We are a peaceful people Struggle as we struggle And we don't look for trouble Just ask around But when outside faces From foreign places Talk about taking over We ain't backing down We ain't giving up no mountains We ain't giving up no tree We ain't giving up no river That belongs to we Not one blue saki, Not one rice grain, Not one kuras, Not a blade of grass This land is all I know We're going to make it somehow We will bend like a bow But never break Our fathers came here And they lived and died here And we ain't moving nowhere Make no mistake 'Cause we ain't giving up no mountains We ain't giving up no tree We ain't giving up no river That belongs to we Not one blue saki, Not one rice grain, Not one kuras, Not a blade of grass We love the open country Of the Rupununi And the Essequibo Daytime or night Though we may criticize it This is our home we love it And we need to keep it We have that right So we ain't giving up no mountains We ain't giving up no tree We ain't giving up no river That belongs to we Not one blue saki, Not one rice grain, Not one kuras, Not a blade of grass So we ain't giving up no mountains We ain't giving up no tree We ain't giving up no river That belongs to we Not one blue saki, Not one rice grain, Not one kuras, Not a blade of grass