Savages

"Savages" is a group song and the seventh song of Disney's 1995 animated feature film, Pocahontas, performed by both the Indians and settlers as they prepare for war.
==Plot==
After John Smith is captured thinking he killed Kocoum, whom has been sent by Nakoma in order to stop Pocahontas from falling in love with John Smith (actually Thomas who shot him), Thomas worriedly runs to the English settlers' camp, shouting at them for help and bringing word that the Native Americans have captured him for killing Kocoum. Ratcliffe overhears Thomas' cries as he and the settlers plan to rescue Smith. Seeing this as a golden opportunity to finally get the gold that he incorrectly thinks the natives have been hoarding, Ratcliffe tells them that Powhatan's tribe couldn't be trusted, judging that they would only fight back upon contact. Using what they did to Smith, Ratcliffe and the settlers prepare for war against Powhatan's tribe in order to save Smith from them. Meanwhile, Chief Powhatan overhears the settlers preparing to fight back just as Kekata helps the tribe members prepare for war. As Powhatan's tribe prepares for war against the settlers, the rage from both groups emits large storm clouds from raging fire, in which the clouds violently clash into each other for war to symbolize prejudice at the end of the first part of the song.
The song takes a break when Pocahontas is motivated by Grandmother Willow and the realization of the meaning of her dream. The song picks up again when Pocahontas tries to stop her father from killing John Smith at sunrise in which she successfully does so as the song ends with Pocahontas' tribe and the settlers at peace (with the exception of Ratcliffe who refuses to rejoice, tries to shoot Powhatan and ends up shooting John Smith in the process).
==Lyrics==
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Part 1=
Governor Ratcliffe:
What can you expect from filthy little heathens?
Here's what you get when races are diverse! (Soundtrack version: "Their whole disgusting race is like a curse!")
Their skin's are hellish red, they're only good when dead
They're vermin, as I said, and worse!
English Settlers:
They're savages! Savages!
Governor Ratcliffe:
Barely even human!
English Settlers:
Savages! Savages!
Governor Ratcliffe:
Drive them from our shore!
They're not like you and me, which means they must be evil
We must sound the drums of war!
English Settlers:
They're savages! Savages!
Dirty shrieking devils! (Soundtrack version: "Dirty redskin devils!")
Governor Ratcliffe and English Settlers:
Now we sound the drums of war!
Chief Powhatan:
This is what we feared, the paleface is a demon
The only thing they feel at all is greed...
Kekata:
Beneath that milky hide, there's emptiness inside...
Native American Indians:
I wonder if they even bleed...
They're savages! Savages!
Powhatan and Native American Indians:
Barely even human!
Native American Indians:
Savages! Savages!
Powhatan:
Killers at the core...
Kekata 
They're different from us, which means they can't be trusted.
Powhatan:
 We must sound the drums of war!
Native American Indians:
They're savages! Savages!
First we deal with this one, then we sound the drums of war!
English Settlers:
Savages! Savages!
Ben:
Let's go get a few, men! (Soundtrack version: "Let's go kill a few, men!")
Native American Indians:
Savages! Savages!
Governor Ratcliffe:
Now it's up to you, men!
All:
Savages! Savages! Barely even human! Now we sound the drums of war!
|-|Part 2=
Ratcliffe:
This will be the day... (Let's go, men!)
Powhatan:
This will be the morning... (Bring out the prisoner!)
Native American Indians:
We will see them dying in the dust...
Pocahontas:
I don't know what I can do still, I know I've got to try
Ratcliffe and English Settlers:
Now we make them pay...
Pocahontas:
Eagle, help my feet to fly...
Native American Indians:
Now without a warning!
Pocahontas:
Mountain, help my heart be great...
Native American Indians:
Now we leave them blood and bone and rust
Pocahontas:
Spirits of the Earth and Sky...
English Settlers and Native American Indians:
It's them or us?
Pocahontas:
Please don't let it be too late...
English Settlers and Native American Indians:
They're just a bunch of filthy, stinking savages! Savages!
Native American Indians:
Demons!
English Settlers:
Devils!
Ratcliffe:
Kill them!
Native American Indians:
Savages!
English Settlers:
Savages!
Ratcliffe and English Settlers:
What are we waiting for?
Ratcliffe, English Settlers, and Native American Indians:
Destroy their evil race until there's not a trace left!
Pocahontas:
How loud are the drums of the war?
Ratcliffe, English Settlers, and Native American Indians:
We will sound the drums of war! Savages! Savages!
Now we sound the drums of war! Savages! Savages!
Native American Indians:
Now we sound the drums...
English Settlers:
Now we see what comes
Of trying to be chums
Of course it means the drums...
Pocahontas:
Is this the death of all I love carried in the drumming of...
English Settlers and Native American Indians:
Of...war!
|-|The Spirit of Pocahontas version=
Warriors:
This is what we feared, the paleface is a demon
The only thing they feel at all is greed...
Beneath that milky hide, there's emptiness inside...
I wonder if they even bleed...
They're savages! Savages!
Barely even human!
Savages! Savages!
Killers at the core!
They're different from us, which means they can't be trusted.
We must sound the drums of war!
They're savages! Savages!
Barely even human! 
Now we sound the drums of war!
What can you expect from filthy little heathens?
Here's what you get when races are diverse!
Their skin's are hellish red, they're only good when dead
They're vermin, as we said, and worse!
They're savages! Savages!
Barely even human!
Savages! Savages!
Drive them from our shore!
They're not like you and me, which means they must be evil
We must sound the drums of war!
They're savages! Savages!
Dirty shrieking devils!
Now we sound the drums of war!
(instrumental)
Pocahontas:
I don't know what I can do still, I know I've got to try
Warriors:
Now we make them pay...
Pocahontas:
Eagle, help my feet to fly...
Warriors:
Now without a warning!
Pocahontas:
Mountain, help my heart be great...
Warriors:
Now we leave them blood and bone and rust
Pocahontas:
Spirits of the Earth and Sky...
Warriors:
It's them or us?
Pocahontas:
Please don't let it be too late...
Warriors:
They're just a bunch of filthy, stinking savages! Savages!
Demons! Devils! Kill them!
Savages! Savages!
What are we waiting for?
Destroy their evil race until there's not a trace left!
We will sound the drums of war! Savages! Savages!
Now we sound the drums of war! Savages! Savages!
Now we sound the drums...
Of...war!
(fight verse)
Now we sound the drums...
Of... (halts)
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==Gallery==
===Part 1===
Pocahontas-disneyscreencaps.com-7588.jpg|Ratcliffe: What can you expect from filthy little heathens?
Pocahontas-disneyscreencaps.com-7608.jpg|"They're vermin, as I said, and worse!" Wiggins putting the cape on Ratcliffe's armor.
Pocahontas-disneyscreencaps.com-7611.jpg
Pocahontas-disneyscreencaps.com-7616.jpg|"Savages!"
Pocahontas-disneyscreencaps.com-7633.webp|"They're not like you and me which means they must be evil."
Pocahontas-disneyscreencaps.com-7647.jpg|"Dirty, shrieking devils!"
Powhatansavagesong.jpg|Powhatan: This is what we feared. The paleface is a demon. The only thing they feel at all is greed.
Justpaintyourface.jpg|Native American Warriors: I wonder if they even bleed.
Pocahontas-disneyscreencaps.com-7705.webp|Powhatan: "Killers at the core!"
Handpaint-100.jpg|Kekata: They're different from us, which means they can't be trusted.
Pocahontas-disneyscreencaps.com-7718.jpg
Pocahontas-disneyscreencaps.com-7732.jpg|"Savages! Savages!"
Pocahontas-disneyscreencaps.com-7736.jpg|Ben: "Let's go get a few, men!"
===Part 2===
Ratcliffe in Armor.jpg|Ratcliffe in his armor.
GovernorRatcliffe4.jpg|Ratcliffe: This will be the day!
Disney's Pocahontas - Savages - Let's Go Men!.jpg|Ratcliffe: Let's go, men!
Disney's Pocahontas - Savages - Powhatan - This Will Be the Morning.jpg|Powhatan: This will be the morning.
Pocahontas-disneyscreencaps.com-7945.jpg|Powhatan: "Bring out the prisoner!"
Disney's Pocahontas - Savages - I Don't Know What I Can Do.jpg|Pocahontas: I don't know what I can do. Still I know I've got to try.
Disney's Pocahontas - Savages - Now We Make Them Pay.jpg|Ratcliffe and the English Settlers: Now we make them pay!
Disney's Pocahontas - Savages - Eagle, Help My Feet to Fly.jpg|Pocahontas: Eagle, help my feet to fly.
Disney's Pocahontas - Savages - Mountain, Help My Heart Be Great.jpg|Pocahontas: Mountain, help my heart be great.
Disney's Pocahontas - Savages - Spirits of the Earth and Sky.jpg|Pocahontas: Spirits of the Earth and Sky.
Disney's Pocahontas - Savages - Please Let It Not Be Too Late.jpg|Pocahontas: Please, let it not be too late!
Savages.png|Englishmen: Savages!
File:Pocahontas-disneyscreencaps.com-7980.jpg|"It's them or us!"
Disney's Pocahontas - Savages - Governor Ratcliffe - Kill Them!.jpg|Ratcliffe: Kill them!
Pocahontas-disneyscreencaps.com-8008.jpg|"Destroy their evil race until there's not a trace left."
Disney's Pocahontas - Savages - How Loud Are the Drums of War - 1.jpg|Pocahontas: "How loud..."
Disney's Pocahontas - Savages - How Loud Are the Drums of War - 2.jpg|Ratcliffe and his men leading in the red morning sky.
Disney's Pocahontas - Savages - How Loud Are the Drums of War.jpg|Pocahontas: "...are the drums of war?"
==Videos==
Pocahontas -06- Savages Part 1 (SEGA GEN-MD) - OST
==Trivia==
*This song is a musical representation of the impact of fear: both the colonists and the Powhatan fear each other to the point where they are willing to got to war due to their fear of being attacked by the other side. The song shows how people will resort to violence when they are overcome by their fear.
*Savages is very similar to "The Mob Song" in Beauty and the Beast. The main villain exploits his men's fear of the unknown to get them on a pretended heroic fight, when actually they only want to satisfy themselves and their vices (Governor Ratcliffe's greed and Gaston's jealousy). In fact, both Pocahontas and the original animated Beauty and the Beast star David Ogden Stiers and were scored by Alan Menken.
*In the film, Ratcliffe says the line: "Here's what you get when races are diverse!" However, in the soundtrack, he says "Their whole disgusting race is like a curse."
**Similarly, in the film, the settlers and Ratcliffe say "Dirty, shrieking devils." The soundtrack uses "Dirty redskin devils", possibly to be more racially sensitive, ironic for a song about racism sung by an explicit white supremacist.
*Pocahontas' verses have a similar pattern to "Steady as the Beating Drum".
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