Ozi Batla - Change the Date lyrics

[Intro: Urthboy] Really? Tryna tell me we ain't going to budge 'cause it's hurting our feelings? We don't want to think about a couple hundred years of k**ing? Drive it like we stole it, never give an inch, f**, are we kidding? That ain't Wentworth Falls that is just them white tears spilling, what side are you sitting? [Verse 1: Nooky] This might fall on deaf ears because we're accustomed to it Another d**h here, in custody, nothing to it But it's murder, come on now, let's tell the truth Go and have a look at what they did to Miss Dhu We said in oh-twelve that a change is gonna come Five years later, I think it's f**in' overdue Tell ya what I'ma do, I'ma steal the endeavor Give 'em armageddon and I'ma tell 'em "Get over it" (Hoo!) Now who lining up for them benefits? My people died, now who benefit? I might burn a flag for the hell of it I've been through hell and back, I'm in my element Talk about ANZACS but ignore what's relevant Push out the blacks, leave 'em all in the deficit I'm tryna live but there's to much d**h in it [Verse 2: Tasman Keith] Murder murder, murder they drew Black blood, white page and they're burnin' for who Never converted so my verses always versing with you Mission fill the prison livin' with the blackest of views, ah On Janaree two-six I'm pullin' up with the emba**y on my seventy-two sh** My summary could book some Whole Mob deep change, what son it's all a shook one All they took from, all the crooks run Captain Cook dead, who I am, mistook one I am the dry land and the lap lap Demand the man to stand face to black facts Fade to black tracks, make the whack lack Days celebratin' for a nation with outback Sick of f**in' waitin' for reparation, we pacin' Invasion and stolen children keep a country so complacent [Bridge: Jeswon] Some say what's in a date? Some say what's in a name? Australia day, Invasion day Homie that's one and the same And I ain't pointing no fingers I ain't throwing no blame Just saying that we can do better You know that it's time for a change [Verse 3: Kaylah Truth] Annual - black family at the march While my white fam celebrate on the charge Got the J's on the tunes, holiday's an excuse Barbecuin' and booze, patriots comin' through Do I start the convo? Or will it k** the mood? The flag and the date, who does it include? Seperatin' us like a Hogwarts hat We need action not magic! Signed, Serious Black [Verse 4: L-FRESH The LION] It started on the twenty-sixth See we all a bunch of immigrants But if you African, Arab, Asian or Indian They say you gotta join the party to be citizen And carry the legacy of invasion Huh, man, I ain't celebrating There no justification or persuasion Other than, understand the date needs changing [Verse 5: Sally] So we say we think forward but we choose to back The dudes reppin' King George and the Union Jack We're so used to distorting the truth from fact And beginning our story with a blue flag If you put a few snags and a goon sack in 'em Then everybody loves their opinion But when your brothers and sisters sayin' something's amiss It's no ifs, no buts, just listen [Break: Ozi Batla] Why not break in to your neighbour's house And wait on his couch And make a cup of tea And watch some tele while he's out And see how that goes down See how that goes down [Verse 6: Tuka] Kiss the scars of our black histories past Words to warriors, bless their resistant hearts Jan twenty-six, white man missed his mark, check it I am not fan of it
 in fact I will not stand for this 'cause on this day One love got ripped apart Dismantled then put on display [Verse 7: Birdz] They love it when I talk about my pain Hate it when a brother see change Change the date, I'd rather change the game 'Cause ain't sh** changed since the day they came Black lives turn to black matter Clap sticks clap to the rhythm of a co*ked back hammer, clap bang Here go another officer Locking up another one of us like a popular fun thing to do Another genocide on the barbecue They say that their party is a far cry from apartheid But they still find it hard to divide the two And I'm an A.B. Original baby Wave that flaggy, yay-yea Now eat that sh** and pay me Lest we forget invasion [Verse 8: Erica] I remember when I was a young kid, learned how to read and write I learned history and long division But it took a long time 'fore I figured out That we got a history of long division And listen, I didn't know then 'cause they didn't teach me If I don't know now, you know who's to blame There isn't a reason to keep on like this Stand up, choose a new date [Outro: Hau] You can try tell me 'bout everything, everything that you've thought up 'Bout not changing dates, but if anything you are coming up shorter I know this will come at a price-uh, but it's only a small sacrifice-uh As soon as the others open their hearts and open their eyes we will rise up!