The Herd - Same Song lyrics

And in the hour of chaos the beat got us
Let the rhythm hit 'em with
A little bit of cynicism
I see around me, fear of a black plan
With the clan in the front, but not Wu Tang
(what) i’ll never really know the struggle
That it came from i try to take it on
And re-create the same song
Paint a picture for history to put a frame on
We going off with the brain on
(Make some noise)
See we're following the legacy of lions
Ain't afraid to speak to their minds
They leap aside hate the hate
My high school syllabus was way behind
Now you love Aus hip hop
Gotcha BNE merch but ain't done homework
If hip hops alive but white and sunburnt
Well that’d be a sad day for all concerned
So we learn and we carry the debt
Truly understand the cause to
Enjoy the effect check your head
Is this gangsta shit what we can't relate to
Same as the places movies take you
Do you really hate that US rap
Or is that a code for what you view as black
I hope not i'd rather you pirate me then
Make me tolerate the irony

We all live beneath the stars
So when you stole the Southern Cross
I felt the loss

Following the spirit, came from the Broncs
All of the streets that the beat built on
Take it to the bridge, take it to the sea
Run-DMC where the beat found me
Look to the future but know of our past
Don’t let the Southern Cross block the stars
We singing that same song
Same song we were raised on

I understand where it came from
Sometimes it's like we're not
Hearing the same song
Makes me cringe thinking that
You bringing shame on
The only religion I ever put a name on
Hip hops my bible, not my Aussie Aussie idol
When the chorus kicks in do
You feel what I do
I yearn for the return of real rap music
It's made with art whether
Avant garde or purist
Always been about unity a community
And just because you're Aussie
Doesn’t give you immunity
Gotta apply the same scrutiny
Not about radio play
More and express your self-mutiny
I fight the power moment gotta say something
You talk loud, say nothing, straight dumbing
I know what originators did before us
Though misplaced, patriotic, off key chorus
We're just people tryna begin again
So when the beat comes back I begin again
And I been pressing on you like a tattoo gun
Man you blind if you don’t
Recognise where it came from

Following the spirit, came from the Broncs
All of the streets that the beat built on
Take it to the bridge, take it to the sea
Run-DMC where the beat found me
Look to the future but know of your past
Don’t let the Southern Cross block the stars
We singing that same song
Same song we were raised on