THICK SKIN feat. Thelma Plum, Emma Donovan, Jada Weazel & Kee’ahn
Produced by Pip Norman & Rob Amoruso
Mixed & Mastered by Andrei Eremin
Written & Composed by Danzal Baker, Thelma Plum, Emma Donovan, Kee’ahn, Jada Weazel, Pip Norman & Rob Amoruso.
VERSE 1
Gimme that shivering feeling like ghosts
Now you see it clearer what they treat me like (yo)
Invisible, hoping for a miracle boat
Cynical, hearing that ship sank low
We go bang
Keep ya iron fist
Ya never know when it's gonna happen like this
Could be living like a king
then behind a fence
But wait
I’m stepping off the bench, like
Imma manifest a fantasy
I can't express the fullness of my empathy
It’s catastrophic
You should be ashamed
We all know
It’s easier with ignorance
to shut it out
A God complex
You can’t rob this
You can’t stop this
And we will rise
Gimme that gimme that gimme that keys to a new life
PRE-CHORUS
Wasn’t for the fame
I just needed to survive
Not a silent soldier
My pigment is my pride
I'm like
Red dirt, gold chains, black night, thick skin
Red dirt, gold chains, thick skin, thick skin
CHORUS
5 0 pull up and we gon’ scatter
(we gon’ scatter, we gon’ scatter)
But you know the only crime was our skin colour
(our skin colour, colour)
Wrong place wrong time ‘least we together
(together, together, together)
Red dirt (red dirt), gold chains (gold chains), thick skin (thick skin), thick skin
VERSE 2
Imma manifest a fantasy
I can't express the fullness of my empathy
It’s catastrophic
Wait wait wait
Nhätha bili nhuma dhu nhaburruny ŋäma
(when are you mob gonna listen to us)
Wata-gum nhumali dhäruk nhaburrung dhurrwara-ŋur
(You swept our words out of our mouth)
Beŋur bili beŋur bili
(from time to time)
Ŋunhu bala dhuwal bala
(over there over here)
Dharrwa Dharrwa buma marrtji nhaburrung walŋa
(so many so many destroying our lives)
Bäyŋu walala nhaburruny nhäma
(they don’t even see us)
Wäŋa-ŋur djäma-ŋur dhukarr-ŋur
(at home, at work, down the street)
Raypirri bäyŋu gotta have a thick skin
(no respect, gotta have a thick skin)
ADLIB
Get out
Look up
No chance
No luck
My fam
They hunt
I dance
They done
You can’t ever put a price on us
No, you can’t ever put a price on us
PRE-CHORUS
Wasn’t for the fame
I just needed to survive
Not a silent soldier
My pigment is my pride
I'm like
Red dirt, gold chains, black night, thick skin
Red dirt, gold chains, thick skin, thick skin
CHORUS
5 0 pull up and we gon’ scatter
(we gon’ scatter, we gon’ scatter)
But you know the only crime was our skin colour
(our skin colour, colour)
Wrong place wrong time ‘least we together
(together, together, together)
Red dirt (red dirt), gold chains (gold chains), thick skin (thick skin), thick skin
5 0 pull up and we gon’ scatter
(we gon’ scatter, we gon’ scatter)
But you know the only crime was our skin colour
(our skin colour, colour)
Wrong place wrong time ‘least we together
(together, together, together)
Red dirt (red dirt), gold chains (gold chains), thick skin (thick skin), thick skin
CHIOR
I fought through thick and thin
I can’t be broken
I know where I come from
When we walk It’s our song
I fought through thick and thin
I won’t be broken
You can’t tear my thick skin
We’ll always sing our song
I fought through thick and thin
I can’t be broken
I know where I come from
When we walk It’s our song
I fought through thick and thin
I won’t be broken
You can’t tear my thick skin
We’ll always sing our song
EMMA
I fought
I can
I know where I come from
I won’t be broken
You can’t tear my thick skin
I know where we come from
I fought
So we could sing our song
We’ll always