For reciprocity’s sake:

A 4^th World

By Xavier Rudd

Here we are under these particular stars

Here we stand Victorian

Where the white folk can grow to know so

Very little about the black folk

The same folk who rightfully own

This place of beauty that we call our home

Well negativity is often heard from society

With conviction they preach

Not even knowing of whom they speak

I guess it’s each to their own

Those who want to will know

I guess it’s each to their own

Because from the top the views are old and grey

Well I feel so ashamed

Of this system and these ways

The tiny hearts that lead our nation

And tiny minds that let them in

& I see your confusion

I see your pain

I see your pain and your confusion

And there’s still some with my skin

Who still try and hide the reason