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White Australia has a Black History
By Patricia Olive Corowa - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, May 9, 2016
Lyrics to the tune of 'I will survive' by Gloria Gaynor:
At first I was afraid; I was petrified.
Thinking all the racists out there would eat me alive.
But I've spent so many nights
Thinking how we've been done wrong
And now I'm ready
And now I'm feeling strong
And yes we're black
Give us some space
We're standing up and speaking out
for our black and deadly race.
We will use all our strength and might
And we will win the final fight
We won't give up
Until the wrongs are all made right.
Go on now, talk
Heard it before
You can't silence us and keep us down anymore
Our people have anger and pain that makes us cry
But we won't crumble
We won't just lay down and die!
No, not us, we will survive
Long as we have pride in us I know we'll stay alive
We've got happier times to live
And much wisdom to give
We will survive
We we survive, hey hey.
Sometimes it takes strength just not to fall apart
So many still trying to live with their broken hearts
But from strength to strength we go
We will no longer be told no
We wont surrender, we will only grow.
Forget about the hate, don't even make a fuss
Let's only give our time to those people loving us.
Go on now, look, the other way
Turn your cheek and a deaf ear
To the truths we say.
Just know that in time, you will be judged for all your lies
Because we won't crumble
We hold our heads up high!
But from strength to strength we go.. Ever Onwards!
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