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First Nation
Midnight Oil
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Tasman Keith
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Jessica Mauboy
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First nation, first nation
First to deserve an explanation
First nation, first nation
Last to receive an invitation
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First nation, first nation
When we gonna start the conversation?
When we gonna start the celebration?
When we gonna end the exploitation?
When we gonna say the word "invasion"?
Out loud
We're waiting
Still waiting
Nation within the nation
Still waiting
Nation within a nation (aw!)
Yo, earth black, the church lacked the first fact
80 thou turned demon days and a dirt nap
Generate the trauma that made a kid rage
Never ment capat be filled with all that
Fall back
Why my cousin commit, why my uncle locked up?
Why my aunty forget how to put a glass cup down?
Fighting the fit, we done been brainwashed into fighting the temptay
Fought armageddon and I be out the next day
Of course I'm a get 'em 'til the spirit run empty
My corpse full of venom outcome of the invade
How dare you try to put me up in grave
Strong vision, tradition
No ticket, no admission
No government indecision
No token recognition
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First nation, so ancient
Let's sit down and talk about appropriation
Let's sit down and talk about compensation
Let's sit down and talk about reconciliation
Out loud
We're waiting
Still waiting
Nation within a nation
Still waiting
Nation within a nation
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Nation
Nation within a nation
Nation
Nation within a nation
Nation
Nation within a nation
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When will the light switch?
24-7 in the crisis
White noise killed black thoughts, I sense
There's a shift, it'll come by the night's end
When will the light switch?
24-7 in the crisis
White noise killed black thoughts, I sense
There's a shift, see the ship sink like this
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