The Colli Crew - Change The Game.mpg

Created as part of an ongoing mentoring program young people from Collarenebri, NSW and Desert Pea Media - a charity organisation working with communities around Australia since 2003. LYRICS The sun comes up on the land of red dirt The land where the black man done the legwork This is dedicated to the years of pain Collarenebri Crew come change the game. Colli Crew’s back with a new track for ya. Way up north up on the QLD border Learning those lessons from the very first bora The fact is we ain’t no flora and fauna The Colli Crew’s black with a new track Survived invasion, segregation and the act Almost taken but it’s coming back Change comes from you, from me, from us and that’s fact. On Australia Day we celebrate the invasion. Claiming Terra Nullius all over the nation Disease, Myall Creek, that dislocation Kamileroi people - here since creation That’s him my ‘lation - there’s truth in my words. Mobs rounded up, forced onto reserves. Stolen from your family, taken away to school No rights, can’t go to restaurants or the pool. It’s a new track Those true facts It’s a new age React. Look up Don’t look back Because the next step Is up to us Colli Crew’s back with a new track for ya. Way up north up on the QLD border Learning those lessons from the very first bora The fact is we ain’t no flora and fauna The Colli Crew’s black with a new track Survived invasion, segregation and the act Almost taken but it’s coming back Change comes from you, from me, from us and that’s fact. We had Cooper, Patton, those freedom fighters. 1965 - those Freedom Riders Change came running’, they exposed the failure To bring a new dawn all over Australia 1967 that recognition. That citizenship for the mob on the mission Stopped needing permission - got paid for workin’. Shout outs to Mabo and Charlie Perkins So we’ve come a long way - there’s a long way yet. So look to the future but never forget Get ready, get set, the real test is now If you’re looking for change, the next step is OURS “No way, welfare ain’t gunna rule me” Them old fellas fought hard for these opportunities Take responsibility - step up and step out Make very single one of our people proud. Beats produced by Joel 'Roc West' Westlake. Shot and edited by Toby Finlayson Yidaki by Roy Newman. Respect.