Six Grandfathers

This statue of four done the American way For the Black Hills of Dakota, with the Lakota should stay Carved to commemorate, the first one hundred and fifty years This new nation built, on Red Indian tears Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt This area Six Grandfathers, the Fort Laramie Treaty has dealt Then the Indian Wars in the years 1876-77 What happened to perpetuity that was taken from them Somewhere through the years a decision was made Carved by the Borglum's to the Lakota they degrade An AIM occupation, as recent as 1971 In memory of The Six Grandfathers, who were once their ancestors sons Time has moved on further from those days of long ago But the Six Grandfathers memories will once again flow For in the Black Hills of Dakota, they will once again rise For the Crazy Horse Memorial, will proudly be seen through the Lakota's eyes The modern America you see, will know it simply as this Mount Rushmore and four Presidents, against the Lakota's last wish Time moves on and it certainly never stands still Its the history of us humans, that we take at will http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rushmore