This film clip was crated as apart of the Barkly Regional Council's 12 month youth multi media program across the Barkly region in the NT.
Alicurung was the first destination of the program and this is one of the films from the program. Monkey Marc worked training and mentoring the young men on music production and recording techniques for 8 weeks in Alicurung. He did all the sound engineering and production on the song. Leo Ortega worked as the film producer and mentor on this film clip.
lyrics
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
credits
from BARKLY DESERT CULTURE,
track released December 10, 2014
Ali Curung Community, Monkey Marc, Sean Spencer
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