Time to Face the Truth-The Herd

[ti:Time to Face the Truth] [ar:The Herd] [al:Summerland] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Time to Face the Truth - The Herd [00:27.19]You make sure your blokes don't go walkabout on Saturday [00:16.85]I want everyone there at least an hour before curfew [00:18.87] [00:20.30]It ain't like that no more [00:21.66] [00:22.18]What [00:22.40] [00:23.41]I said It's not like that anymore [00:25.58] [00:26.52]What's not [00:27.59]I can't see what's not incarceration [00:29.54]And yet not one cop yet to be locked up [00:32.21]Palm island lock-up look up the disguise [00:34.05]Poorly change courts look the lords talking [00:36.14]Saying nothing that we ain't heard before [00:38.39]In my hood the police step out the car door [00:41.17]Is it to hard or is that what you're there for [00:43.30]Racial profile uh and therefore [00:44.39] [00:44.97]Assumptions get made [00:46.19]Man it must have been a good dose of hate [00:48.49]Made the country this way [00:49.54]Though they took the children away [00:51.00]And there's still two systems of justice to this day [00:53.20] [00:53.76]So you see that's a long way from sovereignty [00:56.16]White fellers still get away with robbery [00:58.32]Seem like we need a big corobery [00:59.70]Where we don't have to turn our backs on the apology [01:02.70]You can turn away [01:03.67] [01:04.79]Or you can try to end the pain [01:06.47]If you can see how it really is [01:09.12] [01:10.12]Well [01:10.62] [01:11.36]No time to entertain thoughts [01:12.87] [01:13.46]We're one blood yes of course [01:15.08] [01:15.69]We're off course as it is [01:17.22] [01:38.08]The sun beats down and burns the white skin [01:40.20]Forefathers armed with sticks of lightning [01:42.05]Disease and booze were de-humanising [01:43.29]Cold iron of an empire rising [01:45.90] [01:46.74]As pale as skin as pale as death [01:49.11]Got swept like flood water down for blood [01:51.53]We kidnapped children [01:53.14]That's what our enlightened pilgrims did to kill them [01:55.88]These genocide gods work [01:56.99] [01:57.54]We don't know a thing about shame [02:00.01]Just dial one to frame [02:01.72]Pass the blame like a sherron [02:03.32]Dispute the racism inherent in the endless cycle [02:04.82]How can we celebrate Cooks arrival [02:06.10]Now whole people celebrate mere survival [02:08.49]What if your brother was doing [02:10.15] [02:10.79]Do you like Kev Carmaday and he planned his own eulogy [02:13.23]We're disgraceful it's so far along [02:15.20]With half hearted attempts to address the wrong [02:17.21]This is your land I'm on [02:18.74]We owe much more than money [02:19.96]But that's where we'll be starting from [02:21.53] [02:22.16]You can turn away [02:22.95] [02:23.80]Or you can try to end the pain [02:25.55]If you can see how it really is [02:27.87] [02:29.39]Well [02:29.69] [02:30.48]No time to entertain thoughts [02:31.71] [02:32.79]We're one blood yes of course [02:34.23] [02:34.90]We're off course as it is [02:36.45] [02:40.11]I said It's not like that anymore [02:41.72] [02:42.46]What's not [02:43.48]You's white fellers telling us black fellers what to do [02:45.92] [02:49.45]So much work to do [02:50.55] [02:51.59]So much pain and still [02:52.85] [02:54.94]My heart cries out for you [02:56.76] [02:58.33]No more excuses [02:58.98] [03:00.24]No more blindfolds [03:01.23] [03:02.42]We've got a job to do [03:03.91] [03:06.58]I'm so sorry [03:07.25]We're so sorry [03:09.59] [03:11.29]It's time to face to truth [03:13.07] [03:16.05]It's way overdue [03:21.12] [03:24.48]You can try to turn away [03:25.62] [03:26.62]You can try to end the pain [03:27.86] [03:28.58]If you can see how it really is [03:30.19] [03:32.93]No time to entertain thoughts [03:34.00] [03:34.83]We're one blood yes of course [03:36.06] [03:37.17]We're off course as it is [03:38.69] [03:42.22]I'm so sorry [03:42.98] [03:44.77]We're so sorry [03:45.38] [03:49.86]It's time to face to truth