A powerful music video made by students of on Penticton Indian Band gives a voice to issues facing youth and a message of hope.

Within two days of it being posted online the youth鈥檚 song titled Come & Listen has been shared more than 1,200 times and garnered more than 30,000 views.

Take a listen to the video here.

The song was written and recorded by the students with the help of non-profit N鈥檞e Jinan.

Dave Hodges, a hip hop music producer from Montreal started the empowering project several years ago. Since then N鈥檞e Jinan has travelled to many Indigenous communities throughout Canada and the U.S. to help Indigenous youth find their voice through music.

A mobile recording studio along with a production team visited the Outma Sqilx鈥檞 Cultural School in Penticton recently.

The video is sure to bring tears to viewers eyes as students sing lyrics including:

What we鈥檝e been through

there鈥檚 so much pain

we all want truth we all want change.

We wake up to a brand new day

but we can鈥檛 lose our traditional ways.

We鈥檒l make you see a beginning

that gives us life to keep singing.

Our way of life depends on us

it鈥檚 in our hearts and sang with love