Illy - My Country lyrics

Yea this track is dedicated to the indigenous people of Australia And the soldiers and the fire-fighters who protect it yea Yea the strong stood silent much harder men wept Polies broadcast live from the parliament steps City slickers watched on Bush cousins held breath Hell on their door step and only half of them left I fell asleep that night and dreamt the arsonists bled And woke up to cries off with their heads Soon drowned by the sight of the nation standing proud block step Made me feel there're some issues that need to be addressed like Those who don't agree with my freedom of choices Should at least respect here they got the freedom to voice it Media hype, sensationalized poison Divide by our difference not build common points But for all from Baghdad to Britain Ain't feelin our lifestyle and living pack your bags good riddance Can't question our morals, can't query our spirit Cause we know when the fire come, heroes come with it And this is my country, flaws and all Still what our boys overseas at war for So, I'm not hearin we ain't doin it right Cause it's easy to criticize, it's easy to divide But this is our country, young and free We the sum of all nations, the sum of all creeds Yeah, we invite, knowin when it's crunch time We the sum of our people combined We come together right We rise to the problems We're Australian, the size of our hearts stretch the size of our wallets From guys on the front lines to Guys in the office to the fire fighters trying to stop it We aint perfect there's flaws But in times of crisis we drop it count the losses Look to the Southern Cross and pray To whatever god we believe in to offer respite To those left worse off from it So each Anzac day and Australia day We celebrate black white it doesn't matter your race Whether its dawn services or barbies with your mates, I wonder if diggers knew the pride in country they'd create State to state, coast to coast, its hand on heart reciting the oath It's a hand off to lighten the load It's that fair go attitude that says more than anything presidents spoke This is my country flaws and all Still what our boys overseas at war for So I'm hearing me doing it right Cause its easy to criticize easy to divide But this is our country young and free We the sum of all nations sum of all creeds Yea we aint fight knowing when its crunch time we the sum of our people combined We come together right I love hearing Europeans talk like We lie beneath them Cause our culture aint built on galleries and museums Put us in arenas or put us on a beach Or talk freedom aint no motherf**er gona beat us now I'm nothing special i just rhyme kinda decent Kids look to Anzacs for what a leader is The lucky country home of the brave ba*tards Who stand up fight and punch out their weight cla** This is an one to my home one love to those Whose strength they can't replicate in a photo For souls in Gallipoli one love from home and on love for those who shot back on Kokoda I'm over the anti-Oz fights Let them slide I'm as ashamed as the next man by the race riots But I plead Auzzies so till the planets collide I'll be a proud motherf**er with my flag raised high This is my country flaws and all Still what our boys overseas at war for So I'm not hearin me doing it right Cause it's easy to criticize easy to divide But this is our country young and free We the sum of all nations sum of all creeds Yea we aint fight knowing when its crunch time we the sum of our people combined We come together right Yea now I'm not saying we're perfect we're far from it And sometimes the bullsh** gets in the way of us seeing how good we've actually got it They wouldn't call it the lucky country if it wasn't mate Yea