Written and produced by Shibastik

Here’s to you… I hope you make it home safe… 
I pray the Great Spirit helps you walk straight / 
Coming or you're going what we say is “Wachay”… 
Everything ain’t alright… But it'll be ok // 
Here’s to you… I hope you make it home safe… 
I pray the Great Spirit helps you walk straight / 
Coming or you're going what we say is “Wachay”… 
We all make it back one day… That’s tapwe // 

I see you sitting at the party sipping… 
On the hard liquor with the pop hardly mixed in / 
Hang overs hit you hard… So you started sniffing… 
Snow… Now like a river stone your heart is skipping // 
Hard to sleep feeling it beat in an awkward rhythm… 
The Doctor’s given you a week unless you stop... He’s scribbling / 
Prescribing some other pill that’ll have your conscience drifting… 
Every single prescription another hard addiction // 
Walking around the Rez with a ghost face… Your 
Just Killing time sipping rye… No chaser / 
Hit the bootleggers trying to catch a cold case… Hurts 
Less… To the burn in your chest you’re no stranger // 
You hear the land calling… Waiting for you everyday… 
The cedar stands are a safer place to get away / 
Grab a shotgun, bag of shells, lighter and a knife… 
Put tobacco down… Head high… Head out into the night / 

Here’s to you… I hope you make it home safe… 
I pray the Great Spirit helps you walk straight / 
Coming or you're going what we say is “Wachay”… 
Everything ain’t alright… But it'll be ok // 
Here’s to you… I hope you make it home safe… 
I pray the Great Spirit helps you walk straight / 
Coming or you're going what we say is “Wachay”… 
We all make it back one day… That’s tapwe // 

I do it for the ones who didn’t have a dad to teach them… 
Cause moochum had a preacher giving him a savage beating / 
I do it for the fathers that were unable to hunt… 
The camp’s not a place to be drunk... The land is too sacred for drugs // 
So they would stay in the house… All day they laid on the couch 
in a deep haze… Looking out while geese came from the south / 
They should have been at the blind… But instead they were blinded 
By regret… Now they’re dying behind the enemy lines // 
They were taught about a God that rejected their cries… 
They were taught their skin colour made them less in his eyes / 
They weaponized religion, fear, deception and lies… 
Residential school scissors used to sever the ties // 
But our braids grew back and we’re still stretching the hides... 
Our sweat rocks are still hot and you’re still welcome inside / 
Trust me when I say the culture’s waiting for you… 
Your ancestors walk with you and they’re praying for you // 
I see you bouncing on the pow wow grounds… 
Always hitting every beat… I feel your proudness pounds / So loud it 
drowns out the sounds of doubts howling now in the 
distance… Persisstant but you count them out // 
You may have lost your way but are strong and brave… I know you’ll 
Make it back no matter how long it takes / 
Just keep a constant pace… Don’t fear them; cross these lakes… 
You’re guaranteed to make it home if you keep walking straight // 

Here’s to you… I hope you make it home safe… 
I pray the Great Spirit helps you walk straight / 
Coming or you're going what we say is “Wachay”… 
Everything ain’t alright… But it'll be ok // 
Here’s to you… I hope you make it home safe… 
I pray the Great Spirit helps you walk straight / 
Coming or you're going what we say is “Wachay”… 
We all make it back one day… That’s tapwe //

Travelling Song

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First Nations electronic pow wow DJ trio A Tribe Called Red have unveiled
“R.E.D.,” their collaboration with Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def), MC
Narcy and Black Bear, a drum group from the Manawan Atikamekw Nation in
Quebec. “R.E.D.” is a scalding song, a bleak beat stacked with synths, shouts
and a flurry of percussion. It’s from A Tribe Called Red’s forthcoming album
‘We Are The Halluci Nation,’ out September 16.

R.E.D. Feat Yasiin Bey, Narcy & Black Bear

Produced by Shibastik
Chorus written and performed by Bradley AJ Georgekish
Verses written and performed by Shibastik
Guitar and bass performed by Drayden Mist

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Shibastik, Moose Cree for "underground flow," is an accomplished rapper, music producer, public speaker, artist, athlete and a proud member of the Moose Cree First Nation (Môsonîwililiw). He was born and raised on the Moose River and was inspired by life as a Cree hunter on the Mushkegowuk (James Bay) Lowlands. His music and art have always promoted awareness and appreciation for both the land and First Nation culture, past and present.
At the forefront of Canada's Native hip hop movement, Shibastik began producing music independently in 1998. Then in 2002, he landed a spot on a tv series called First Music and Arts, making him one of the first Native hip hop artists to appear on national television in Canada.
Shibastik has well over a decade of extensive training and experience working with youth, including youth in foster care and in detention centers. He has always promoted holistic development through sports and arts based programming . Employed as an IRCS (Intensive Rehabilitation in Custody Supervision) Worker at a secure custody detention center, Shibastik acquired intensive grief and loss training, cognitive training, and dialectical and behavioural therapy education. He also organized cultural programming and events for youth as a member of the center's cultural committee, even helping to build and run a sweat lodge on the facility grounds.
It was while working at the youth detention center that Shibastik developed his 'Healing Through Hip Hop' workshop. He has since presented his workshop at conferences, in schools (elementary, secondary and post- secondary), and at various events nationwide. His distinctive brand of music and thought-provoking lyrics have continued to move and empower audiences of all ages and backgrounds.
Recently nominated in 3 categories at the 2022 Native American Music Awards and releasing his 6th album entitled “The Braid Remains,” Shibastik’s music is as relevant and powerful today as ever.

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