VERSE 1 Certain things make me stop for a minute And thank my lucky stars that I got inderpendance Where I walk, what I talk what I drop in each sentence Never been did like david hicks and got locked without sentence And thank god in remembrance, all them lives that were ended We got freedom, so many died to defend this Pops is no killer but had to put a knife to appendix And our forefathers tails, bare a striking resemblance So when i try to refresh this, put it right in perspective Hearing their stories, have enlightened my senses And enabled me to cherish every waking moment We in that lucky country where your brains your main opponent I made that focus outward cause to cope in our hood Is easier than impoverished lands that go without food On the reg (regular) we celebrating It's a credit to this nation, just complaining for house prices Petrol, inflation.
CHORUS This nation We raised in How to speak Speak your mind Celebrate We ain't raised in A place we’re survival is the prize
VERSE 2 The grass is always greener, yeah that sounds about right Unless the fence that you describe is topped with razerwire You fight for the sake of it, or ninety nine percent Just trying to make a shake of it And yo you must be mistaking if you Cant see your stake in it is greater than the vast majority And you can stand there growling at authority Cause we still got a democracy, and what that means is you can say what you feel and they can’t put you under lock and key so many disappeared so many lived in fear but you know that here man, your brains the opponent so many blown opertunities in the land of plenty so many cats that let there souls run on empty it gets tempting to let it all slide, make fate the fall guy and join the could have been’s, should have been’s or would have beens in the backstreets of broken dreams and if it feels hopeless man, drop that wish list and refocus
CHORUS This nation We raised in How to speak Speak your mind Celebrate We ain't raised in A place we’re survival is the prize
VERSE 3 Got pride in my birthplace but shame also resides many roads here paved with betrayal and genocide. Dad made his way here, he was craving a better life Didn’t want another air raid waking him in the night But things changed right, Its all a little stricter Policies mixed with the riddles of a mini hitler Our diggers stay allied it really is the bigger picture Over lies they die its really so the rich are richer That shit'll twist ya, but still im a patriot I pay for taxes, these multinationals don’t pay for shit The earths tombstone, they engraving it We used to swim in these rivers now we afraid to fish Not a doomsayer but still we got to brace for this Make a switch or modern life, could be an ancient myth Take a trip and witness that beauty outside This place is tatted on my heart, enough proof of my prideTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
