Sacred Circle lyrics

SACRED  CIRCLE

I never knew pride and i never knew dignity

I never lived truth cuz ive only lived insanity

humanity insanity this is what youve done to me

this is what you do to me

so now its land and liberty

This is the reality the gava has gave

from the slayer to the slave

and the cradle to the grave

a world with no windows

and a world with no mirrors

a world with no doors

and a world with no tears

no mother since my birth

cuz i never touched the earth

and i never touched sky

cuz i never knew why

see i never knew the moon

and i never knew the sun

i never knew humanity and nature

were all one

cuz i never lived the circle

see ive only lived the square

ive only lived the square

cuz they taught me not to care

you know think for yourself

put compassion on the shelf

compete until you die

and defeat to get by

see I never knew to question

all the things that i was taught

I never realized the falseness

of their thoughts

from the slayer to the slave

and the cradle to the grave

the direction of my path

had i not been saved

i was saved by my roots

yes my true culture

i saw through the lies

of that western vulture

the western culture

and all its inhumanity

ravages the earth

as it perpetrates insanity

humanity insanity

this is what youve done to me

this is what you do to me

so now its land and liberty

      a Ho

      Mitakuye oyasin!

      In the spirit of Cuitlahuac

      In the spirit of Zapata

      and in the spirit of Crazy horse

Respect to your mother

all my sisters and brothers

la sagrada tonantzin

the sacred earth mother

the sacred earth mother but shes only half alive

shes only half alive but we need her to survive

we need her to survive but we lost all our connection

our connection to the circle and the sacred 4 directions

the sacred 4 d and its manifestations

reveals ometeotl and all its creation

from the mother to the earth to the sky to the father

to the earth, to the air, to the fire, to the water

to the north, to the south, to the east, to the west

when we use to live in harmony we use to live the best

we use to give and take we use to take and give

we use to be in balance thats how we use to live

this is sacred circle this is our connection

now our mother is sick and shes cut up all in sections

how it was and how it shall be

unless we understand this we will never be free

we will never be free unless we live in harmony

we will never be free unless we realize prophecy

cuz prophecy is aztlan and aztlan’s destiny

destiny is aztlan cuz aztlan holds the key

aztlan holds the key for our people to be free

aztlan holds the key for the world to see

that aztlan will save the world eventually

repeat 9x

A-ho mitakuye oyasin! All my relations!

Photo by Fabiola Torres Circa early 90’s

Tonight is the service for one of the original MC’s of the group MC Serpiente. Although he was in the group for one year early on in AUG’s career, he left a strong imprint on ourselves as people and our intentions for the existence of the group.  He continued to support us from afar and was always with us in spirit and will continue to be with us in spirit for as long as we exist. We send our condolences to his family and wife. We are very sorry for his early departure from this realm….with all of our heart we grieve his passing. With all the love in the world….MC Serpiente!!!  Presente!!!!!!!!

Aztlan Underground, The Stains, La Bestia, Cara de Mil Putasos

By Jonny Whiteside

From the mid-1940s pachuco-boogie boom to the soul-garage glories of the mid-’60s and the following decade’s punk rock conflagration, East Los Angeles’ musicians have consistently set higher standards for America’s pop underworld. Theirs is an unrivaled and closely linked tribe, and with each generation informing and expanding upon the forebears’ achievements, the fast-moving Eastside scene always demands — yet is too rarely accorded — close attention. Between the tense, explosive punk of chronically superb hell-raisers the Stains, the intense sound of Rocio Ponce and Rudy Brat’s La Bestia and the fearsome, brain-pulping metallics of untamed duo Cara de Mil Putazos, expect a vortex of unimpinged creativity and old-school slam. Nicely tempered by the more pacific (but no less pointed) sociocultural observations of Aztlan Underground, not to mention screenings of several rare punk rock documentaries, this should be a swarming, sincere and altogether intoxicating affair.

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Don’t forget to check the Events page for show info!

• Featuring:
  • Funkahuatl
  • The Stains
  • Aztlan Underground
  • La Bestia
  • Cara de Mil Putazos
  • DJ/VJ: Jake from Crucifix
• The Blvd
  2631 Whittier Blvd, Boyle Heights, CA 90023
• 8:00pm, 18+
• $10.00

UPDATE: corrected address for The Blvd. Apologies for any inconvenience.

As promised, we have a new t-shirt design:

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Be sure to check out the Events section — either by using the calendar in the right sidebar, or by using the “Events” link at the top of the page — for more information.

We recently added a new shirt to the store, it has since sold out. Thanks for the interest, and new designs are forthcoming!

For now, we still have the classic “Borders” shirt in the store.

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Aztlan Underground UnEarthed by Raul Hererra.
12×18 inch poster; on card (hard) stock paper. $20 per print; includes shipping.

• Granada
  17 S. 1st st, Alhambra, Ca 91801
• 8:00pm, All Ages
• $8.00

• University of Arizona, Huehuetlahtokan-Floricanto Gathering
  Tucson, AZ
• 7:00pm All ages
• $10 student, $15 Gen Admission