Ancestor

Uh, the story gets told as the wind turns cold, I begin to shudder

Sitting at my desk, heart sink into my chest, I can feel it flutter

I think I hear my ancestors

We walk the same path as our elders, the spirit never left us

I went looking for some answers, I found lessons

By the riverbed is my reflection

Brad Steadman, guide me to a direction

Walking this river to comprehend the connection, aye

The road back, what a blessing

It's gonna take me a while to convey this message

I can feel your presence, no question

That warrior spirit not to be messed with, aye

I know you can hear me now

I know you can see me now

I know you can feel me now

Hold up

I know that you're with me now

I know you can hear me now

Show us the way, show us the way, show us the way

I know you can see me now

Show us the way, show us the way, show us the way

I know you can feel me now

Show us the way, show us the way, show us the way

I know that you're with me now

Show us the way

Uh, it's been a couple of times, I got your sign

That's why I'm able to shine, stay on my grind, aye

Life, aye, keeping confined, Monday to Friday

Criticised, payin' no mind to what they might say

Visitors, I hear your call, come from the fireplace

9AM in the morn', wake on a bright day

I take pride in these high-spirited words

Time tick on the clock, mind free as a bird

And it's like that, karma comin' right back, tell me where your mic's at

Tell me 'bout your cotton farm, tell me 'bout your buyback

Politickin' putting up a fight, then we fight back

If you love the country, you would care about the fish traps

Celebrate our people, celebrate resilience

Unlearn your evils, mother from the Philippines

Come to build family, Gadigal country, call it Ground Zero

Every single town is a crime scene, bloody and gory

Policy can take us all apart in its glory

Eighty thousand years, that's a hell of a story

It's ours to tell, no one telling it for me

Nothing I'm saying on these tracks are new

We all gotta do what we each have to do

Learn your past, at least that's the truth

'Cause all of these rivers, they lead back to you

Show us the way

Show us the way

Show us the way

Show us the way