Thou Shalt Not Steal

[Verse 1]
1788, down Sydney Cove
First boat people land
And they said, "Sorry, boys, our gain's your loss
We're gonna steal your land
And if you break our new British law
For sure you're gonna hang
Or work your life like our convicts
With a chain on your neck and hands"

[Chorus]
And they taught us
Whoa-oh, black woman, thou shalt not steal
I said, hey-ayy, black man, thou shalt not steal
We're gonna civilise black barbaric lives
Teach you how to kneel
But your history couldn't hide genocide
The hypocrisy to us was real
For your Jesus said you're supposed to give
The oppressed a better deal
We say to you, "Yes, our land thou shalt not steal
Whoa, yeah, our land you'd better heal"

[Verse 2]
Well, your science and technology
Hey! You can make a nuclear bomb
Development has increased its size
Three million megatons
And if you think that's progress
I suggest your reasoning is unsound
For you shoulda found out long ago
You best keep it in the ground

[Chorus]
And they taught us
Whoa-oh, black woman, thou shalt not steal
I said, hey, yeah, black man, thou shalt not steal
We're gonna civilise your black barbaric lives
And we teach you how to kneel
But your history couldn't hide the genocide
The hypocrisy to us was real
For your Jesus said you're supposed to give
The oppressed a better deal
We say to you, "Yes, white man, thou shalt not steal
Whoa, yeah, our land you'd better heal"

[Verse 3]
Well, Job and me and Jesus sittin'
Underneath that Indooroopilly bridge
Watchin' that blazin' sun go down
Behind the tall-treed mountain ridge
The land's our heritage and spirit here
The rightful culture's black
And we're sittin' here just wonderin'
When we're gonna get that land back

[Chorus]
They taught us
Whoa-oh, black woman, thou shalt not steal
I said, hey, yeah, black man, thou shalt not steal
We're gonna civilise your black barbaric lives
And we teach you how to kneel
But your history couldn't hide the genocide
The hypocrisy to us was real
For your Jesus said you're supposed to give
The oppressed a better deal
We say to you, "Yes, white man, thou shalt not steal
Whoa, yeah, our land you'd better heal"

[Verse 4]
Well, you talk of conservation
Keep the forest pristine green
But in two hundred years, your materialism
Has stripped the forests clean
And a racist's a contradiction
That's understood by none, mostly
Their left hand holds a bible
Their right hand holds a gun

[Chorus]
And they taught us
Whoa-oh, black woman, thou shalt not steal
I said, hey, yeah, black man, thou shalt not steal
We're gonna civilise your black barbaric lives
And we teach you how to kneel
But your history couldn't hide the genocide
The hypocrisy to us was real
For your Jesus said you're supposed to give
The oppressed a better deal
We say to you, "Yes, white man, thou shalt not steal
Whoa, yeah, our land you'd better heal

[Outro]
Whoa, yeah, white man, though shalt not steal
Oh, yeah, our land you'd better heal"