Don't call me hippy cause the way that I look , Cause I got a recipe and you know I can cook And I come forth with only good intent, You know I am Heaven bound but I'm surely hell bent On getting the job done like I know I should, Get the job done like my momma told me to. Only one thing can remember she said, You gotta earn all of your respect.
And I don't care what race or what colour or what creed All that shit don't bother me, Only one thing that you should not forget , You gotta treat you mama wit respect
And I don't care what fashion the styling of yo hair, I don't care about the car or the clothes you do wear. Only one thing that you should not forget , You gotta treat yo mama with respect.
I got a couple of friends up in a tree in North-Cliff You know they're doing their part
You know they're doing their bit. Trying to save our Mother from all this greed You know they know what she wants , You know they know what she needs. I got a couple of Sista's in South Australia, Stopping the Uranium from coming up, Oh yeah man you know they know what she need.
They're stopping all of that Government Corporate Greed!
Ben got a job at the Mine along the way He said everything was fine until that fateful day That's when his luck started to change The day he went to help and go blow up that Mountain Range Ben moved to Town a year ago or maybe more Straight out of Highschool, the whole he had in store Wanted to travel, needed some dough Everybody worked the Mines Why should he say no?
Don't ask him why, he can't explain Why now things for him have changed It's not his land, they're not his songs He can't work out why he don't belong
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He part of Company, part of Company, part of Company Sin Won't someone please tell the lad when Humbug did begin? Part of Company, part of Company, part of Company Sin Won't someone please tell the lad when Humbug did begin?
Now legend has it, or so they say The Bones of an Ancient People, yeah that's where they lay And their Descendants hold close to heart Oh, that Mountain Range Ben was helping blow apart And so I said for Ben things weren't quite right Now he's waking up screaming every single night Hearing voices in a different tongue The screaming of the Old, yeah, the screaming of the Young
Don't ask him why, he can't explain Why now he feels in so much pain It's not his land, they're not his songs He can't work out why he don't belong
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Now Ben's moved on - job left him a while back Now he's thanking God that his boss gave him the sack But in the mirror, yes he can face The day he stopped helping go blow up that Sacred Place
What you want to say, Wait till you get home, I'm sick of communicating, man, Over the telephone, But tell me how you feel, For I am lonely too, Need you to know, I'm just as cold and numb as you.
But I could fly away, Or I could be no one, And you could be the, Sunshine falling over the mountain,
Or you could come to stay, You could come right home, Don't see why I have to, Live this life all alone.
I know there is a way to make up for old mistakes, And I know what's happening is for a reason, I know...
Hello, Hello, whats going through your head, Hell there boy better get it read…
You used to be so real And all of your love everybody did feel But now your turning into a fake And all our hearts yeah you do break Cause of all those drugs you do take One big asshole of you it does make Sticking all that shit up your nose
Hell man that's where all your money goes. Then you start ripping off your friends, Hell yeah man that's where my story ends Going around to your Mum and Dads
Sticking all their valuables into bags. Going around to the hockshop So once again man you can go and get ripped off But what your looking for inside It's up jumped gone and died
Don't your see your wrongs They can't all be right. Can't you see your days, They've turned into night. Can't you see the sun, Can't you see the moon, Can't you see that Karma will be coming for you. Hello!
Ripping off your friends, Now I don't mind just a little indulgence, But you gotta do it with a conscience.
Now all your into is drugs. Talking your shit man hanging with thugs. Speed equals confidence imagine that But you be acting like a spoiled brat, Thinking that everythings your way Getting what you want but you don't have to pay
Don't listen to a word anyone say . Your gonna wind up in the lockup some day ~
I walk for miles. Circumnavigate these lands. Walking blindly, Holding out my hands. And I pass the stones That remind me why I'm here. I follow the setting sun And you were there.
Don't you see what she done to me. I was running blind but now I can be And if theres just one sign Hell you know I can see. Girl I was ment for you, You were ment for me , Her teachings in everyday And boy I know she ain't preaching But I feel the need to pray.
She like the ocean size Pounding on my shores. Knocking down my walls , opening up all my doors.
There'll come a time When you may want just a little more Societys luxuries are not what you had in store. They offer no security for your soul. So Mother Earth is what you need Maybe this is what you be looking for.
Oh Mother Earth Got to respect her She's all around me Under my feet you know I got to remember, Mother Earth Got to defend her. And to defend her I must respect myself You know I got to remember I must remember.
There'll come a time When we can't take anymore When the air that we breathe Has left us rotten to the core And the water that we drink You know its no good to drink any more Do we have to let it go, Do we have to let it go this far?
Beautiful moon shining over the ocean Don't you know I'll do it all for you. Give up my days and my tomorrows If the words I singing are not true. Cause in this world and the others Not a thing that I wouldn't do Mother Earth your in my soul. It's my blood your running through.
Must respect myself to respect her, Must respect myself to Defend her. Must respect myself to respect her. Must respect myself.
I could be loud man I could be silent I could be young man or I could be old I could be a gentleman or I could be violent I could turn hot man or I could be cold I could be just like the calm before the storm boy waiting for all hell yeah to break loose I could be innocent or I could be guilty Doesn't mean that I won't believe in the music I'm singing
I could be rich like a wondering gypsy I could be poor like a fat wallet lost I could be the first man or I could come last It's not who breaks the ribbon boy it's how you get across I could be red blue black or white sunset as dark as a day boy or bright as a night I could be the sun boy or I could be the moon I made it from the stars boy I'm shining so bright so I'm singing
I could be asleep or I could be awake I could be alive man or be the walking dead I could be ignorant or I could be informed (yes sir) I could lead my life man or I could be lead I could be anything I put my mind to boy all I gotta do is give myself half a chance I could bring love back into my life And share it with the world if I got some balance
Old man he looks out the window You know he gets quite a fright. Whole world has gone and changed on him Feels like it was overnight. He saw a world war yeah it came and went The man walked on the moon right there in his living room Saw that TV become a relgion , The Wall came down and Big Mac beat the communists.
Feels like it was overnight.
Old man looks out the window You know he can not open it anymore. The air outside its gone to rancid And the doctor said for him you know it wouldn't be so good for He saw a hole start opening up in the sky He's buying water man he doesn't even know why The smog alerts don't let him even go outside And then he start he start to think When the Earth it start to die.
Feel like it was overnight
Enjoy your last. Last taste of freedom!
Old man he looks out the window You know he does not feel so safe anymore. he come from those supposed good ole days When you did not even have to go lock your doors He saw security man look Police man Saw the Police start looking like the Army Man, He saw Army start acting like the C.I.A And guess what, the C.I.A was the president.
Feels like it was overnight Enjoy your last. Last taste of freedom!
If you just want to know something. All you got to do Is ask me. Cause though the sunsets all around us The truth is often plain to see.
I know you been going through some hard times Yes I have been there too before And though the truth is sometimes hard to hear It's harder still to ignore
It doesn't gotta be this way You don't gotta worry about what everybody might say You just gotta follow your heart. Right now yeah man right from the start.
I know we don't always see eye to eye I guess it's different things that were trying to find But if we can't look each other stone cold in the face Yes you know we might as well be blind.
Does not mean one of us is wrong man Does not mean one of us is right Does not mean yeah we just get along Just because we don't fight
I be up sometimes, down sometimes We're often in between but mostly in the middle You be up sometimes, your down sometimes We're often in between but mostly in the middle I'm up sometimes, your down sometimes We're often in between but mostly in the middle You're up sometimes, I'm down sometimes We're often in between but mostly in the middle We be up sometimes, we're down sometimes We're often in between but mostly in the middle