A música é parte da trilha sonora do filme Pocahontas da Disney, lançado em 1995. Captura as mensagens centrais do filme sobre a harmonia com a natureza, o respeito pelas diferentes culturas e a importância de entender e preservar o mundo ao nosso redor. A icônica balada, inteiramente do ponto de vista da princesa nativa americana Pocahontas, desafia o protagonista John Smith e, por extensão, o público, a ver além da conquista e posse de terras, ... Ver mais [+] incentivando uma apreciação mais profunda pela terra e seus muitos habitantes.
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You think you own whatever land you land on
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The earth is just a dead thing you can claim
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But I know every rock and tree and creature
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has a life, has a spirit, has a name
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You think the only people who are people
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are the people who look and think like you
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But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
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you'll learn things you never knew you never knew
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Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
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or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned
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Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain
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Can you paint with all the colors of the wind
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Can you paint with all the colors of the wind
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Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest
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Come taste the sun sweet berries of the earth
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Come roll in all the riches all around you
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and for once never wonder what they're worth
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The rain storm and the river are my brothers
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The heron and the otter are my friends
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And we are all connected to each other
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in a circle in a hoop that never ends
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How high does the sycamore grow?
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If you cut it down then you'll never know
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And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
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For whether we are white- or copper-skinned
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You need to sing with all the voices of the mountain
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You need to paint with all the colors of the wind
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You can own the earth and still all you own is earth until