OUR PEOPLE

You know I'm just tryna make it alright

But maybe we're just gonna try to be someone

Go and let the system burn to kingdom come

Too accustomed to the westernised

Laying on a bed of lies

Or bed of knives

Dread bed at night

That fairytale titled 'Better Times'

Fictional glass slippers and pumpkins

You ain't know nothin'

Young Hercules done heard it from Pegasus, they up to somethin'

My homies rolling beanstalks

Giants, golden geese talk

Wolf in sheep's clothing

The magic beans never been bought

You can suck my Moby Dick

Not playing with these little pigs

The apple filled with little drips of poison, you don't need a kiss

Wake up 'fore it's too late to notice they changed the narrative

Sugarcoat the lies with all of these funny characters

Manipulate the masses and never tell 'em the half of it

And that's only the half of it

I'm here with all of my people (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

Locked up with all of my people (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

So let me hear you scream if you're with me (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

(Yeah, yeah, yeah)

They locked us up then they threw away the key

It's the stolen generations hauntin' trauma that I see

And that's the part of history of which we never speak

Always moving backwards keeps the future outta reach, uh

Let's separate the men from the boys

They dropped that money on the marketing

They failed to hear the voice (They did)

I shouldn't talk like this (No way)

My country fuckin' sick

3% the new Pemulwuy

We don't fuckin' miss

Do as you're told or that's cuffs on wrist, huh (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

You're ten years old then that's cuffs on the wrist, huh (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

They stole the land in the name of their kings (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

Now look at how they act when you mention Alice Springs (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

You know I'm just tryna make it alright

But maybe we're just gunna try to be someone

Go and let the system burn to kingdom come

But now I'm not gonna see my daughter cry

From all the shit that I've had hold of me for life

Gonna let it hold on to us one more time, no I

I see my people always locked up, locked up, locked up, locked up

Why my people always locked up, locked up, locked up, locked up

Free my people always locked up, locked up, locked up, locked up

Hear my people my people always locked up, locked up, locked up, locked up

I'm here with all of my people

Locked up with all of my people

So let me hear you scream if you're with me

From all valleys to the skies

You've made land full of lies

Made-up story your disguise

Make out everything's alright

See you makin' more shit up about us

But I'm here with all my people, so speak louder

When you next come around talkin' this shit aloud

Know we're loud, black and proud and we ain't backing down

I've got all my brothers standing here around us

So hold onto your shit, we're getting riled up

You know I'm just tryna make it alright

But maybe we're just gonna try to be someone

Go and let the system burn to kingdom come

But now I'm not gonna see my daughter cry

From all the shit that I've had hold of me for life

Gonna let it hold on to us one more time, no I