Verse 1 – Sid Diamond
You can blame the gangs
You can blame the hustlers
But never blame the Fein
Or the system for what it's done to us
You can see these living conditions
Shit is uncomfortable
So then we look toward a patch
Why
Its more colourful to young people without nothing
The only goal is a European whip
Some rose gold
Some Europeans think that we owe
For everything we have now
Fuck you can have it back
But would you give us ours
That why I would rather trust a patchy than a seller
Cause my area been set up
Since you settled in and set us all a light
With that settlement of lies
Took our sediments and tried to kill our self-esteem and pride
My People
Its time to rise for my people I'm a ride
Straight up
This for every single marae
Every area top to bottom of Aotearoa living poor
And if you have the same skin colour as mine look
Im a half cast Māori Mokian xxxx
English is the only language I can speak fluently
But you're the only people who will frown on how I use it
To my advantage
Cause the disadvantages that you've been
Givin' us since we let you live in our house
Gave you every room and you kicked us out
Put us in prisons or put us down
Send us to battle over ocean and take our towns and seas
But somehow
We are at fault
For the way that we are
But if the roles were reversed
You'd be changing your stance
And taking a stand
Cause then
You would know that its wrong
You know that its wrong now
You just don't give a fuck
And so next time you say why cant we move on
Take a seat and with an open mind
Listen to this song
Cause it is something serious
The recognition for us all
Is needed more than ever now before its gone
Land of the free
Hook – Ché-Fu
Break these chains,
That's on my people struggling
We come together,
Like this pain ain't got nothing on we,
In god we trust
He knows we been down far to long
Come break our chains come help us out
Come help us out
Verse 2 - TY
ilook around and see a lot of my people are chained
to the pleasures of the flesh its a beautiful face
but behind the mask its hideous demons remain
through generational curses word out the exodus page
+our reflection is hazed
lies that infected our train
of thought,… was never good enough for the race
reason we chasing that high
+even though its a temporary escape
its worth pitching if you catching a break
Maybe we still catching up?
forever falling behind
atleast thats how we all think
that shit is all in our mind
been programmed to settle for less,
time we put our mental in check
and show our seeds
that they worthy and blessed
cause we all born with a gift
now lets explore what it is
cause life experience
is knowledge thats
important to give
back to the next generation
we moving forward
TO WIN
That's when you see your real story begin
south side
Hook – Ché-Fu
Break these chains,
That's on my people struggling
We come together,
Like this pain ain't got nothing on we,
In god we trust
He knows we been down far to long
Come break our chains come help us out
Come help us out
Verse 3 – Deach
I hate my see my tamariki
Eating greasy and its killing me
Cause all it takes it listening of ways to fight obesity
To my
Young Nesians I feel you just don't know about it
Its just a matter of time
Until you talk about it
Reason why I'm bringing this up
Is cause the lack of knowledge
Parents still not giving a fuck
On what they feeding their children
And now the kids growing up
Hating themselves in the mirror
Cause the social status living is tough
The other stats say one out of eight children affected
The majority percentage is us and its pathetic
My advice to all the caregivers
It's time to educate yourself and your kids health
And their way of living
I remember twenty years ago when life was different
The kids play cricket
The streets were full
And life so mischief
And now the generations changed
I get it a new era
Sitting looking at their own reflection of that black mirror
Hook – Ché-Fu
Break these chains,
That's on my people struggling
We come together,
Like this pain ain't got nothing on we,
In god we trust
He knows we been down far to long
Come break our chains come help us out
Come help us out