(Aboriginal singing and clapping sticks)
On the 26th of January 1838
Parts of my family were massacred
At a place called Waterloo Creek
So I ask you just to spend a bit of silence with us to honour
And commemorate and remember
What's happened in this country
Thank you
We all know the truth
And the world has to know the truth
About what's happened in this country for 227 years
That's the message that we want to get out
To our people here
To the people in this country
Who have come here
The arrogance of the Australian government
They're the first boat people
And they have the arrogance and the audacity
And the gall
To tell genuine refugees
That they're not entitled to come here
But they will never have the moral authority
That we have on our country
They don't have truth on their side
That's our great plus
Our great benefit for our people
We fight for truth
We fight for what our people fought for
Our heros
Pemulwuy
We can name them
All over our country
The men and women who stood and fought and died
For our right to be here today
They brought in a thing called native title
Well native title's nothing but a class system
It creates the haves and the have nots
We're talking about constitutional recognition at the moment
Well to me, constitutional recognition
Is nothing more
Than a vote, for the status quo
Nothing will change for us
All that there will give
Is legitimacy to this government up here
That is what they want from us
That is what we have, is legitimacy
And the road I want to talk about, and go down
Is that road to freedom
And I want all of youse to join me on this road to freedom
We need to realise what this thing freedom is
And the only way we're gonna realise what it is
Is together
And we will all need to come together
And it is the only thing left to do
Is actually come together
And stay together
We need to tolerate one another for a while
I know there are a lot of angry people out there
I'm fuckin' pissed off
With what this government's been doin'
And all governments right across this country
To our people
It is time we stood up and said
Enough is enough
We're not going to put up with this shit anymore
And the only way they will listen to that
Is when we come together in numbers
And so I invite all of youse
To join me on the road to freedom
(applause)
(acapella singing)
For no one could ever be
More Australian
Than me
No no no
