Music Video
Freedom Feat. Archie Roach
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Lyrics
[Verse 1]
One time we gonna stand up, stand up
One time we gonna stand up, stand up, shout out, shout out loud
[Verse 2]
One time we gonna stand up, stand up
One time we gonna stand up, stand up, shout out, shout out loud
[Verse 3]
Freedom Declared is rare
Prepare a new age mantra
A nation remains in chains
With its propaganda
[Verse 4]
Maybe the knowledge be illogic
In a nation's banter
Maybe the problem is
The current knowledge is the cancer
[Verse 5]
Huh, I spit a verse
From a forbidden journal
Ancient flows
Designed in the poems to serve you
[Verse 6]
The naked truth
The "Endeavour" done became full circle
Virtuous pen transcends
So respect the virtue
[Verse 7]
Huh
They used possession as their greatest weapon
Policies followed
Disguised in the term protection
[Verse 8]
Protect from who
Who protecting me from you
When our truth is called a lie
And your lies becomes your truth
What followed
[Verse 9]
Blueprints of annihilation
Stolen generation
The death of first nations
People
[Verse 10]
Australia's hidden misery
Unlock our black history
Now raise your damn fist with me
My people
[Verse 11]
One time we gonna stand up, stand up
One time we gonna stand up, yeah
One time we gonna stand up, stand up
Shout out, shout out loud, yeah
[Verse 12]
One time we gonna stand up, stand up
One time we gonna stand up, yeah
One time we gonna stand up, stand up
Shout out, shout out loud
[Verse 13]
Now with that disdain
On your membrane
Came the pain
That's why we opted for a date change
[Verse 14]
Peace will never be the same
Purge with flames
The truth amongst the brave
The visions become the change
[Verse 15]
And in this reign
Transform the pain
To something close to light
Emancipate the mental chains
[Verse 16]
Free a generation
To seek healing not the rage
Shift of consciousness
Now watch it flow in with the waves
[Verse 17]
Zenadh Kes done sent me
To take the centre stage
Spirits of my warriors
Transcending through my blade
[Verse 18]
This is a conscious movement
A righteous movement
Black excellence be the reasons of why I do this
What follows
[Verse 19]
Blueprints of a greater nation
A conscious generation
The rise of first nations
People
[Verse 20]
Australia's new destiny
Re-written history
Now raise your damn fist with me
My people
[Verse 21]
From the warm waters of the Torres Strait
To the mainland clans, here we stand
Take heed to the knowledge of our old people
And the strength that they have
[Verse 22]
From the warm waters of the Torres Strait
To the mainland clans here we stand
Take heed To the knowledge of our old people
And the strength that they have
Now raise your damn fist with me, my people!
[Verse 23]
One time we gonna stand up, stand up
One time we gonna stand up, yeah
One time we gonna stand up, stand up
Shout out, shout out loud, yeah
[Verse 24]
Shout out loud
One time we gonna stand up, yeah
Shout out loud
Shout out loud
[Verse 25]
One time we gonna stand up
Shout out loud
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