10 year old Ta’Kaiya Blaney is Sliammon First Nation from BC, Canada. Along with singing, songwriting, and acting, she is concerned about the environment, especially the preservation of marine and coastal wildlife. Shallow Waters was a semi-finalist in the 2010 David Suzuki Songwriting Contest, Playlist for the Planet. The song was recorded in studio by Audio Producer Joe Cruz. Footage from Vancouver, BC was filmed by Colter Ripley. Footage of the traditional ocean-going canoe from the Squamish Nation (Burrard Inlet, North Vancouver, BC) ; Ta’Kaiya in traditional cedar bark regalia (Tofino, BC); the Oil Refinery in Burrard Inlet; and the Vancouver Aquarium was filmed by Tina House. Additional footage contributed from Canada Greenpeace and Living Oceans Society. Lyrics on Drychum channel.
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What a? gorgeous song! <3 Free the earth from this insanity!
Thank you so much…the world needs all the help it can get…before it is? too late.
I LOVE how you are helping the world in your singing! You have a? great voice that just speaks to me!
In shallow waters, I can’t see
Your clear waves lapping at my feet
The lifeless ocean, black not? blue
I didn’t help but deep down I knew
In shallow waters I used to see
Dolphins playing in front of me
Seaweed swaying, keeping time
Tidal rhythms laugh not cry
Pre Chorus
Oh/oh Why do tears fall from the sky?
Oh/oh Have we given up, please tell me why?
Chorus
I am crying…..Child,you bring to me hope for the future.No greater gift could I ask for….thank? you….
Great singing from a brave little girl. Well done and cheers for sharing this with? us all.
Wow, just a beautiful song and voice. Very touching and inspiring!?
shallow water can ye see, a hundred people come to hear ye? sing; a billion stars shed their tears, because yer courage and kindness are so sweet…
?”Always remember that you have a voice,? don’t be afraid to speak up and speak up about what your passionate about and what you want? stopped, and remember that you have a gift share it.” – Ta’Kaiya Blaney
Thank you, we just got back from the Ideacity conference where Ta’Kaiya spoke and sang 3 songs in front of a very large audience. She received a standing ovation? and many people afterward came and wanted to meet her…she is fast becoming a celebrity…but that has not gone to her head, she is just as concerned now if not more about stopping the Enbridge pipeline.
I’ve tried several mails get them back. I’ve written through fb, warm greetings to the whole? community
CAN YOU EMAIL US AT blaneyanne50@hotmail.com
We are doing another video and we do not have any footage of impacts of development from Europe’s or perhaps the children…we have children sing the choses of Ta’Kaiya’s new songt. Your comment was a God send, thank you so much for comment to us. ?
Thank you so much, we will do that.?
Thankyou Ta’ Kaiya, Global Nomads productions Supports you 100% if you come to Holland or Europe, Please let us, know, We will back you up with cameras, and anything Creative in Film to Help the? Word to Spread. You have my heart greetings from the heart Vanessa Global Nomads Productions
Thank? you
awsome? song taka’iya
Don’t worry Darling,No One Will Ever Drive? Care Away Again.
We do need an earth revolution now…my new song Earth Revolution speaks to that need…it will be out on youtube and other media shortly.?
I hope I? am around long enough to see the kind of leader you will surely become someday young one. As one who has earned the title of warrior, I would walk anywhere with you. Anytime. Chi Migwetch!
great? job
Ta’Kaiya? sings about my kind? of British Columbia. The kind of British Columbia I want to live in.
Christy Clark wants B.C. to move “from a culture of no to a culture of yes.”
“And? I’m tired of hearing people say, ‘No, I don’t want that development. No, I don’t want those trees cut down. No, I don’t want that mine. No, I don’t want that well drilled.’
“We need to move to yes. We need to move to yes as a? province. As citizens.”
I, as a citizen of British Columbia, say “NO!”
very nice?
Thank you so much! We all must? do what we can to stop the corporations from stealing our First Nation lands.