Midnight Oil - First Nation (feat. Jessica Mauboy & Tasman Keith) [Official Video]

Midnight Oil – First Nation (feat. Jessica Mauboy & Tasman Keith) [Official Video] ‘FIRST NATION’ OUT NOW – Taken from the mini-album THE MAKARRATA PROJECT out now Join Mailing List - Facebook - Instagram - Twitter - Directed and filmed by Robert Hambling @ Rancom St Studios and Oceanic Studio, Sydney The Uluru Statement From The Heart was written by more than 250 delegates from all over Australia gathered at Uluru, Northern Territory, on the lands of the Anangu people, at the First Nations National Constitutional Convention in 2017. After centuries of struggle for recognition and justice, the statement calls for the establishment of a ‘First Nations Voice’ enshrined in the Australian Constitution and the establishment of a ‘Makarrata Commission’ to supervise agreement-making and truth-telling between governments and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. For more info visit First Nation - Lyrics First nation first nation First to deserve an explanation First nation first nation Last to receive an invitation First nation first nation When we gonna start the conversation? When we gonna start the celebration? When we gonna end the exploitation? When we gonna say the word invasion? Out loud We’re waiting Still waiting Nation within a nation Nation within a nation 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 Strong vision Tradition No ticket no admission No government indecision No token recognition First nation, so ancient Let’s sit down and talk about appropriation Let’s sit down and talk about compensation Let’s sit down and talk about reconciliation Out loud We’re waiting Still waiting Nation within a nation Still waiting Nation within a nation Nation Nation within a nation When will the light switch 24/7 in a crisis White noise killed black thoughts I sense theres a shift, it’l come by the nights end When will the light switch 24/7 in a crisis White noise killed black thoughts I sense theres a shift, see the ship sink like this #midnightoil #firstnation #themakarrataproject