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BARKLY DESERT CULTURE

by Barkly Desert Culture

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WHERE YOU GOING ? - ALI CURUNG BOYS VERSE 1 When I woke up this morning I looked around I needed a drink but there was none to be found I looked for money and my keys to go drinking I had no cash so I started thinking I found a friend and we jumped in the car Then we drove down the road to "Wigilimp Bar" I drank so many green cans my head was spinning Then I gambled for grog and I started winning Back at home my family was worrying That I'd drink to much and I was fighting Then I got knocked out in a fight I blacked right out into the night I fell into a dream, I was travelling fast Then I saw myself way back in the past I can see my people in a corroboree I saw my family in a cultural way So I started to think to get back to my culture So I made my choice to leave the grog behind AND KEEP MY CULTURE STRONG (Repeat) CHORUS Where you going? - Angwarla Warla Aleila “Im going drinking” Come back home - Pialba Ajurrum Gwinawal “Come back for your cultur”e Yo, Listen Up! - Pialba Family Gwinawal “Come back for your family” Come together - together we can be so strong Verse 2 Back in the past a man woke at sunrise He made a fire and wiped his eyes He grabbed his boomerang and his spear He went out hunting and all he could hear Was bush tucker hopping, it was a kangaroo So he went after it and knew what to do He threw his spear and knocked him down Then he hit it on the head with his boomerang He took it back home to his family He started to cook and they had a good meal They sat around the fire and talked songlines About a giant dingo in the old dreamtime He lived in a place called Ali Curung He sang up the song they felt happy and strong So he went to sleep and woke with a fright He realised it was a dream he'd had in the night he thought of his future to keep his culture strong He thought of his family and left the grog behind TO KEEP OUR CULTURE STRONG (Repeat) CHORUS Where you going? - Angwarla Warla Aleila Come back home - Pialba Ajurrum Gwinawal Yo, Listen Up! - Pialba Family Gwinawal Come together - Together we can be so strong BRIDGE Stop your drinking Lets start thinking Come together Together we can be so strong Stop your drinking Lets start thinking Come together Together we can be so strong Give up your drinking Angawarla mini may Listen to your elders What they say
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KIDS ON THE RUN – ALI CURUNG BOYS KIDS ON THE RUN LITTLE KIDS ON THE RUN THEY’RE AFRAID LIKE ALWAYS VERSE WE’RE THE BOY FROM THE EAST SIDE OF ALI CURUNG WE REPRESENT OURSELVES WHEN WE’RE SINGING THIS SONG AT NIGHT WE WALK AROUND AND ALLS WE SEE PEOPLE GAMBLING FOR MONEY AND FIGHTS ON THE STREET SOMETIMES WE LOOK AROUND AND ALLS OUR FRIENDS ARE DRINKING ALLS WE SEE IS OUR MOB AND THEIR NOT THINKING LIVING ON THE EAST SIDE IS A HARD LIFE DOGS GOING CRAZY MAKING NOISE IN THE NIGHT CHORUS EAST SIDE ROLLING ALL DAY EVERYDAY KIDS ON THE RUN AND THEIR RUNNING FROM THE HEAVYWEIGHTS EAST SIDE ROLLING ALL DAY EVERYDAY KIDS ON THE RUN, THEIR AFRAID LIKE ALWAYS VERSE 2 CARS SPEEDING ROUND ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT MUSIC BLASTING OUT LOUD UNDER THE STEET LIGHTS A LOT OF KIDS DON’T SLEEP COS THERES TOO MUCH NOISE KIDS ARE HIDING INSIDE COS THEY GOT NOT CHOICE FAMILIES GET SCARED OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THEIR OWN CAMP, “SHUT EM DOWN”, DEAD SILENCE EVERY PAY DAY THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY ON GROG THEY DRINK TILL THEIR DRUNK COS THEY’VE GOT NO JOB :KEVEN, JASON, ADEN, LITTLE KIDS (4 OF THEM), JUNIOR, HESTON, DELTON
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STOP THE VIOLENCE “No More Trouble” THINK ABOUT YOUR KIDS “Little garu Little garu” THINK ABOUT YOUR FUTURE “Life is precious ” AND THE WAY YOU GUNNA LIVE “That’s right my brother” DON’T DRINK TO MUCH “hey put the can down” YOU GOTTA BE STRONG “Be Strong, Be strong” LISTEN TO YOUR ELDERS “with you Langa you mob” KEEP YOUR CULTURE STRONG “Keep your Culture Strong” VERSE 1 Domestic violence causes trouble and fights Grog and gambling playing cards at night 12 o’clock on the dot green can alarm clock Elders heading up the street to the alcohol shop Role models disappearing in front of our eyes Some get drunk some get high Life out here its hard to survive We’re trying our best to keep our culture alive KEEP YOUR CULTURE STRONG REPEAT!! VERSE 2 Behind closed doors anything can happen Jealousy, arguing, punching and slapping Husband and wife screaming at each other Starting fights with one another Kids trying to sleep to go to school But mother and father are acting like fools They where so drunk and they wouldn’t listen They didn’t even realise their baby was missing Drunken people walking round prowling and yelling Looking for trouble and backstabbing When pay day comes they head to the scrub They drink and drink the clock never stops When the shop shuts they jump in the car On a grog run to Dunmarra Drinking and driving all the way back home Putting lives at risk and leaving kids alone! GROG RUNS, DRINK DRIVE, PRISON ON THE RISE WE’RE MAKING THIS SONG TO KEEP OUR CULTURE ALIVE
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TAKE A MINUTE TO THINK VERSE 1 DRINKING AND DRIVING ITS NOT RIGHT YOUR LIVES AT RISK THAT ROAD AT NIGHT CAN BE SO VERY DANGEROUS WITH YOU LOT AND YOUR DRUNKENESS DON’T GO SO FAST IN THAT CAR YOU’LL CRASH AND ROLL AND ROLL SO FAR BECAUSE YOU MOB WASN’T THINKIN STRAIGHT YOU KILLED YOUR FRIEND NOW ITS TOO LATE YOUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS BACK HOME ARE CRYING BECAUSE ONE LIFE HAS GONE THEY LOST A SON, COUSIN OR BROTHER NOW TROUBLE HAS STARTED BETWEEN EACH OTHER YOU DRANK AND DROVE ON A GROG RUN MISSION NOW YOU’VE WASTED YOUR LIFE AND YOUR FRIEND IS MISSIN BECAUSE YOU WHERE SO OUT OF YOUR MIND NOW YOUR LOCKED UP AND DOING TIME! CHORUS AS YOU REACH FOR THOSE KEYS WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? HAVENT YOU HAD ENOUGH? WHAT PART ARE YOU FILLING? ONE ACCIDENT CAN DESTROY A LOT OF LIVES TAKE A MINUTE TO THINK AM I TOO DRUNK TO DRIVE VERSE 2 BE COOL DON’T BE A FOOL DON’T BE A FOOL DON’T BE A FOOL THE LAW IS THERE SO FOLLOW THE RULES JUST FOLLOW THE RULES JUST FOLLOW THE RULES DO NOT GO! DO NOT DRIVE! DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE JUST BE A MAN AND YOU’LL SURVIVE YOU’LL SURVIVE AND STAY ALIVE 1-2 DON’T GIVE THE KEYS DON’T GIVE THE KEYS DON’T GIVE THE KEYS 3-4 TAKE A MINUTE PLEASE TAKE A MINUTE PLEASE TAKE A MINUTE PLEASE ASK YOURSELF ARE YOU TOO DRUNK TO DRIVE TOO DRUNK TO DRIVE TOO DRUNK TO DRIVE IF YOU STOP AND THINK YOU’LL STAY ALIVE YOU’LL STAY ALIVE AND YOU’LL SURVIVE CHORUS
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GOTO SCHOOL GOTO SCHOOL! VERSE MY NAME IS ANTHONY AND I LIKE SOCCER WHEN I FINISH I PUT MY CLOTHES IN THE LOCKER MY NAME IS CARLOS AND I LIKE MY TIMESTABLES MY FAVOURITE NUMBER IS 5 WITH MY MIND ENABLED HEY IM JAVIN IM A BASKETBALL MAN I DRIBBLE AND I DRIBBLE AS FAST AS I CAN IM LEORY JONES AND I LIKE SCIENCE I LIKE PLAYING SPORTS AND I HATE VIOLENCE HI IM WALACE AND I LIKE READING AND AFTER SCHOOL I LIKE TO GO HORSE RIDING CHORUS GOTO SCHOOL GOTO SCHOOL LISTEN TO YOUR MOMMY! GO LEARN GO LEARN AND DON’T BE A DUMBY! DADDY AND UNCLE TRYING TO WAKE YOU UP SHAKING YOU BED LISTEN UP LISTEN UP! VERSE I WOKE UP IN THE MORNING AND PUT ON MY CLOTHES I WALKED OUTSIDE AND IT WAS COLD MY MOM SAID “HEY BOY PUT ON A JUMPER!” AND LEARN YOUR TIMES TABLES AND YOUR BOOK OF NUMBERS WHEN I GOT TO SCHOOL I SAW MY FRIENDS THEN THE SCHOOL BELL RANG AND THE DAY BEGAN IT WAS MY FAVOURITE LESSON IT WAS OUTTA SIGHT SO I OPENED MY BOOK AND BEGAN TO WRITE CHORUS VERSE ONE DAY MY FRIEND WAS BEING BAD HE WAS KISSING IN THE TOILETS AND MAKING ME MAD THEN A FELLA I NEW WAS SWEARING A LOT SO A TEACHER CAME ALONG AND TOLD HIM OFF THE YOUNGEST KID IN MY CLASS IS ALWAYS LYING SOMETIMES HE TEASES GIRLS AND NOW THEIR CRYING SOME KIDS THEY MUCk AROUND THEIR ALWAYS BRAGGING BUT I DON’T CARE COS IM ALWAYS LEARNING EVERYDAY AT SCHOOL I COME TO LISTEN AND LEARN AND LEARN AND LEARN AND GET MORE EDUCATION IF I COME EVERYDAY I COULD GOTO COLLAGE MY BRAIN WILL GET BIG WITH SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE CHORUS
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Desert Cultures is a Barkly Regional Council youth program, focusing around digital media and music to tell stories from the Barkly region of the Northern Territory in Australia.

Mentors and Co-Ordinators:

Sean Spencer
Monkey Marc
Beatrice Lewis
Leo Ortega

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released October 12, 2014

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