Thou Shalt Not Steal

In 1788, down Sydney Cove, the first boat people land

And they say, "Sorry, boys, our gain's your loss. We're gonna steal your land

And if you break our new British law, for sure you're gonna hang

Or work your life like our convicts with a chain on your neck and hands"

And they taught us

"Whoa, Black woman, thou shalt not steal"

Said, "Hey yeah, Black man, thou shalt not steal

We're gonna civilize your Black barbaric lives and teach you how to kneel"

But your history couldn't hide the genocide

The hypocrisy to us was real

For your Jesus said you're supposed to give the oppressed a better deal

We say to you, "Yes, our land thou shalt not steal

Whoa, yeah, our land you'd better heal"

Well, your science and technology, hey, can make a nuclear bomb

Development has increased its size to three million megatons

And if you think that's progress, I suggest your reasoning is unsound

For you should've found out long ago you best keep it in the ground

And they taught us

"Oh, Black woman, thou shalt not steal"

They said, "Hey yeah, Black man, thou shalt not steal

We're gonna civilize your Black barbaric lives and teach you how to kneel"

But your history couldn't hide the genocide

The hypocrisy to us was real

For your Jesus said you're supposed to give the oppressed a better deal

We say to you, "Yes, Whiteman, thou shalt not steal

Whoa, yeah, our land you'd better heal"

Well, Job and me and Jesus sittin' underneath that Indooroopilly bridge

Watchin' that blazing sun go down behind the tall tree'd mountain ridge

The land's our heritage and spirit, here the rightful culture's Black

And we're sittin' here just wonderin' when we're gonna get that land back

They taught us

"Whoa, Black woman, thou shalt not steal"

They said, "Hey yeah, Black man, thou shalt not steal

We're gonna civilize your Black barbaric lives and we'll teach you how to kneel"

But your history couldn't hide the genocide

The hypocrisy to us was real

For your Jesus said you're supposed to give the oppressed a better deal

We say to you, "Yes, Whiteman, thou shalt not steal

Whoa, yeah, our land you'd better heal"

Well, you talk of conservation, keep the forests pristine green

But in two hundred years, your materialism has stripped the forests clean

And a racist's a contradiction that's understood by none

Mostly their left hand holds a Bible, their right hand holds a gun

And they taught us

"Whoa, Black woman, thou shalt not steal"

They said, "Hey yeah, Black man, thou shalt not steal

We're gonna civilize your Black barbaric lives and we'll teach you how to kneel"

But your history couldn't hide the genocide

The hypocrisy to us was real

For your Jesus said you're supposed to give the oppressed a better deal

We say to you, "Yes, Whiteman, thou shalt not steal

Whoa, yeah, our land you'd better heal

Whoa, yeah, Whiteman, thou shalt not steal

Oh, yeah, our land you'd better heal"