The Day They Came
by Jeff
I remember they day they came,
We were peacefully eating.
Then they came and destroyed our habitat
Gave us diseases and killed our people
In 1990, the year the garimpeiros called it,
175 deaths were reported,
But our entire tribe knows
That four times as many people were killed
In 1995, the year the garimpeiros called it,
My entire family was among the 16
That were killed in the massacre by the Haximu River,
Machetes decapitated them all
Now our leaders are going
To the capital of the free world,
To stop the oppression
We have been living through for 10 years
If our leaders fail,
I could be the next to die
It might happen to you in the future,
So you must help us,
Like we would help you,
If your fate is as bad as ours.