1788, down Sydney Cove
The first boat people land
And they say
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
We'll work your life like our convicts
With a chain on your neck and hand
And they told us
Woah, Black woman, thou shalt not steal
Hey, yeah, Black man, thou shalt not steal
We're gonna civilise
Your Black, barbaric lives
And teach you how to kneel
But your history couldn't hide the genocide
The opposite always was real
Oh, your Jesus said you're supposed to give
The oppressed a better deal
We say to you
Yes, our land thou shalt not steal
Woah, yeah, our land you better heal
Well, your science and technology (hey!)
Can make a nuclear bomb
Development has increased its size
Three million megatonnes
And if you think that's progress
I suggest your reasoning is unsound
For you should've found out long ago
You better keep it in the ground
And they told us
Woah, Black woman, thou shalt not steal
Hey, yeah, Black man, thou shalt not steal
We're gonna civilise
Your Black, barbaric lives
And teach you how to kneel
But your history couldn't hide the genocide
The opposite always was real
Oh, your Jesus said you're supposed to give
The oppressed a better deal
We say to you
Yes, white man, thou shalt not steal
Woah, yeah, our land you better heal
Well, Job and me and Jesus
Sitting underneath that Indooroopilly bridge
Watching that blazing sun go down
Behind the tall tree mountain ridge
The land's our heritage and spirit here
The rightful culture's Black
And we're sitting here just wondering
When we're gonna get that land back
And they told us
Woah, Black woman, thou shalt not steal
Hey, yeah, Black man, thou shalt not steal
We're gonna civilise
Your Black, barbaric lives
And we'll teach ya how to kneel
But your history couldn't hide the genocide
The opposite always was real
Oh, your Jesus said you're supposed to give
The oppressed a better deal
We say to you
Yes, White man, thou shalt not steal
Woah, yeah, our land you better heal
Well, you talk of conservation
Keep the forests pristine green
But in two hundred years your materialism
Has stripped the forest clean
And a racist's a contradiction
That's understood by none
Well, we see the left hand holds a Bible
And the right hand holds a gun
And they told us
Woah, Black woman, thou shalt not steal
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 opposite always was real
Oh, your Jesus said you're supposed to give
The oppressed a better deal
We say to you
Yes, White man, thou shalt not steal
Woah, yeah, our land you better heal
Woah, yeah, White man, thou shalt not steal
Oh yeah, our land you better heal