Originally written during the Standing Rock Occupation against the DAPL pipeline, Poranguí’s lyrics speak to the mysterious healing power of love that arises even in the face of the ongoing genocide and war waged upon our indigenous relatives by the US Government and transnational corporations largely unseen to most of the world still today. Against a backdrop of blazing Brazilian maracatu percussion and aboriginal didgeridoo, the song invokes the sacred responsibility we all carry as two-leggeds with the gift of these incredible hands capable of creating unimaginable beauty or total destruction. Standing rooted as warriors of unflinching love, we are reminded that even in the face of impossible odds, stewarding all of life is the only way forward, for we are “mending the hoop and restoring the love.”
lyrics
CHORUS:
Cleansing the rivers and healing the land
Stewards of Beauty, the stewards, these hands.
Cleansing the rivers and healing the land
Stewards of Beauty, the stewards, these hands.
VERSE 1:
Love is the mystery, unfolding blissfully
Unraveling politics, defying history
Transcend biology, rewrite psychology
Giving the rhyme to the reason in me
Unlock the Beauty in all our humanity
Burning away all the greed and insanity
Shedding the ignorance, the pain, and the hate,
Inspiring the people to transform the state
Rise up my People and follow your hearts
Now is the time, do not be torn apart now
Band us together, we’re stronger as one
One family united under this great sun
CHORUS:
Cleansing the rivers and healing the land
It’s the only way
Stewards of Beauty, the stewards these hands
And so we pray
Cleansing the rivers and healing the land
It’s the only way
Stewards of Beauty, the stewards these hands
And so we pray
Cleansing the rivers and healing the land
It’s the only way
Stewards of Beauty, the stewards these hands
And so we pray
Cleansing the rivers and healing the land
It’s the only way
Stewards of Beauty, the stewards these hands
And so we pray
VERSE 2:
Honor the mountains and tear down the dams,
No more uranium or coal in this plan
Enough with the gas and the lies and the fracks,
It’s time to own up and fill in the cracks c’mon
Remove the pipelines and honor your word
The People and the Ancestors demand to be heard
For all of the treaties written in blood,
We are mending the hoop & restoring the Love.
CHORUS:
The rivers, the lands, of Beauty, these hands
The rivers, the lands, of Beauty, these hands
Cleansing the rivers and healing the land
We are stewards of Beauty, the stewards these hands
Cleansing the rivers and healing the land
We are stewards of Beauty, the stewards these hands
Cleansing the rivers and healing the land
We are stewards of Beauty, the stewards these hands
Cleansing the rivers and healing the land
We are stewards of Beauty, the stewards these hands
Cleansing the rivers and healing the land
It’s the only way
Stewards of Beauty, the stewards these hands
And so we pray
Cleansing the rivers and healing the land
It’s the only way
Stewards of Beauty, the stewards these hands
And so we pray
Cleansing the rivers and healing the land
It’s the only way
Stewards of Beauty, the stewards these hands
And so we pray
Cleansing the rivers and healing the land
It’s the only way
Stewards of Beauty, the stewards these hands
And so we pray
VERSE 3:
The Oceans are dying, our Mother is crying
Forests are burning, our forefathers lying
The rich just get richer, the plastic keeps piling
Yet inside there's something that keeps me here fighting
credits
from Beauty Way,
track released February 24, 2023
Written, Composed & Performed by Poranguí
Produced by Vince Cimo
Co-Produced by Poranguí
Guest Artists: Shylah Ray & Kayt Pearl (Backing Vocals), Vince Cimo (Backing Vocals, Bass)
Mixing: Javier Garza
Mastering: Classic Master USA - Carlos Freitas, Natalia Bohórquez H. (Assistant)
Artwork: Noriko Maestas
Graphic Design: Kelsey Erin Sky, Scott Nice
Reared among the three cultures of Brazil, Mexico and the U.S., Poranguí was steeped in various traditional forms of music,
healing and ceremony since birth. Weaving ancestral songs & indigenous rhythms from around the world as a one-man orchestra, Poranguí bridges the healing properties of sound and movement to foster our individual and collective well being....more
