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Need for Freedom
copyright Peter Rotumah 1981

We have a need to be free from the burden of our oppressors
To escape the bureaucracy that dealt a death blow to our ancestors
Our way of living for thousands of years has been disrupted
By white man who have come from far across the sea...we were forcefully corrupted

For thousands of years we had lived and were in charge of our destiny
Our clans and our culture belonged to this land..in complete harmony
But two hundred years ago that's when our living hell began
That's when whiteman came and took all of our precious land

From then on we were hunted by white man...like cattle to be slaughtered
And suffered the indignities and the savage rapes of our wives and daughters
Branded as savages we were given over to missionaries
Who forced on us their god and culture...to kill our heritage

For two hundred years we had suffered the utmost in...degradation
And white bureaucracy seemed intent on killing our Aboriginal nations
But we had the will and the power to destroy their ultimatum
Stand up and be recognised...ABORIGINAL NATIONS!!!

Yes Our fight for our freedom grows stronger with the birth of each generation
No more will the white man try to oppress the clans of our nations
For we have the will and the determination to fight for our rights
Our knowledge of Dreamtime will ensure the Aboriginal Nations will survive
Yes our knowledge of Dreamtime will ensure the ABORIGINAL NATIONS WILL SURVIVE!!!!
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Mind
copyright Peter Rotumah 1996

In my mind there's a story I must tell
The Struggle inside of me, my days of hell
I wake up in the morning thinking to myself
Who'll have a go at me today
Police or the government

I think of the captain and his murderous ways
I think of the genocide STILL HAPPENING TODAY
Years of emotions crowding my brain
Dreams of oppression KEEP COMING BACK AGAIN!!!

Eternity of bloodlines screaming through my veins
Stop the dreams of oppression from coming back again
Still I'll continue to fight against racism and greed
In the hope that one day my children will be free
In the hope that one day MY CHILDREN WILL BE FREE

Still I wake up in the morning thinking to myself
Who'll have a go at me today
Police or the government.....
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Dreamtime
copyright Peter Rotumah 1981

The Sun and the Earth are the life within me
You took Earth away and you've seen me bleed
You left me to die on this land
Where I once was free

You hunted me down and you tried to oppress me
The blood of my Brothers witnessed your savagery
You did your very best to wipe out
The ABORIGINE!!

My eternal dreamtime seemed to crumble your stead
And you weren't satisfied until the Land flowed blood-red
But you didn't notice the Sun kept shining on my head

As years went by and you were satisfied
Convincing yourself that my dreamtime had died
It was then I appeared to show
The Sun and the Earth are still within me
You now know I'll fight til my dreamtime is free
Ain't nothing you can do but make way
For THE ABORIGINE!!
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