John Butler Trio - Thou shalt not steal lyrics

1788 down Sydney cove The first boat people land Sorry boys our gains you loss 1788 down Sydney cove The first boat people land Sorry boys our gains you loss We're gonna steal your land And if you break our new British law Be sure your gonna hang or work your lives like our convicts With a chain on your neck and hand Chorus: And they told us Woah black man thou shalt not steal Woah black man not shalt not steal With your science and your technology You going make a nuclear bomb A population has increased they are going make A three million mega ton And if you think that's progress I suggest your reason is unsound You should have found out long ago You better keep it in the ground Chorus: And they Woah blak man thou shalt not steal And black man thou shalt not steal We're gonna civilize your black barbaric lives And we'll teach you how to kneel Job and me and Jesus Sittin underneath that Indooroopilly bridge Watchin "that blazin" sun go down Behind a tall tree'd mountain ridge The land's of heritage and spirits here The rightful culture's black And we're Sitting here just wondering When we gonna get our land back Chorus: And they Woah black man thou shalt not steal Woah black man thou shalt not steal We're gonna civilize your black barbaric lives And we'll teach you how to kneel But your history couldn't hide the genocide The hypocrisy that was real For your Jesus said you're supposed to give The oppressed a better deal When you talk of conservation Keep the forest pristine green But in 200 years your materialism Has stripped the forest clean And a racist contradiction That's understood by none Left hand hold the bible And the right hand hold's the gun Chorus: And they Woah black man thou shalt not steal Woah black man thou shalt not steal We're gonna civilize your black barbaric lives And we'll teach you how to kneel But your history couldn't hide the genocide The hypocrisy that was real For your Jusus said you're supposed to give The oppressed a better deal We say to you Yes our land thou shalt not steal Woah our land you better heal Yes our land thou shalt not steal Woah yes our land you better heal Woah our land thou shalt not steal