Illy - Generation Y lyrics

Yeah, my Generation Y it's just what we do!

Yeah, now where were you
When the towers fell?
When folk washed away under broke
Levees and tsunami swells?
And it ain't hard to tell
So wide like it's hard to see
The separation of uzi shells and artistry
Guess it's the heart in me
Flowing like an artery
The can't-figure-for-the-life-of-me why our
Army be
Overseas fighting, Bin Laden been hiding
Oil fields guarded
Why the fuck soldiers been dying?
I'm the first to salute the troops
Send 'em prayers
And the first to give a middle finger
To the fucks who sent 'em there
And brother, why would I ever care?


How tit-for tat get us anywhere? Come on
What's the method there?
How's that gon' seek peace?
When did Hip Hop die? Probably
The same night as ODB
When we gonna realise hope is free?
You can call this a love song
You can call it poetry whatever
So we say what we say like it's all or none
Cause we're the ones there
When the problems come
So we're the ones trying to change the world
My generation asks why
We fight, we fight, we fight, we fight
We fight, we fight with a fist to the sky
We fight, we fight, we fight, we fight
We fight, we fight with a fist to the sky

Yeah, what happened to the power
Of one man's voice
When boys my age die from one man's choice?
Happy sipping brews in the sun with the boys
All I need is a push bike, fuck a Rolls-Royce
How long we gonna let cash
Rule in the habit of
Not appreciating what the planet's got?
I stopped, switched off the idiot box
Fuck a channel swap
Why not? It's real life when the camera's off
I'm like Martin Luther King with a dream
And it sure as shit
Don't involve Gretel Killeen
Make use of my God-given right to speak
No threat of bombs dropping's
Gonna silence me
Ain't it worth it if we die free?
When did Hip Hop die? Probably
The same night as BIG
This from the heart, piece by piece
You want to call this a love song?
Well it's sweet by me whatever man
So we say what we say like it's all or none
Cause we're the ones there
When the problems come
So we're the ones trying to change the world
My generation asks why
We fight, we fight, we fight, we fight
We fight, we fight with a fist to the sky
We fight, we fight, we fight, we fight
We fight, we fight with a fist to the sky

Mad props to the trail blazers, no path guide
To show the way they made, we don't ask why
We just laugh at how the
Industry was so damn blind
To Hip Hop from our backyard, no gang signs
And no cocked nines, none of that nah
Just hot rhymes from our own kind
Young Aussie minds
Why some push poison like the
Love's there for exploiting?
How long can the culture avoid 'em?
Why bother? We good brother, they took cover
They mainstream
Even our big names hooked up underground
I'm asked how I grind till I'm beat
Like why would I stay? Bro
Why would I leave?
It's one life, one may do with less
They say Hip Hop died
But that's a lie in the A-U-S
We going strong from strength to strength
Aussie youth of today backed us
So we represent for them my dudes man
So we say what we say like it's all or none
Cause we're the ones there
When the problems come
So we're the ones trying to change the world
My generation asks why
We fight, we fight, we fight, we fight
We fight, we fight with a fist to the sky
We fight, we fight, we fight, we fight
We fight, we fight with a fist to the sky