Being Human

Hey, my words

What I say

Heavy as clay

Hey, my hands

What I make

Falls through like sand

How to stay open when everyone is closing

Hearts and minds

How to keep speaking when everyone wants to

Move on

Come on, come on, come on, come on, oh

Come on, come on, come on, come on, we all know

Sovereignty never ceded so

Land back or we gotta go

Don't turn away

From the flames

Don't turn away

From the pain

Being human is learning how

To let go of what you think you know

Staying human is listening

Listening, listening

Come on, come on, come on, come on, oh

Come on, come on, come on, come on, we all know

Sovereignty never ceded so

Land back or we gotta go

I was born on Wurundjeri land

Everything I know, everything I have

Is because of what they lost

Common wealth came at their cost

I was taught on Kaurna land

But I never heard of them

At my school we only learned

How to bury what we burned

I got paid on Gadigal land

Everything I made, everything I am

All my opportunity

A genocidal legacy

I am Māori, Pākehā

In so called Australia

As an uninvited guest

Stolen land I can't possess

I stand in solidarity

My Tūpuna they stand with me

As Tāngata Whenua

Tino rangatiratanga

Don't turn away

From the flames

Don't turn away

From the shame

Being human is learning how

To let go of what you think you know

Staying human is listening

Listening, listening

Come on, come on, come on, come on, oh

Come on, come on, come on, we all know

Sovereignty never ceded so

Land back or we gotta go

Come on, come on, come on, come on, oh

Come on, come on, come on, we all know

Sovereignty never ceded so

Land back or we gotta go