1.Back To Culture
Back to culture
Take me onto culture
Yirrmal djungguwan
Back to culture
Take me onto culture
Yirrmal djungguwan
When you're in line with beat
And you're feeling so fine
And your feet can't help but move
Join the circle of men
Women, children and friends
In the rhythm of love
Gaywa gaywa gaywa gaywa
Yirrmal djungguwan
Gaywa gaywa gaywa gaywa
Yirrmal djungguwan
The smile of a child
Sends a message of hope
Back to culture yeah
Beware of the storm
Of contradictions
The law is on my side
Gaywa gaywa gaywa gaywa
Yirrmal djungguwan...
Back to culture
Take me onto culture
Yirrmal djungguwan...
Gatju mak yawirriny
Bukmak yawirriny
Gatju mak yawirriny
Bukmak yawirriny
Yawirriny!!
Gaywa gaywa gaywa gaywa
Yirrmal djungguwan
When you're in line with beat
And you're feeling so fine
And your feet can't help but move
Join the circle of men
Women children and friends
In the rhythm of love
Gaywa gaywa gaywa gaywa
Yirrmal djungguwan...
Back to culture
Take me onto culture
Yirrmal djungguwan...
Back to culture
Take me onto culture
Yirrmal djungguwan
2.Baywara
Maker of the land
Maker of the song
Maker of the constitution
The journey of the great one
Starts from the east
Were the mighty ocean meets the land
Then the population came
She walked with the law in her hands
Singing children of the earth
Praise the journey of the song lines
Find the sign and follow the sun
Maker of the land
Maker of the song
Maker of the constitution...
Like the Southern Cross above
Beam your light
For your destiny
From the Great Dividing Ranges
To the desert to the city streets
What's that on the shoreline？
Where the Goannas roam
Show the tracks of your tears
Free your mind
Like a bird on the wind
Maker of the land
Maker of the song
Maker of the constitution...
Lightning she spoke
The power of one
Into the sea
Where the splinters fell
Her mind at its best
She did create
Baywara Baywara
Maker of the land
Maker of the song
Maker of the constitution...
3.Danggultji
Song from the Rirratjingu Clan of NE Arnhem Land
It describes Dhanbul people. This song is about survival and
defending
territory while we are alive. It describes Gudurrku (a large
bird) which is
used in the song as a metaphore. When we die our spirits fly to
Garrtjpirr
Burralgu.
4.Dots On The Shells
Yarryurra gunbilk marrawulwul
Djambi dhoru warrpididi
Dhawalnydja dhuwala marrawurrtjara
Dhawalnydja dhuwala dhuruthuruya
Like the lines on your face
The answer is here
And the light in your eyes
Don't hide it away
Like th dots on the shells
They shine
Dhawalnydja dhuwala dirrmalaya
Dhawalnydja dhuwala lunggurmaya
Yawuyawu ganyawuya
Yawuyawu yangayana
Like the lines on your face...
And waters edge goes on
Always rolling into the horizon
We'll go down where the octopus plays
Changing colour with the incoming day
Like the lines on your face...
Like the last star in the sky tonight
Like the lights
In the city tonight
5.Freedom
We've been working on a course for change
Trying to work out a balance
Sometimes I feel I'm so alone
And I wish you were here
Making money can be one thing
Building bridges can be the other one
All it takes is understanding now
To make that dream come true
You and me bayma
We can make it happen 'freedom'
You and me liya-wayma
We can see it through 'freedom'
Many thousand years of history
Of a culture that is still to be told
This is only just the beginning now
I guess we'll have to work it out
You and me bayma
We can make it happen 'freedom'
You and me liya-bayma
We can see it through 'freedom'
You and me bayma
We can make it happen 'freedom'
You and me liya-bayma
We can see it through 'freedom'
You and me
We can make it happen
6.Gany'tjurr
Song from the Gumatj Clan of NE Arnhem Land
Gany'tjurr is a bird, the heron who lives at Birany Birany. The
song
describes where Bany'tjurr lives, breeds and hunts. Yolngu and
Gany'tjurr
often hunt together in the mist. Gany'tjurr is a territorial
bird, she
reminds people of their country.
7.Gapu
Song from the Gumatj Clan of NE Arnhem Land
Gapu is a song centred on the Yolngu (Aboriginal) kinship
system. The song
describes the ocean water coming in and creating the full tide
going out
again.
8.Gunitjpirr Man
Sound of the waves fall
On the sand dune of love
Sweet memory of you
Of the times that we spent together
Right from the heart
You gave me the new and the old
Gunitjpirr man
Don't leave me alone
Come back to me
Gunitjpirr man
We'll remember and speak of you
As the father of land rights
The children must learn
Of the sacred law
And of Mother Earth
Just like the way that you did
And when our time comes around
We'll meet up again
Gunitjpirr man
Don't leave me alone
Come back to me
Gunitjpirr man...
9.Mabo
Terra nullius terra nullius
Terra nullius is dead and gone
We were right
That we were here
They were wrong
That we weren't here
Liya balburrk bapayili
Liya waltjan bapayili
Liya balburrk bapayili
Liya waltjan bapayili
Mirriam people are dancing
Pastime heoes are dancing too
Mabo's spirit is sailing
Telling the world a story
Terra nullius terra nullius
Terra nullius is dead and gone
Liya balburrk bapayili
Liya waltjan bapayili...
We were right
That we were here
They were wrong
That we weren't here...
Mabo's law is standing firm
Shedding power
For us to be strong
Spirit, law, culture and all
Showing the world
See our law
Terra nullius terra nullius
Terra nullius is dead and gone
We were right
That we were here
They were wrong
That we weren't here
Liya balburrk bapayili
Liya waltjan bapayili
Bapayili bapayili
Bapayili bapayili
10.Milika
Song from the Rirratjingu Clan of NE Arnhem Land
Describes the moon fish and a rock called Mandula sacred to
Rirratjingu
people. During Bungul (ceremony) we always imitate the fish - by
imitating
the fish it gives the warrior the power of the oceanand the
timeless rock.
11.Ngerrk
Song from the Gumatj Clan of NE Arnhem Land
This song is about the sulphur crested white cockatoo crying in
the forest
of paperbark trees. When Gumatj people cry it is connected. The
crying is
linked to the Yolngu spiritual world.
12.Our Generation
Someone in the city
Gets a piece of paper
Someone in the bush
Holds the law in their hands
Last chance for freedom
In our generation
We're not the only people
In our generation
Cultures fuse in a global nation
Human rights for indigenous peoples
Learning life's lessons of old
You can't take it away
From our generation
Last chance for freedom
For our generation
In our generation
It's our generation...
Sending a message of hope
To the world
Love sees no colour
In everyone
In our generation
It's our generation...
13.Timeless Land
I feel the spirit
Of the great sisters
Calling on me to sing
This is the learning
Of the great story
I'll tell you about this place
From the edge of the mountains
Fly down the valley
Down where the Snowy River flows
Follow the water
Down to the ocean
Bring back the memory
This is a timeless land
This is our land...
Just like the wise man
Who taught me the beauty
Of the creation times
The point where the mountain
Meets with the sky
Sparks a fire within my sould
Watching Mother Nature around me
Woman, creators, history
Finding these people Up in the mountain
Sharing the same old song
This is a timeless land
This is our land...
This is a timeless land
This is our land...
14.World Of Innocence
As the world changes
Look to a brand new day
Cold war is over
In amongst the children play
The earth is yours to hold
Gun shots in the playground
Vision of the future
Where is it taking us？
Children... in a world of innocence...
Na na na
Na na na na na na
Na na na...
Suffer little children
One day this will all be real
Dream on world dream on
This earth is your common ground
Big corporation waiting
Eating up the land
Swimming oil slick oceans
Concern woman, child and man
Children... in a world of innocence...
Don't wait up for someone else
To say
This could all be gone today
Na na na
Na na na na na na
Na na na...
Children... in a world of innocence...
Na na na
Na na na na na na
Na na na...
15.World Turning
I've been looking for you
Searching for something new
You keep my feet on the ground
As you make my world turn around
Keep sending me signals
Don't let me fall by the way
And while the world
Is turning right
You show me the way
To your heart
'Cause when you call my name
It's like the worlkd
Is turning right...
Burrkuwurrkumi
Raywa raywa raywuyuwa
Wirrkul madayin
Gaywagaywa gaywagaywa
Ditjuman nyaku gayawak
Raliya dhambal ngayili
And while the world
Is turning right
You show me the way
To your heart
'Cause when you call my name
It's like the world
Is turning right...
Come on show me the way
There is no turning back
It's turning right
Well it's turning right...
I've been looking for you
Searching for something new
You keep my feet on the ground
As you make my world turn around
Keep sending me signals
Dopn't let me fall by the way
And while the world
Is turning right
You show me the way
To your heart
'Cause when you call my name
It's like the world
Is turning right...
16.Yolngu Boy
Lyricist：Mandawuy Bakamana Yunupingu
Hey, Yolngu Boy
Under the neon light
Hey, Yolngu Boy
Under the neon light
Come with me see a brand new day
You see that Cycad palm
That's the pure eye
You see that Cycad palm
That's the living bread
Come with me see a brand new day
You see that long black cloud
Up towards Batjutjpi
You see that long black cloud
Back towards Narulwuy
Maybe it's raining at Lamiwuy
Hey, Yolngu Boy
Under the Cycad palm
Now you know for sure
That I really care for you
Only the eye can tell you why
Hey, Yolngu Boy
Under the neon light
Hey, Yolngu Boy
Under the neon light
Come with me see a brand new day
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