Broken Chains (Cody Wave Remix)

Smashproof – Broken Chains [Cody Wave Remix] (feat. Che-Fu) Lyrics

Verse 1 – Sid Diamond

You can blame the gangs

You can blame the hustlers

But never blame the fien

Or the system for what it’s done to us

You can see these living conditions, shit is uncomfortable

So then we look toward a patch why? Its more colourful

The young people without nothing the only goal

Is a European whip some rose gold

Some European stink that we owe

For everything we have now

fuck you can have it back,

but would you give us ours?

That why I rather trust a patchy rather than a seller

Cause my area been set up since you settled in and set us all alight

With that settlement of lies took up sediments

and tried to kill our self-esteem and pride my people it’s time to rise for my people

I’m ‘a write, straight up this for every single marae, every area top to bottom of Aotearoa living poor

And if you have same skin colour as mine, look I’m a half caste Maori Mochian Archuan,

English is the only language I can speak fluently

But you’re the only people that will frown on how I use it

To my advantage cause a disadvantage is that you’ve been

Given us since we let you live in our house

Gave you every room and you kicked us out

Put us in prison or put us down sent us to battle over oceans

And take our town and seas but somehow

We are at fault for the way that we are but if the roles were reversed

You would be changing your stance and taking a stand

Because then you know that it’s wrong,

you know that its wrong, now you just don’t give a fuck

And so the next time you say “what can’t we move on?’

Take a seat and with an open mind listen to this song

Cause it is something serious the recognition for us all is needed

more than ever before its gone

Land of the free

Hook – Ché-Fu

Break these chains,

That’s on my people struggling

We come together,

Like this pain ain’t got nothing on we,

In god we trust

He knows we been down far too long

Come break our chains come help us out

Come help us out

Verse 2 – TY

I look around and see a lot of my people are chained

to the pleasures of the flesh its a beautiful face

but behind the mask its hideous demons remain

through generational curses word out the exodus page

+our reflection is hazed

lies that infected our train

of thought… was never good enough for the race

reason we chasing that high

+even though it’s a temporary escape

its worth pitching if you catching a break

Maybe we still catching up?

forever falling behind

at least that’s how we all think

that shit is all in our mind

been programmed to settle for less,

time we put our mental in check

and show our seeds

that they worthy and blessed

cause we all born with a gift

now let’s explore what it is

cause life experience

is knowledge that’s

important to give

back to the next generation

we moving forward

TO WIN

That’s when you see your real story begin

south side

Hook – Ché-Fu

Break these chains,

That’s on my people struggling

We come together,

Like this pain ain’t got nothing on we,

In god we trust

He knows we been down far too long

Come break our chains come help us out

Come help us out

Verse 3 – Deach

I hate my see my tamariki

Eating greasy and its killing me

Cause all it takes it listening of ways to fight obesity

To my young Nesians I feel you just don’t know about it

Its just a matter of time

Until you talk about it

Reason why I’m bringing this up

Is cause the lack of knowledge

Parents still not giving a fuck

On what they feeding their children

And now the kids growing up

Hating themselves in the mirror

Cause the social status living is tough

The other status say one out of eight children affected

The majority percentage is us and its pathetic

My advice to all the caregivers

It’s time to educate yourself and your kids health

And their way of living

I remember twenty years ago when life was different

The kids play cricket

The streets were full

And life so mischief

And now the generations changed

I get it a new era

Sitting looking at their own reflection of that black mirror

Hook – Ché-Fu

Break these chains,

That’s on my people struggling

We come together,

Like this pain ain’t got nothing on we,

In god we trust

He knows we been down far too long

Come break our chains come help us out

Come help us out