Being Human

[Verse 1]
Hey, my words
What I say
Heavy as clay
Hey, my hands
What I make falls through like sand
How to stay open
When everyone is closing
Hearts and minds
How to keep speaking
When everyone wants to move on

[Chorus]
Come on, come on, come on, come on, oh
Come on, come on, come on, we all know
Sovereignty never ceded so
Land back or we gotta go

[Pre-Chorus]
Don't turn away from the flames
Don't turn away from the pain
Being human is learning how
To let go of what you think you know
Staying human is listening, listening, listening

[Chorus]
Come on, comе on, come on, come on, oh
Come on, comе on, come on, we all know
Sovereignty never ceded so
Land back or we gotta go

[Verse 2]
I was born on Wurundjeri land
Everything I know, everything I have
Is because of what they lost
'Common wealth’ came at their cost

I was taught on Kaurna land
But I never heard of them
At my school we only learned
How to bury what we burned

I got paid on Gadigal land
Everything I made, everything I am
All my opportunity
A genocidal legacy

I am Māori, Pākehā
In so called Australia
As an uninvited guest
On stolen land I can't possess

I stand in solidarity
My Tūpuna, they stand with me
As Tāngata Whenua
Tino rangatiratanga

[Pre-Chorus]
Don't turn away from the flames
Don't turn away from the shame
Being human is learning how
To let go of what you think you know
Staying human is listening, listening, listening

[Chorus]
Come on, come on, come on, come on, oh
Come on, come on, come on, we all know
Sovereignty never ceded so
Land back or we gotta go

Come on, come on, come on, come on, oh
Come on, come on, come on, we all know
Sovereignty never ceded so
Land back or we gotta go