[Chorus: Buffy Sainte-Marie]
Whether you're a woman or whether you're a man
Sometimes you got to take a stand
Just because you think you can
Oh, you got to run, you got to run
[Chorus: Buffy Sainte-Marie]
Whether you're a woman or whether you're a man
Sometimes you got to take a stand
Just because you think you can
Oh, you got to run, you got to run, run
[Verse 1: Buffy Sainte-Marie]
Trying against the odds, you're in a trance
Say, who did you think you are to have a chance?
You're a no one from a place
Where everyone knows your face
They come and go and they know the sun
So you better hang on and hey, you better run
'Cause here's your chance and your race has begun
[Verse 2: Buffy Sainte-Marie]
Down in a hole
You feel like two different people in your soul
Feel like a loser until you see that as you bend
You learn to be your own best friend
And you learned how and you learned when
To take a chance on the spirit of the wind, ho!
[Refrain: Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq]
Hey ha, hey ha, ya hey, ya yo
Hey, ha ha, hey ya way-a-way ha yo
Hey, ha ha, hey ya way, ha ya way
Hey, ha ha ha, hey ya way ha
[Chorus: Buffy Sainte-Marie]
Whether you're a woman or whether you're a man
Sometimes you got to take a stand
Just because you think you can
Oh, you got to run, you got to run
[Verse 3: Buffy Sainte-Marie]
Babe, ain't we been down
We've been so broken, been so low that I kissed the ground
But you can see yourself a winner beyond the money and the greed
Beyond the pride is a pure untested need
And to be a champion is more than luck and speed
It's power and freedom in the spirit of the wind, ho, hey!
[Refrain: Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq]
Hey ha, hey ha, ya hey, ya yo
Hey, ha ha, hey ya way-a-way ha yo
Hey, ha ha, hey ya way, ha ya way
Hey, ha ha ha, hey ya way ha
[Chorus: Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq]
Whether you're woman or whether you're man
Sometimes you got to take a stand
Just because you know you can
Oh, you got to run, you got to run!
[Refrain: Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq]
Hey ha, hey ha, ya hey, ya yo
Hey, ha ha, hey ya way-a-way ha yo
Hey, ha ha, hey ya way, ha ya way (Standing Rock!)
Hey, ha, way, ha, way-a-way ya, oh!
