If Kabunian gave you a land of milk and honey br and ordered you to take care of it for posterity br What will you do if intruders want to take br it away? br br I imagine that you will fight br For they who do not are ungrateful to br Kabunian; they value not His gift br They ignore his command to defend the land br in the name coming generation thousands of years from now br They who do not, spit on the graves of their ancestors br who preserved the land for them br For land is life br For life is the land br br If you were in our place br You will fight br You will fire your guns as we raise our spears br You will probably pay your way to the justice system br that does not understand our ways br For that is what you did to grab the lands of people br Like us on the other side of the mountain br br So do not be stubborn in your ignorance of br Why we refuse to vacate the land which had br always been our home br br We are the Palestinians in Palestine br The Lumads in Mindanao br The Mangyans in Mindoro br We are the Martians in Mars br br Go away. Let our people sleep in peace br br Tonight. And the night after. br br (Macliing Dulag was the indigenous hero who led the opposition against the establishment of the Chico River Dam in the Cordillera, Philippines- a project conceived without the knowledge of the affected indigenous peoples. He was killed by the military on 24 April 1984.)br br Cheryl L.