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Agua Es Vida

by Shireen Amini

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Written & Produced by Shireen Amini
Copyright 2016

In honor of Standing Rock and its reverberating movement to restore reverence for our precious natural resources and repair the unspeakable harm done to our First Nation Peoples

"We cannot lose faith. Hearts have awakened, the fire has taken. Come on, come on!"

Image by jonmarro.com

*This is a demo arrangement completed as a final project for Berklee Online's "Arranging for Songwriters" course in 2021

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Agua es Vida
By Shireen Amini
Copyright 2016

VERSE 1
You had to stay warm through the chill of the night
Tending the fire as you held to the fight
Gathering friends and enemies united
All colors together made powerful light

I sang for the ones who were hearing the call
Protecting the source that flows through us all
I hoped for the end of two sides of the line
Where this Earth home is sacred to all our lives, said...

INTERLUDE
Oh, oh, oh, ho a heya, ho a heya
Oh, oh, oh, ho a heya, ho a hey aho

VERSE 2
My blood knows the pain of what you have been through
My tears were my ancestors’ flowing to you
Your voice spoke for so many people’s cry
Whose culture was taken and lost their lives

PRE-CHORUS 1
Could we please stop causing anymore pain
For people whose land this is all that remains?
I added my brick to your great wall of prayer
May Great Spirit speak to all hearts to take great care, said…

CHORUS
HEY heya heya heya heya, HEY, agua es vida
HEY heya heya heya heya, HEY water is life

INTERLUDE
Oh, oh, oh, ho a heya, ho a heya
Oh, oh, oh, ho a heya, ho a hey aho

VERSE 3
We watched now as the past was repeating again
But unlike before you had more fighting friends
Soldiers of war they bowed to you now
Beginning of healing the ages of devastation

PRE-CHORUS 2
Your heart still belongs
Your beautiful ways now we opened our hands
Facing great forces that would not stop
You stood there as tall and as hard as a rock and we thank you

CHORUS
HEY heya heya heya heya, HEY, agua es vida
HEY heya heya heya heya, HEY water is life

BRIDGE
In the end they took what was not theirs to take
A crack in the Earth, thundering heartbreak
But not all is lost, we cannot lose faith
Hearts have awakened, the fire has taken, come on, come on!

CHORUS
HEY heya heya heya heya, HEY, agua es vida
HEY heya heya heya heya, HEY water is life

VAMP
Said, heeeeey! ...

CHORUS
HEY heya heya heya heya, HEY, agua es vida
HEY heya heya heya heya, HEY water is life

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released May 11, 2021
Guitars, keys, percussion, lead and backup vocals: Shireen Amini
Group vocals: Jian Amini, Eoghan Carrick, and Leah Fine

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Shireen Amini Portland, Oregon

Shireen Amini (non-binary using she / her pronouns) is a queer, Puerto Rican-Iranian-American, Earth-loving musician based in Portland, Oregon. She blends rock, latin, hip hop, and roots music with socially-conscious themes and soulful stories of change. ... more

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