Testo Southside - David Dallas feat. Sid Diamond & Mareko
Testo della canzone Southside (David Dallas feat. Sid Diamond & Mareko), tratta dall'album Falling Into Place
Well as you'll see it's an unusual story
And a story that began on the streets of South Auckland
278, You already know
It ain't really much to look at but it's home
Used to bus from the old bar which used to go
Into town rollin' through the Otorhu Depot
Thinkin' how we ended up here
Ain't no secret that some people doin' tough here
Could be rough here if your parents come here from an island
In the hope of a better life for their child and an education
But they ain't got time to keep an eye on 'em
They workin' every day, they won't ever see retirement
School don't teach you to deal with this environment
Another poly kid left to his own devices
And you look at what they reinforce
Only talk about us doin' crime
Playin' sports, standin' at the dole line
Or in the court, think it don't affect us all
Look at boys from the Southside
If you lookin' from the outside
Some scared to death when they see us
'Cause every 10, 7, 8 feature a boys from the Southside
But we represent it with pride
When you feel you come from the bottom
'Til you reach the top ain't no stoppin' the boys from the Southside
It's about time
All the people talkin' shit now figure out why
This town is so influential
The real melting pot, immigration central
Culture and us, we so instrumental
But still we never acted like we too damn special
Don't ever let nobody say we all just criminals
'Round here it ain't all that simple
Raised there, struggle city, a place where
The population, Harvey 5 slash amazing
Where most of 'em work 9 to 5 to pay rent
Go to church, sing songs and pray for better days
Better pay and a better location
The kids choose sport over education
And dream that one day the All Blacks take them
Some are exposed to the drugs and the gang life
Think it's cool to get involved, end up in the can, right?
Got a lot of teens pushin' crimes 'fore they see life
'Cause their parents did the same thing so it seems right
It seem right to say that I am a product of
Proud of it also
When they got my back like the tat on my torso
That's why I give back, ask where my awards go
To the schools in the Southside
If you lookin' from the outside
Some scared to death when they see us
And then talk shit when they leave like the boys from the Southside
Are good for nothin' so fuck 'em
Give 'em no chance, just cuff 'em
If it was up to the cops and the judges
The boys from the Southside would be outlined
Shot on sight
Yeah we got crime in the area
If you got shined then it's only up on it
'Cause we broke tryna get our accounts right
What's goin' on in our minds?
Six words, how we gonna get by?
I don't know exactly
But we ain't gonna wait in no dole line
Yeah, 267
Land of the aeroplane back when my parents came
From the islands with a Bible and a pair of Js
Tryna set a better way to get an education
Instead we found street smarts and a free pass to the green pastures
Around these parts we were blessed with a big heart
That could see past all the E-Os's
Or what you thought I was gonna talk all about
Walkin' with gangs where the drugs be?
How about I touch on how they belong here in the country
Right where the thugs be?
John Walker, my run at the tops long distance
Scott Dixon on the track now
Rather a hand up than a hand out
All my people stand out
When I'm back at the Southside
Black, white with the brown pride
Even yellow's part of the picture
The boil up's the perfect mixture
Here on the Southside
And we rep this shit to the death
Walk with my head held high to the sky
My t-shirt say Southside 'til I die
The boys from the Southside
The bodies outlined with an aura
You can see it so clearly
I mean it looks like a shift no dairy
Or a scorpion home crowd cheering
Or a Otorhu mum's eyes tearing
Up when her son's graduating from OC
26 To the 27 to the 29
Of the 09 that's where the home be
Credits
Writer(s): Demetrius Christian Savelio, Mark Sagapolutele, Daniel Maoate, David Puniani
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