man within this tribe,
if I want him, will be mine
Any man within this tribe
can father me a child
How do we know the father is?
We're shown as to proclaim
We only know who the mother is,
so they take the mother's name
Over time we all grew smart,
food is not what we have caught
We discovered how to farm,
now we have prop erty
But how do we know
who the father is,
we're shown us to proclaim
We only know who the mother is,
so we take
And so the men grow restless
at this maternal line
An other man's son inherits,
he says,
that property that's mine
But how can we know
who the father is,
we're shown as to proclaim
We only know who the mother is,
so they take the mother's name
For the only way a son can gain
the things his father own s
Is by passing them down the father's line,
the word overthrown
But how can we know
who the father is?
We're shorn as to proclaim
Tied a woman to just one man
and bound her up in chains
So don't dare ever say again
that any man is yours
Don't liberate your own desires,
they'll brand you as a whore
Don't dare ever say again
that any man is yours
Don't liberate your own desires,
they'll brand you as a whore
But if you're not contented
with the deal from history
Remember, it's not natural,
it's just for property
So if you're not contented
with the deal from history
Remember, it's not natural,
it's just for property you