I am kin to colonial archive violence 

Ngayamanmanha; Ngayamanmanha; Ngayamanmanha flogging 

Family stories of removal, genocides, and social experiments of eugenics

Bumanha; bumanha; bumanha; bumanha; bumanha killing 

Of much cruelty passed through intergenerational stories 

 

Marda; marda; marda; marda; marda; marda; marda; marda chains

We would go out there and clean up Butterabby graves

Bumanha; bumanha; bumanha; bumanha; bumanha killing 

And the cultural pain that is left behind

Ngurlamanha; Ngurlamanha; Ngurlamanha; Ngurlamanha sobbing 

 

Ancestors tears flooding a canvas like soft rain

Ngayamanmanha; Ngayamanmanha; Ngayamanmanha hitting 

Our people have not been buried within the memory of this land

Waji yurajunmanha; Waji yurajunmanha; Waji yurajunmanha buried 

You don’t want me to talk about invasion of this land or a treaty 

 

I am kin to colonial archive violence                           I am kin to colonial archive violence 

Nyuwili; Nyuwili; Nyuwili; Nyuwili; Nyuwili; Nyuwili; Nyuwili tears 

Nyuwili; Nyuwili; Nyuwili; Nyuwili; Nyuwili; Nyuwili; Nyuwili tears 

Nyuwili; Nyuwili; Nyuwili; Nyuwili; Nyuwili; Nyuwili; Nyuwili tears