Life In The Colony
1652
Arrive in the Cape
Enslave and dominate
Convert or kill
(This is a list in bullet points)
Dominate the land
Shoot all the animals
Dominate the people
We're a violent kind
Open up your arms
And let the gentle flow
Into the body that's ready to let go
Life in the colony
These are my ancestors
This is my inheritance
Armor of white skin
This is my empty voice
(These are the shades of my privilege)
The deeper I go inside
Colonised
Where to from here?
Give back the land
Ah
If you think that 'they must just get over it'
If you think the dispossessed should accept our privilege
When we inherited the wealth of 400 years of evil
When we point fingers but won't be the ones to change and heal
It's an opening
Let's walk through