First Nation

[Refrain]

Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo

[Verse 1: Peter Garrett]

First nation, first nation

First to deserve an explanation

First nation, first nation

Last to receive an invitation

[Refrain]

Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo

[Verse 2: Peter Garrett]

First nation, first nation

When we gonna start the conversation?

When we gonna start the celebration? (Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo)

When we gonna end the exploitation? (Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo)

When we gonna say the word "invasion"?

[Chorus: Peter Garrett & Jessica Mauboy]

Out loud

We're waiting

Still waiting

Nation within the nation

Still waiting

Nation within a nation

[Verse 3: Tasman Keith]

Earth black the church lacked the first fact

80 thou' turned demon days and a dirt nap

Generate the trauma that made a kid rage

Now the ment' capat' be filled with all that

Fall back

Why my cousin commit?

Why my uncle locked up?

Why my aunty forget how to put a glass cup down?

Fighting the fit

We done been brainwashed into fighting the temptay'

Fought Armageddon and I be out the next day

Of course I'm a get 'em till the spirit run empty

My corpse full of venom outcome of the invade

How dare you try to put me up in grave

[Verse 4: Peter Garrett & Jessica Mauboy]

Strong vision, tradition

No ticket, no admission

No government indecision

No token recognition

[Refrain]

Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo

[Pre-Chorus: Jessica Mauboy]

First nation, so ancient

[Verse 5: Peter Garrett & Jessica Mauboy]

Let's sit down and talk about appropriation (Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo)

Let's sit down and talk about compensation (Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo)

Let's sit down and talk about reconciliation

[Chorus: Peter Garrett & Jessica Mauboy]

Out loud

We're waiting

Still waiting

Nation within a nation

Still waiting

Nation within a nation

[Refrain]

Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo

[Bridge]

Nation

Nation within a nation

Nation

Nation within a nation

Nation

Nation within a nation

[Outro: Tasman Keith]

When will the light switch?

24/7 in a crisis

White noise killed black thoughts I sense

There's a shift, it'll come by the nights end

When will the light switch?

24/7 in a crisis

White noise killed black thoughts I sense

There's a shift, see the ship sink like this