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Everything i do 
I stand on my Land 
Give Thanks for my roots 
I Always speak the truth 
Cause I stand on my Land 
When I stand on my Land 
Everywhere i am 
I stand on my Land 

i stand for my landand my ancient values 
i speak my language cause it teach me how to 
live positive thats what inafa’maolek is 
uplift the kåna is my only politic 
i write for the revitalization of life force 
and offer this song with love and light for 
healing all sentient beings needing a light source
use every breath wise for lifes short as this mic chord
and I will die too 
thats defined truth
and stay alive through
my descendants songs 
when they decide to 
bring me to life 
my survival depends on
how i teach them to thrive
how to plant a seed and bring it to life
take care of the land and see the divine in everything
cause we are unified with everything 
every being
every leaf and bug 
every seed every tree every piece of mud 
every thing any thing that you thinking of
is you 
so proceed with love 
this truth
is the basis of life
we are all related and created divine
we are all related and created divine
i said we are all related and created divine
cause all life is sacred and all sacred is i

Everything i do 
I stand on my Land 
Give Thanks for my roots 
I Always speak the truth 
Cause I stand on my Land 
When I stand on my Land 
Everywhere i am 
I stand on my Land 

I honor mongmong Tomhom & Vigan 
These are the places my bloodlines have began 
My flesh from the food my ancestors eaten 
And Share the same Air that my ancestors breathing 
Even Now in a whole another region
I honor where i come from whenever im speaking
As long as i remember im always in connection
Truth stays truth I am forever their descendant 
Always in the present whenever im attentive 
I work through them for whatever im inventing  
A New rap A New Chant A New thought a New dance 
A scratch tatoo of the acho' Atupat
my nude back let blood touch Air 
Physically Revealing what was already There
Ancestors at my back that never once left 
Feel them with me when i focus on my breath
Or walk on the Land aware where i Step 
treat all living beings With Care and respect 
This the way of life i Will share till my death
offering these songs to prepare all who next
so Yes Bless the Children coming 
We must act now to keep Clean water running 
highest form of showin sons and daughters Loving
live by decorum so the earth provides for em 
People stressed out talkin apocalyptic 
Earth been screaming and we've got to listen
Im so grateful that we’ve Got traditions 
Teaching balance Is the basis of All existence 


Everything i do 
I stand on my Land 
Give Thanks for my roots 
I Always speak the truth 
Cause I stand on my Land 
When I stand on my Land 
Everywhere i am 
I stand on my Land 


Gi hinanao-hu, hu li'e Migai na tåno
Ya ha nå'i yu' ginefli'e sa' siha gefpå'go
i fina’tinas i Yahululo' yan i mañaina
Manna’tungo’ yu sa' håfa guaha i hale' guinaiya 
Lao annai hu faloffan guihi siha na tåno’an
Manlålalalalai yu' ni taifinakpo'an
Hu hungok I fino' manglo' ya hu hongge I hinagong
I hayu siha manggafå-hu ya guåhu i tinanom
i hanom ginen i langet nai sumåga i gualåffon
ha pula’ i ginaddon ya manla’chok siha hågon
Ge’halom i hale'-hu umachetton yan i edda’
an manhita lumålai i chinalek kulan tinekcha' 
Ilek-ña i techa ni manå’i yu' nu i si’i
Tufuki i guafak nu i manmaga’aniti,
Fanåyuyot guini annai mina’å’ñao nai manmåtto
manhasso yu' nai gi i hinanao-hu yu’ mahåyu

Everything i do 
I stand on my Land 
Give Thanks for my roots 
I Always speak the truth 
Cause I stand on my Land 
When I stand on my Land 
Everywhere i am 
I stand on my Land 

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from Na'l​å​'la', released February 11, 2017
Tinege' As (Written by) Dåkot-ta Alcantara-Camacho
Dandan As (Produced by) Dåkot-ta Alcantara-Camacho
Mixed & Mastered by RJ Pereira of Kahmeleon (Guåhan)
Recorded at Track and Release Records
Papagat Fino' Håya: Jeremy Cepeda

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Lineages: Matao/CHamoru, Ilokano, European,

Dakota Camacho is a multi-disciplinary artist / researcher working in spaces of indigenous life ways, performance, musical composition, community engagement, and education.

Camacho is a chanter, adjunct instructor, and core researcher for I Fanlalai'an Oral History Project based at the University of Guåhan.
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