AWAWBKAL

Blood Diamond Vortex 45

Yeah, this one’s for the Awabakal

This one’s for the Gubbi Gubbi

Two mobs strong, still here, still proud

Listen up

Awabakal land, where the salt meets the sand

From the lakes to the ocean, that’s the mob, that’s the clan

Newy to Lake Mac, yeah, the songlines run deep

Caves full of stories, spirits never sleep

First fire on the shore, first words in the breeze

Knowledge in the ochre, healing in the trees

Taught me how to fish, taught me how to read the tide

Taught me how to listen when the ancestors guide

Colonisers came, tried to wipe the name

But the Awabakal mob still standing just the same

Language coming back, kids learning in the schools

Culture never died, just hidden from the fools

Pay respect to the elders, pay respect to the land

Every sunrise over Awaba, that’s the law of the sand

Awabakal, Gubbi Gubbi, two mobs alive

Carrying the songlines, keeping culture in stride

Awabakal, Gubbi Gubbi, strength in the blood

From the mountains to the coast, we survive, we rise up

Kabi Kabi, Gubbi Gubbi, that’s the name in the north

Sunshine Coast mob, where the Bunya nuts brought

Mobs from all around, for the feast and the yarn

Ceremony in the trees, footprints in the palm

Glass House Mountains, watchin’ over the crew

River runs deep, stories older than you

Colonisers came, cut the forest, burned the ground

But the Gubbi Gubbi mob, yeah, they’re still around

Language still spoken, kids still dance

Paint up for the Dreaming, give the future a chance

Respect to the ancestors, wisdom in the stars

Every scar on the land, every story in the bark

From the Mary to the Maroochy, from the sand to the rock

Gubbi Gubbi mob still standing, still strong

Awabakal, Gubbi Gubbi, two mobs alive

Carrying the songlines, keeping culture in stride

Awabakal, Gubbi Gubbi, strength in the blood

From the mountains to the coast, we survive, we rise up

It’s the law of the land, it’s respect for the tribe

It’s the fire in the heart, it’s the spirit inside

Two mobs, one pride, never gonna fade

Awabakal, Gubbi Gubbi, never gonna break

Raise your hands for the old ones, for the knowledge they gave

For the language, the land, for the culture they saved

Awabakal, Gubbi Gubbi, say it with pride

Still here, still strong, with the ancestors beside