Blak-out
By Brenda Saunders
Sista' girl need money to get home Native title
case Big time! she raps edgy
Some story
Up in court
on the run
stealing stuff
Could be
She's young black and living in the city
gimme a dollar pay
the rent whitey guilt
easy street
This is a refuge OK I say for Koori women at risk
Rape and violence you know
'RIGHTS FOR WOMEN'
pinned to the wall a poster
men don't read
'after the rage
he's blotto on the bed
she plays dead'
I give her money refer her on
Now I hear she's working on the Block
tradin' for cuz
on the street 'crack' and 'excees'
if ya pay
locked in jail spirit flies
Old People callin'
me home again
Aboriginal terms:
cuz: cousin, friend
Old People: ancestors
crack and excees: cocaine and ecstasy