Illy - Our Country lyrics

Yeah, this track is dedicated
To the Indigenous people of Australia
And the soldiers and the
Firefighters who protect it yeah, yeah

The strong stood silent, much harder men wept
Pollies broadcast live from
The parliament steps
City slickers watched on
Bush cousins held breath
Hell on their doorstep and only
Half of them left
I fell asleep that night and
Dreamt the arsonist bled
And woke up to cries of "Off
With their head" soon drowned
By the sight of the nation standing proud
Lockstep made me feel there's some
Issues to address like
Those who don't agree with
My freedom or choices


Should at least respect here they got
The freedom to voice it
Media hype, sensationalised poison
Divide by our difference
Not build common points
But all from Bagdad to Britain
Ain't feelin' our lifestyle of
Livin', pack your bags, good riddance
Can't question our morals
Can't query our spirit
'Cause we know the fire come
Heroes come with it, like

And this is my country, flaws and all
Still what our boys overseas at war for
So I'm not hearin' we ain't doin' it right
'Cause it's easy to criticise
It's easy to divide
But this is our country, young and free
We the sum of all nations, some of all creeds
Yeah, we, knowin' when it's crunch time
We the sum of our
People combined, come together, right

Yeah, we rise to the problems
We're Australian
The size of our hearts stretch
The size of our wallets
From guys on the front lines
To guys in the office
To the firefighters tryna stop it
We ain't perfect there's flaws
But in times of crisis we drop it
Count the losses, look to the Southern Cross
And pray to whatever God we
Believe in to offer
Respite to those left worse off from it
Uh, so each Anzac and Australia Day
We celebrate black, white, doesn't your race
Whether it's dawn services or
Barby's with your mates
I wonder if diggers knew the
Pride in country they'd create
State to state, coast to coast
There's hand on heart recitin' the oath
It's a hand off
To lighten load, it's that fair go attitude
That says more than anything presidents spoke

And this is my country, flaws and all
Still what our boys overseas at war for
So I'm not hearin' we ain't doin' it right
'Cause it's easy to criticise
It's easy to divide
But this is our country, young and free
We the sum of all nations, some of all creeds
Yeah, we, knowin' when it's crunch time
We the sum of our
People combined, come together, right

Yeah i love hearin' Europeans talk like
We lie beneath 'em
'Cause our culture ain't built
On galleries and museums
But put us in arenas, or a put us on a beach
Or talk freedoms
Ain't no motherfucker gon' beat us now
I'm nothin' special, I just
Rhyme kinda decent, kids
Look to Anzacs for what a leader is
The lucky country, home of the brave
Bastards who stand up, fight
And punch out their weight class
This an ode to my home, one love for those
Who strength they can't replicate in a photo
For souls in Gallipoli, one love from home
And one love for those who
Shot back on Kokoda
I'm over the anti-Oz vibes, let 'em slide
I'm ashamed as the next man by the race riots
But, I bleed Aussie
So till the planets collide
I'll be a proud motherfucker with
My flag raised high

And this is my country, flaws and all
Still what our boys overseas at war for
So I'm not hearin' we ain't doin' it right
'Cause it's easy to criticise
It's easy to divide
But this is our country, young and free
We the sum of all nations, some of all creeds
Yeah, we, knowin' when it's crunch time
We the sum of our
People combined, come together, right

Yeah now I'm not sayin' we're perfect
We're far from it
Sometimes the bullshit gets in the way of
Us seein' how we've actually got it
They wouldn't call it the lucky country
If it wasn't, man yo