Half Breed
Half Breed
My father married a Cherokee.
My mothers people were ashamed of me.
The Indians said that I was white by law.
Though white man always called me Indian squaw.
Half breed.
Is all I ever heard.
Half breed.
How I learned to hate the word.
Half breed.
She's no good they warned.
Both sides were against me since the day I was born.
We never settled, went from town to town.
When you're not welcome you don't hang around.
The other children always laughed at me.
Give her a feather she's a Cherokee.
Half breed.
Is all I ever heard.
Half breed.
How I learned to hate the word.
Half breed.
She's no good they warned.
Both sides were against me since the day I was born.
We weren't accepted and I felt ashamed.
Fifteen I left and tell me who's to blame.
My life since then has been from man to man.
But I can't run away from what I am.
Half breed.
Is all I ever heard.
Half breed.
How I learned to hate the word.
Half breed.
She's no good they warned.
Both sides were against me since the day I was born.
Media Raza
Media Raza
Mi padre se casó con un cherokee
La gente de mis madres se avergonzaba de mí
Los indios dijeron que yo era blanco por ley
Aunque el hombre blanco siempre me llamaba india india
Media raza
Es todo lo que he oído
Media raza
Cómo aprendí a odiar la palabra
Media raza
No sirve de nada, lo advirtieron
Ambos bandos estaban en mi contra desde el día en que nací
Nunca nos asentamos, fuimos de pueblo en pueblo
Cuando no eres bienvenido no te quedas por aquí
Los otros niños siempre se rieron de mí
Dale una pluma de que es un cherokee
Media raza
Es todo lo que he oído
Media raza
Cómo aprendí a odiar la palabra
Media raza
No sirve de nada, lo advirtieron
Ambos bandos estaban en mi contra desde el día en que nací
No nos aceptaron y me sentí avergonzado
Quince me fui y me dije de quién tiene la culpa
Mi vida desde entonces ha sido de hombre a hombre
Pero no puedo huir de lo que soy
Media raza
Es todo lo que he oído
Media raza
Cómo aprendí a odiar la palabra
Media raza
No sirve de nada, lo advirtieron
Ambos bandos estaban en mi contra desde el día en que nací
Escrita por: Al Capps, Mary Dean