(John 4: 24 / Ps. 83: 18 / Gen. 1: 1 / Acts 17: 2328 / Matt. 13: 1015)
GREAT SPIRIT O' FATHER of Skies (Ps. 83: 18)
GREAT SPIRIT Over All Things Alive (Matt. 22: 32)
GREAT SPIRIT We Bow Before YOUR Eyes
Like The Sun, Moon & Stars YOUR Campfires (James 1: 17)
GREAT SPIRIT of Wonder ! So Wise
GREAT SPIRIT The Great Creator (Gen. 1: 1)
GREAT SPIRIT "GRAND-Father" & Man's Maker (Gen. 1: 27)
GREAT SPIRIT Gave The Wind-Air & Our Breath (Gen. 2: 7)
Riding & Rising Like Eagles Even As We Slept (Ps. 146: 4)
GREAT SPIRIT O' Great-Giver of Waters (Gen. 1: 610)
of Lakes & Streams & Rains That Laughs Out Like Daughters
and We Who Canoe & Swim In YOUR Mighty Rivers
We Are Grateful To "The Great-Falls-of-Water SENDER"
GREAT SPIRIT of The Mountains & Plains
GREAT SPIRIT Even Before We Knew YOUR Name
(Acts 17: 23 / Ps. 83: 18)
We Could See YOUR Signs & Track YOUR Trails
& Hear YOUR Voice In Thunder & Cloud-Smoke-Signals
- & In Some Stories Old Ones Tell
about the Horse, the Wolf, Elk, Duck the Bear
the Salmon, Buffalo, Cougar, Cricket the Hare
and All The Creatures (like cousins) All Share
Earth As Lodge With Tipi(s) Together Taking Care
To Hunt & Fish For Bellies' & Necessities Sake
& To Plant Good Seed Always In Faith
& Try To Give Back As Much As We Take
& For Health & Harvest Always Give Thanks:
To The Eternal-SPIRIT So Great (1 Tim. 1: 17)
and Not Squander or Ruin Land In Disrespect
Leaving Our Little-Ones With A World-Wrecked
of Empty Corn Husks & Barren Birds' Nests
or Earth Will One Day Rebel & Reject
All Tribes of Earth Owes A Great-Living Debt
To The GREAT SPIRIT For All HIS Gifts We Get
So Ignorance Is No Excuse Nor Lazy Neglect
It Makes The GREAT SPIRIT Sad With Regret (Gen. 6: 6)
And Trees Are Shaking But Not By Sister Snow
The Trees Are Trembling At What Men Don't Know
Because Men Kill Them Faster Than They Can Grow
& Ourselves Too As Blood-Brothers On Warpaths Go
Til We Learn What & "Who" Nature Already Knows
O' GREAT SPIRIT Hearer of Our Prayers & Cries
"The Peoples" Have Always Believed In Paradise
GREAT SPIRIT Promised He Never Fork-Tongue Lies
The GREAT SPIRIT's Treaty Is Trustworthy All Times
So The GREAT SPIRIT Sent A Mighty Warrior Brave
The GREAT SPIRIT Sent HIS Chief-Son To Save:
the Hills, the Valleys, the Forests, the Caves (Rev. 11: 18)
& Our Ancestors In Sacred Burial Ground-Graves
& the Blackfeet, the Crows, the Cherokee & Apaches
the Sioux, the Navaho, Mohicans & Comanche
the Cheyenne, the Mohawks, the Hopi, & Shoshone
the Seminoles, the Cree, the Mohave & the Pawnee
Yes, Red Man & White, Black, Yellow, Brown Shades
Yes, All Who Understand & Offer Up Praise
To The GREAT SPIRIT For All HIS Open-Hand Ways
Thru Each Moon-Season & Sun-Walk Days
O' GREAT SPIRIT Many Moons Came & Gone
& The Peoples Have Worshiped What They've Not Known
(Acts 17: 23-31)
But YOU Are Spoke Of and Sung In Our Songs
Many Legends Of YOU Still Live On
YOUR Medicine & Our Faith-Feathers Is Strong
YOUR Power Like Morning Sun Has Shone
The GREAT SPIRIT Is "Spirit-Essence" Not Sticks or Stones
Some Say YOU Are Not Real But They Are Wrong
This Is Truth Oh Come & Hear It
The Knowledge Has Come Now Come Near It
The Time Is Coming For Us To Inherit
(Matt. 5: 5 / Micah 4: 1-4)
From JEHOVAH The True GREAT SPIRIT
O' GREAT SPIRIT YOUR Winds of Reason Has Blown
& Straight Arrows With Eagle-Sights Have Flown
Over The Ground Our Grandfathers Roamed
So We Could Be Led The Right Way Home
& The Peoples Have Worshiped What They've Not Known
(Acts 17: 23-31)
But Our Beliefs To YOU Still Belongs
We Are The Hearts Our Forefathers Have Sown
We Are The Crops Our Grandmothers Had Grown
This Is Truth Oh Come & Hear It
The Knowledge Has Come Now Come Near It
The Time Is Coming For Us To Inherit
(Matt. 5: 5 / Micah 4: 1-4)
From JEHOVAH The True GREAT SPIRIT
O' GREAT SPIRIT YOU Are GREAT MYSTERY Shown
We Are Just of Earth Flesh, Blood & Bones
Yet GREAT SPIRIT Will Gather Us - All HIS Own
& Pick Us Up & Carry Us Like Scattered Pine-Cones
GREAT SPIRIT The Whole Land Has Groaned
& World-Waters Has Swirled In Bitter Foam
& All The Tribes of Mankind Has Moaned
but GREAT SPIRIT Pledged "It Won't Be Prolonged"
(Zeph. 1: 14 / Zeph. 2: 3)
This Is The Truth Oh Come & Hear It
The Knowledge Has Come Now Come Near It
The Time Is Coming For Us To Inherit
(Matt. 5: 5 / Micah 4: 1-4)
From JEHOVAH The True GREAT SPIRIT
GREAT SPIRIT Gave Good Celebrations of Life
Like The Honey-Moon Tipi(s) of Braves & Brides
& Those For Pure Ceremonial Cleansing of Tribes
We Must Follow The True GREAT SPIRIT's Guides
To Get The GREAT SPIRIT's Blessings & Smiles
and Offer Thanks Like Bird-Calls-In-Windpipes
For Nourishment & Pemmican, Roots & Berries-Ripe
& Keep Target Insights of Rain-Bow's Lights (Gen. 9: 13)
Yes, We Too Are More Than Culture-Stereotypes:
of Long-Black Hair, Headbands & Native-Stripe Trends
We Are More Than The Misnomer of Red Indians '
Just See The Intricate Art & Moves' of Our Moccasins
& How Hard-Hides Were Cured Into Butter-Soft Buckskins
We Are Decorated In Fringes, Quills, Shells & Beads
It Shows Our Pow-Wow-Presence Is As Big As Waters-Deep
& You Have Heard The Tom-Toms of Our Drums & Our Feet
It Matches The Tom-Toms of Our Heritage-Heartbeats
Yet, All Men Are But Powder-Paints of Clay-Earth
Just Look At The Life-Giving-Power In Its Dirt
Its Value's Greater Than Wampum's or Minerals' Worth
It Holds The Riddles of Seeds & Souls' Rebirth
Yes, We Are of Earth & of Its Cosmic-Hermitage
& We're Touched By The GREAT SPIRIT's Holy Image
It Is A Touch of Flames From Beyond Cloud-Sky Village
So It's A Journey Peoples Must Inner-Quest-Pilgrimage
(Acts 15: 14-20 / Col. 3: 1)
This Is The Truth Oh Come & Hear It
The Knowledge Has Come Now Come Near It
The Time Is Coming For Us To Inherit
(Matt. 5: 5 / Micah 4: 1-4)
From JEHOVAH The True GREAT SPIRIT
GREAT SPIRIT O' FATHER of Skies (Ps. 83: 18)
GREAT SPIRIT Over All Things Alive (Matt. 22: 32)
We Lay Down Tomahawks, Bows & Arrows, Guns & Knives
GREAT SPIRIT We Bow Before YOUR Eyes
Like The Sun, Moon & Stars YOUR Campfires (James 1: 17)
GREAT SPIRIT of Wonder ! So Wise
YOU Have Been Waiting For All Tribes To Realize (Acts 17: 30)
We Are "All" YOURS Because All Things Are JAH's
(1 Chron. 29: 1113 / Ps. 83: 18 / Rom. 14: 8)
JEHOVAH THE GREAT SPIRIT (John 4: 24)
JEHOVAH Is THE GREAT SPIRIT (Ps. 83: 18)