We were here first

Before your ships

Before your flame

Before you ever spoke our name

We carved these tunnels

Stone and sand

This was, and is, our land

We were here first

Before your claim

Before your flags

Before your name

We were here first

We lived, we grew

This world was never made for you

You draw your lines

You mark your maps

You call it "order," call it "facts"

But every inch you say is yours

Was ours long, long before

We were here first

We stand, we fight

Not for glory—just our right

No throne

No crown

No written decree

Just earth

And life

And memory

WE WERE HERE FIRST

HEAR US NOW

WE DO NOT LEAVE

WE DO NOT BOW

WE WERE HERE FIRST

UNDER STONE

YOU CALL IT YOURS—

WE CALL IT HOME