I remember the times at the brook
The fish that we took, my wet foot
The shore side fires, made when our folks didn’t look
Picking worms and setting the hook
Smoking cigarettes that my cousins took
We learned from the lands boy, we didn’t use books
My big cousin John taught me to always share my catch
With the Elderly and to take off my hat
When I walked in to deliver their caught snack
Or get a slap up-side the head, yeah…a good smack!
Cause the old folks don’t tolerate that
And that also went for the rabbits we trapped
The eels we speared and the moose and deer we tracked
Yeah…I remember all of that
Remember the time, we walked
Every day
Remember the time
Mala-Boy
Remember the time, we walked
With my Family
Remember the time
Every day, I remember
And I remember the times down at the beach, with my older cousins
We’d take our Uncle’s boats, a full dozen of us
Young brats, poling out on low tide on the water flats!
My cousin Andy, pants to his ankles
Waving his wang at the traffic passing!
We laughed and pulled pranks,
To our Grandparents we gave thanks
For building a Family of bad-ass tanks
We owned the world!
Free to roam the trees, mountains, streams and waterlines!
Even when times were tough, things felt just fine
We always had a place to eat
Ma’s, Grandma’s, Aunt Peg’s, Aunt Mary’s or Aunt Irene’s
We were so damn spoiled with love
Blessed with those Mothers from Gesgapegiag
Remember the time, we walked
Every day
Remember the time
Mala-Boy
Remember the time, we walked
With my Family
Remember the time
Every day, I remember
Hey, remember Irene’s Canteen?
The arcade and soft ice-cream
Pacman and Centipede?
Cheese burgers, French fries and it was all free…it seemed!
I’ll never be able to pay back my Aunts and Uncles
For everything they’ve ever done for me
For everything that they’ve taught me
The times they would watch over me
The times they would take care of me
And I know that it wasn’t just for me!
Every damn one of us, you took us in with no fuss
Even though we did bad stuff
Even though we liked to cuss
Even though some of us were constantly in handcuffs
I remember the times that defined us
This one’s for my Family, Mst No’kmaq
To each one of us
Gesalule
Remember the time, we walked
Every day
Remember the time
Mala-Boy
Remember the time, we walked
With my Family
Remember the time
Every day, I remember
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