Lyrics

[Verse 1] There's one Black brother dead Down in the Roebourne jail One black martyr crucified The cops drove in the nails Two hundred years of custody We're not allowed no bail How do you face the mornings When this injustice still prevails [Chorus] I say, show me the justice To be had here in this land Show us Blacks the justice for every Black human being Show us Blacks the justice In this White Democracy When you can execute us without a trial While we held in custody [Verse 2] Well there's one black brother gunned down Outside the Moree town The communities across this land We mourned as they laid him down Two hundred years we've been forced To stand, beg outside the door While the system treats the symptoms It never attacks the cause [Chorus] I say, show me the justice To be had here in this land Show us Blacks the justice for every Black human being Show us Blacks the justice In this White Democracy When you can execute us without a trial While we held in custody [Verse 3] Well there's a black brother killed In a Brewarrina prison cell Two hundred years we been beaten down Two hundred years of hell Clamped in chains and worked like slaves Never got a fee How can you say it's justice With his killers runnin' free? [Chorus] I say, show me the justice To be had here in this land Show us Blacks the justice for every Black human being Show us Blacks the justice In this White Democracy When you can execute us without a trial While we held in custody [Verse 4] Well, there's one black brother dead Down on too many jailhouse floors Beaten down and sacrificed Before the British law Two hundred years, you celebrate a heritage of shame You stole the land from which we're banned Left us walkin' in the rain [Chorus] I say, show me the justice To be had here in this land Show us Blacks the justice for every Black human being Show us Blacks the justice In this White Democracy When you can execute us without a trial While we held in custody