Walk Away

[Intro: DOBBY]
What?
Yeah

[Verse 1: DOBBY]
I'm 'bout to rattle up some cages, make some changes
Call me what? Call me Blasian, my culture ancient
I like pissin' off a racist, I bet you hate this
You's out here clickin' on my face, bitch, you signed your waivers
Give a shout-out to your neighbours as you playin' this
Shit's so catchy it’s contagious, catchin' cases
Celebrated by these academics back at Cambridge
That's ironic, we still askin' for repatriation (Okay, okay, okay, okay)
Who your mob that you came with? What's your nation? (Who?)
What's the land that you stand on? That's the basics
Man, I swear we been patient since invasion
Broad brushes that you paint with up on our faces
On an everyday basis, shit is shameless
Laid upon a foundation, say you saved us
Call it mission education, written with pages
Up in the book our teacher gave us
Assimilate us, and then you blamed us
Goddamn, that's a bitch
Talkin' shit, you might be liable to catch a fist
You took the voice of my Murrawarri people, and you ripped it from our throat
Man, I swear I'm 'bout to let 'em all know
But you tell me, "Let it go"

[Chorus: DOBBY & The Merindas]
They took away my language and you tell me, "Let it go"
They took away my culture and you tell me, "Let it go"
My generation comin' and we're putting on a show
They want us all to go, you expect me to
Walk away? (Do you expect me to)
Walk away? (Do you expect me to)
Walk away? (Well, how the hell could I)
Walk away? (I'll be damned if I go)

[Verse 2: DOBBY]
Ayy
Came in the game and I brought my truth
Painful to say it with an off-white hue
Body and a face lookin' just like you
But I'm proud of my culture and all I do
I think about what the mob might do (Ayy)
Can't turn away from an online feud
Better get the name of the mob right too (Oh)
Whole life in the rap, give it all I got
Vaccine, I'ma call my shots
Wiping the narrative, oh, my gosh
Not happening on my watch (What?)
Can't back down no matter the cost
I'ma get that spot, keep it up
Don't stop goin' off like a bedside clock (Don't stop)
I ain't takin' no loss
Bigoted idiots, what do they know?
Every day tellin' me gotta let go
Sickenin', reckon I'm gonna explode
Like a lot of Mentos and a bottle of Coke (Coke)
I'ma get back, gonna get in control ('Trol)
Treat my beat like butter menthol (Menthol)
Take my seat like Letterman's show
Crunch time, eat time, cinnamon toast
Tryna find peace like Buddha
Then I came to like ooh-ah
Reckon I think you might be close
'Cause your mouth stink like goonar
My bala, my cousin, my kuya
Got a Blak future like Janelle Monáe
Ancestors gon' come out to play
Peeps, please, get out the way
Faeces fill up bidets
Man, goddamn, what can I say?
Fam, I pray for better days
Livin' in Austra-L-I-A
Bobby Sanchez when I say
"See, you genocide us" (Genocide us)
Then you colonise us, sterilise us, gentrify us (Oh)
I'm letting 'em know
Matter fact, never letting it go
People telling me they do get it, but I still feel like a lot of you don't (No, you don't)
Battle axe in goanna fat with the lil-lil, and I'm thinking of home
Each day with the same message every time I take another look at my phone
You tell me, "Let it go"

[Chorus: DOBBY & The Merindas]
They took away my land and you tell me, "Let it go" (Let it go)
They took away my children and you tell me, "Let it go" (Let it go)
My generation comin' and we're putting on a show (What?)
They want us all to go, you expect me to
Walk away? (Do you expect me to)
Walk away? (Do you expect me to)
Walk away? (I'll be damned if I)
Walk away (Yeah, we 'bout to let 'em know)

[Outro: DOBBY]
What?