This film clip was created in Alicurung as apart of the Desert Cultures Multi Media program in 2014. It was apart of a 12 month Barkly wide music mentoring program with young people across the Barkly region. Monkey Marc was there for Eight weeks creating songs and music training with the young people of Alicurung.
lyrics
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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