[Intro]
So devastating
The way things have been unfolding recently
But also, since colonial nations begun
Black lives have been placed at the bottom of a so called hierarchy of humanity
But it must end
[Verse 1]
This situation appearing
Is the curtains pulled back on colonial freewheeling
The whole system killing, built destructive dealing
Illegal cartels, gangsters, the colony villain
See, there's never enough to prove that we the land’s children
We been here since the beginning, eternally been building
Then they came with pillaging intent, no concealing
Terra nullius lies as the foundational pillar
Holding stolen wealth, deep drilled in
For these oil spills perpetuated in pure oceans, malicious
Tore original form, replaced with gas, riot shielding
Bullets ready to be unlocked, loaded and willing
Nooses, tasers revealing
Building empires to keep us numb and crippled
Ignorance continue, weapon wielding
Got me vexed
Wonder what'll be next
Tryna kill us in the flesh
Like our ancestors who formed sacred steps
[Chorus]
There's a cloud of smoke in the sky
They try to delude, got the masses hypnotised
But with or without, we sovereign on this sacred land and rise
Never defeated, put that fist up for every ancestors and child
There’s a cloud of smoke in the sky
They try to delude, got the masses hypnotised
But with or without, we sovereign on this sacred land and rise
Never defeated, put that fist up for every ancestors and child
[Verse 2]
David Dungay, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd
Kumanjayi, Joyce Clarke, same story, different soil
Belligerent, ancestors' blood, I can feel it boil
Our people's just tryna breath as they killing for the spoils
Anything to devour, keep us bloodied and embroiled
As they pillage our hearts and minds 'til we exhausted from this toil
Decades of labour on deaf ears in turmoil
Enraged with these stages of ignorance that run wild
The great chain of being still action as they pile
Black bodies, deluding the masses, acting so vile
Treated less than human, disregarded behind their smiles
Insidious laws incriminated every single stolen child
'Cause they do not hold our best interests at hand
So we got to buck their system, never built for this land
It's right here where we stand, this illusory plan
This empire that colonisers built in quicksand
[Chorus]
There's a cloud of smoke in the sky
They try to delude, got the masses hypnotised
But with or without, we sovereign on this sacred land and rise
Never defeated, put that fist up for every ancestors and child
There's a cloud of smoke in the sky
They try to delude, got the masses hypnotised
But with or without, we sovereign on this sacred land and rise
Never defeated, put that fist up for every ancestors and child
[Outro]
Keep that strength
Keep the persistence
For the resistance does not eventuate in liberation through just one moment or one action
But through the collective momentum that we build in this uprise
A descendent of the first sunrise
The liberation is the destiny but the liberation is meant for we whom remain diligent and dedicated
Beyond the now
Against the colonial chains that reframed in this doctrine of destruction
That seems incessant
But its well shall run dry
As we realign
Strong with our fists to the sky
Guided by ancestors’ call for liberation on Blak
Indigenous land
So devastating
The way things have been unfolding recently
But also, since colonial nations begun
Black lives have been placed at the bottom of a so called hierarchy of humanity
But it must end
[Verse 1]
This situation appearing
Is the curtains pulled back on colonial freewheeling
The whole system killing, built destructive dealing
Illegal cartels, gangsters, the colony villain
See, there's never enough to prove that we the land’s children
We been here since the beginning, eternally been building
Then they came with pillaging intent, no concealing
Terra nullius lies as the foundational pillar
Holding stolen wealth, deep drilled in
For these oil spills perpetuated in pure oceans, malicious
Tore original form, replaced with gas, riot shielding
Bullets ready to be unlocked, loaded and willing
Nooses, tasers revealing
Building empires to keep us numb and crippled
Ignorance continue, weapon wielding
Got me vexed
Wonder what'll be next
Tryna kill us in the flesh
Like our ancestors who formed sacred steps
[Chorus]
There's a cloud of smoke in the sky
They try to delude, got the masses hypnotised
But with or without, we sovereign on this sacred land and rise
Never defeated, put that fist up for every ancestors and child
There’s a cloud of smoke in the sky
They try to delude, got the masses hypnotised
But with or without, we sovereign on this sacred land and rise
Never defeated, put that fist up for every ancestors and child
[Verse 2]
David Dungay, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd
Kumanjayi, Joyce Clarke, same story, different soil
Belligerent, ancestors' blood, I can feel it boil
Our people's just tryna breath as they killing for the spoils
Anything to devour, keep us bloodied and embroiled
As they pillage our hearts and minds 'til we exhausted from this toil
Decades of labour on deaf ears in turmoil
Enraged with these stages of ignorance that run wild
The great chain of being still action as they pile
Black bodies, deluding the masses, acting so vile
Treated less than human, disregarded behind their smiles
Insidious laws incriminated every single stolen child
'Cause they do not hold our best interests at hand
So we got to buck their system, never built for this land
It's right here where we stand, this illusory plan
This empire that colonisers built in quicksand
[Chorus]
There's a cloud of smoke in the sky
They try to delude, got the masses hypnotised
But with or without, we sovereign on this sacred land and rise
Never defeated, put that fist up for every ancestors and child
There's a cloud of smoke in the sky
They try to delude, got the masses hypnotised
But with or without, we sovereign on this sacred land and rise
Never defeated, put that fist up for every ancestors and child
[Outro]
Keep that strength
Keep the persistence
For the resistance does not eventuate in liberation through just one moment or one action
But through the collective momentum that we build in this uprise
A descendent of the first sunrise
The liberation is the destiny but the liberation is meant for we whom remain diligent and dedicated
Beyond the now
Against the colonial chains that reframed in this doctrine of destruction
That seems incessant
But its well shall run dry
As we realign
Strong with our fists to the sky
Guided by ancestors’ call for liberation on Blak
Indigenous land
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