The Herd, Nooky, Sky’high, Radical Son - A Change Is Gonna Come - triple j Like A Version lyrics
[The Herd, Nooky, Sky’high, Radical Son - A Change Is Gonna Come - triple j Like A Version lyrics]
I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh, and just like the river
I've been running ever since
It's been a long long time coming
But, I know change gon' come oh, yes it will
I was born by the river
In a small coastal town
Where the smell of the strange
Fruit still floats around
I was shown that tree where
The fruit's used to swing
They was strung up as swayin' in the wind
With blood on the wattle
Trees with lifeless limbs
I turned away and then cringed
Mum said "Listen to them sing"
Then I heard the breeze
Bring the terrible thing
All that's changed now is that
Rope's a tire swing
Change, well it won't happen in a day
They said eventually, how many weeks
Decades or centuries? Mistakes made
They can't be washed away so simply
And symbolisms weak medicine
For grievous injury false smiles
Frontin' false idols hiding discrimination
A feel good slogan, some self congratulation
Empty statements
While the hangman's ghost is still waiting
In the lockup, the paddy wagon
12 shells on the pavement
It's been too hard living
But, I'm afraid to die
'Cause, I don't know what's up there
Beyond the sky it's been a long
Long time coming but, I know
Change gon' come oh, yes it will
Ayy
It's all about history but that's his story
And I'm tryna tell ya 'bout mine
Still coppin' chases from the bacon
My brother taken by swine
They're the biggest gang in my country
The ones that pack the Glock Nine
And them guns be with them Gunjies who
Say they're here to stop crime
Now that ain't that ironic, no Alanis
But, you oughta know the truth
The Queen was boss when they stole us
The Kings Cross and they shoot
Surrounded by abuse, lemme tell what I'ma do
I'ma rep for all my youth with the
Big FU to the boys in blue
They picked the wrong time
Go to the movie and I go downtown
Somebody keep telling me
Don't go hang around
It's been a long long time coming
But, I know change gon' come oh, yes it will
We thought the war was over, but nah
We have to fight more
We got the right to vote
But, I don't see no one to vote for
Devoted to the cause
I live for everything I'd die for
Yeah, have my shoes, take a walk
Try to understand my life and
My dreamin', the government is scheming
Oops, I mean they're intervening
Mind the land while we're leavin'
But we ain't leavin' these words are my last
The past can't be changed but our future can
So I go to my brother
And I say brother help me please
But he winds up knockin' me
Back down on my knees
First up, I'ma change the
Flag, southern cross, leave that
Exchange the union jack for that red
Yellow and black
Sick and tired of waiting for change
So I'm making a change today
An' I beg that my people out
Beggin' be given a new begginin', okay!
A long time
(Long time) Too long if you asked me
(Said a change gon' come) Long
Gone (Long gone) Has been
Only way to move on is to get along
You better not get it wrong 'Cause after all
(Aren't we all) one under the sun, I'm done
Oh, there's been times when I thought
I couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long long time coming
And I know change gon' come oh, yes it will
Oh, and just like the river
I've been running ever since
It's been a long long time coming
But, I know change gon' come oh, yes it will
I was born by the river
In a small coastal town
Where the smell of the strange
Fruit still floats around
I was shown that tree where
The fruit's used to swing
They was strung up as swayin' in the wind
With blood on the wattle
Trees with lifeless limbs
I turned away and then cringed
Mum said "Listen to them sing"
Then I heard the breeze
Bring the terrible thing
All that's changed now is that
Rope's a tire swing
Change, well it won't happen in a day
They said eventually, how many weeks
Decades or centuries? Mistakes made
They can't be washed away so simply
And symbolisms weak medicine
For grievous injury false smiles
Frontin' false idols hiding discrimination
A feel good slogan, some self congratulation
Empty statements
While the hangman's ghost is still waiting
In the lockup, the paddy wagon
12 shells on the pavement
It's been too hard living
But, I'm afraid to die
'Cause, I don't know what's up there
Beyond the sky it's been a long
Long time coming but, I know
Change gon' come oh, yes it will
Ayy
It's all about history but that's his story
And I'm tryna tell ya 'bout mine
Still coppin' chases from the bacon
My brother taken by swine
They're the biggest gang in my country
The ones that pack the Glock Nine
And them guns be with them Gunjies who
Say they're here to stop crime
Now that ain't that ironic, no Alanis
But, you oughta know the truth
The Queen was boss when they stole us
The Kings Cross and they shoot
Surrounded by abuse, lemme tell what I'ma do
I'ma rep for all my youth with the
Big FU to the boys in blue
They picked the wrong time
Go to the movie and I go downtown
Somebody keep telling me
Don't go hang around
It's been a long long time coming
But, I know change gon' come oh, yes it will
We thought the war was over, but nah
We have to fight more
We got the right to vote
But, I don't see no one to vote for
Devoted to the cause
I live for everything I'd die for
Yeah, have my shoes, take a walk
Try to understand my life and
My dreamin', the government is scheming
Oops, I mean they're intervening
Mind the land while we're leavin'
But we ain't leavin' these words are my last
The past can't be changed but our future can
So I go to my brother
And I say brother help me please
But he winds up knockin' me
Back down on my knees
First up, I'ma change the
Flag, southern cross, leave that
Exchange the union jack for that red
Yellow and black
Sick and tired of waiting for change
So I'm making a change today
An' I beg that my people out
Beggin' be given a new begginin', okay!
A long time
(Long time) Too long if you asked me
(Said a change gon' come) Long
Gone (Long gone) Has been
Only way to move on is to get along
You better not get it wrong 'Cause after all
(Aren't we all) one under the sun, I'm done
Oh, there's been times when I thought
I couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long long time coming
And I know change gon' come oh, yes it will