hand
On the land
Chorus
This is Sumud
Staying where we stood
Stuck to the soil like a king in the wood
This is Sumud
Making evil good
Doing what they told us that we never could
Sumud
Steadfast and rooted
Sumud
The spirit undiluted
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