Name: Bones
Duration: P00H06M06S
Description: BONES is a plea to emancipate indigenous remains back to country from international museums. It also discusses the historical attitudes of colonisation in Australia and begs for an awakening on the true history of this great Southern Land.

Bones

by the Beatnik Preachers

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BONES is a plea to emancipate indigenous remains back to country from international museums. It also discusses the historical attitudes of colonisation in Australia and begs for an awakening on the true history of this great Southern Land.

lyrics

Say I come - into your home
In the back yard - I find some Bones
I won’t even ask - for your permission
I’m just gonna - start me a-diggin’

I’ll tell you - it’s for the whole world’s knowledge
and I know best - [He knows best] ’cos I went to college
It’s your back yard - but I’m from the Crown
Way back in 1770 we claimed everything around

Now this will continue - for over a century
While we re-write the history on this - Southern Penitentiary
When we tell you - y’all should be grateful
We don’t understand - why you so hateful

Yeah you told me - your mob’s been here forever
How sad it is - I thought me to clever
This land wasn’t empty - when us white skins arrived
Terra Nullius - just a blatant lie

Them Bones Them Bones
Time to Bring them Home
Them Bones Them Bones
Time to Bring them Home

credits

released April 18, 2024
Spoken Word: Anthony "ToK" Norris
Vocals: Katrina B
Drums: Miles Henry
Bass: Nick Haywood
Piano: Joel Louis
Trumpet: Anthony "ToK" Norris
Sax: Rob Burke

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the Beatnik Preachers Melbourne, Australia

Musically Exquisite, Lyrically Explicit - Artistically Evocative, Socially Provocative - the Beatnik Preachers meld a blistering style of jazz with original beat-poetry to form a unique ensemble that provides a palette for both the ears and the mind.