This Nation - A Broken Silence

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[00:21.187] Certain things make me stop for a minute
[00:23.735] And thank my lucky stars that I got inderpendance
[00:26.551] Where I walk, what I talk what I drop in each sentence
[00:29.075] Never been did like david hicks and got locked without sentence
[00:31.650] And thank god in remembrance, all them lives that were ended
[00:34.177] We got freedom, so many died to defend this
[00:36.858] Pops is no killer but had to put a knife to appendix
[00:39.368] And our forefathers tails, bare a striking resemblance
[00:42.198] So when I try to refresh this, put it right in perspective
[00:44.733] Hearing their stories, have enlightened my senses
[00:47.393] And enabled me to cherish every waking moment
[00:49.876] We in that lucky country where your brains your main opponent
[00:52.557] I made that focus outward cause to cope in our hood
[00:55.237] Is easier than impoverished lands that go without food
[00:57.785] On the reg(regular) we celebrating
[00:59.433] It's a credit to this nation, just complaining for house prices
[01:02.140] Petrol, inflation.
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[01:08.136] This nation
[01:13.372] We raised in
[01:16.117] How to speak
[01:18.642] Speak your mind
[01:20.055] Celebrate
[01:21.290] We ain't raised in
[01:22.772] A place we're survival is the prize
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[01:24.849] The grass is always greener, yeah that sounds about right
[01:27.304] Unless the fence that you describe is topped with razerwire
[01:30.180] You fight for the sake of it, or ninety nine percent
[01:32.503] Just trying to make a shake of it
[01:33.976] And yo you must be mistaking if you
[01:35.444] Can't see your stake in it is greater than the vast majority
[01:38.227] And you can stand there growling at authority
[01:40.559] Cause we still got a democracy, and what that means
[01:42.916] Is you can say what you feel
[01:44.411] And they can't put you under lock and key
[01:46.114] So many disappeared, so many lived in fear
[01:48.370] But you know that here man, your brains the opponent
[01:50.881] So many blown opertunities in the land of plenty
[01:53.359] So many cats that let there souls run on empty it gets tempting
[01:56.710] To let it all slide, make fate the fall guy
[01:58.805] And join the could have been's, should have been's or would have beens
[02:01.513] In the backstreets of broken dreams and if it feels hopeless
[02:04.455] Man, drop that wish list and refocus
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[02:11.372] This nation
[02:16.254] We raised in
[02:19.231] How to speak
[02:21.824] Speak your mind
[02:23.005] Celebrate
[02:24.589] We ain't raised in
[02:26.040] A place we're survival is the prize
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[02:27.983] Got pride in my birthplace but shame also resides
[02:30.466] Many roads here paved with betrayal and genocide.
[02:32.929] Dad made his way here, he was craving a better life
[02:35.421] Didn't want another air raid waking him in the night
[02:38.116] But things changed right, Its all a little stricter
[02:40.628] Policies mixed with the riddles of a mini hitler
[02:43.156] Our diggers stay allied it really is the bigger picture
[02:45.816] Over lies they die its really so the rich are richer
[02:48.611] That ****'ll twist ya, but still im a patriot
[02:50.997] I pay for taxes, these multinationals don't pay for ****
[02:53.938] The earths tombstone, they engraving it
[02:56.478] We used to swim in these rivers now we afraid to fish
[02:59.102] Not a doomsayer but still we got to brace for this
[03:01.911] Make a switch or modern life, could be an ancient myth
[03:04.612] Take a trip and witness that beauty outside
[03:07.167] This place is tatted on my heart, enough proof of my pride
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[03:14.580] This nation
[03:19.582] We raised in
[03:22.738] How to speak
[03:25.119] Speak your mind
[03:26.550] Celebrate
[03:27.813] We ain't raised in
[03:29.245] A place we're survival is the prize