We from a place where the warm wind blows
My place, my home, my spirit
We the people of the red sunset
We connect like the flows in the river
Straight out of Bourke where the Darling River's deep
Where the Wonkamurra, Paakantji, Nyaampa, Murrawarri meet
Connected to my country, red dirt through my black feet
Can't track me – no guns but the sun packin heat
I tell you it's hard/ that violence leaving scars
Leavin' bruises, broken families, broken homes and broken hearts
Smoking dope and getting drunk, skippin school and stealin cars
That type of yarn will get you nowhere but behind bars
I'm sick of this misery, my culture like a mystery
Massacre, stolen generation up in my history
Listen to this, with boomerang and clapsticks
You can hear it rockin from up Northy down to the Rizz
Kids pickin up bumpers lah! Drinkin, killin' your liver brah
Better switch this up, better go to school
Ya foolish think this cool or wha?
Better raise them voices up. Better make better choices ya
Better respect, better keep in check, myself, my song, my culture HAH
We from a place where the warm wind blows
My place, my home, my spirit
We the people of the red sunset
We connect like the flows in the river
We from a place where the warm wind blows
My place, my home, my spirit
We the people of the red sunset
We connect like the flows in the river
Better learn about myself – help my family's mental health
Better check if you alright, better make sure that you sleep at night
Better keep that dream alive, exercise and eatin' right
Now's the time to show our pride and take this yarn Australia wide
Change it back to what it meant to be I'll take back my identity
I'll maintain my integrity. I'm black in the 21st Century
Yep there's still room for improvement, work with us to start a movement
Bourke about to change the game and break the chain through this here music
If you fair dinkum prove it bred, you better shake your leg
If you for real sis, hands up if you feel this
If you on track, you better learn your lingo, bringin it back
Learn the facts, learn your language, yep be proud be black
We livin' black and white – get rid of that stereotype
Never give up, don't quit, the truth is you can be anything you like
Yep you gotta grab that mic, gotta keep that fire alight
Gotta keep on dreaming keep your chin up, keep on shining bright
We from a place where the warm wind blows
My place, my home, my spirit
We the people of the red sunset
We connect like the flows in the river
We from a place where the warm wind blows
My place, my home, my spirit
We the people of the red sunset
We connect like the flows in the river