TAKE THE POWER

Australian Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop, Symphonic Rap, Aussie Hip-Hop, Fvck the Governments, SA GREAT!

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[Intro 🎻]
Yeah, from the parklands to the coast.
Selling out the state to the ones who pay the most.
Hear that low hum? That's the sound of the machine.
South Australia... you know what I mean.
Let's go.
[Verse 1 🎤]
Egotistical moves sitting in the premier's chair,
Chopping down the parklands like they don't even care.
Five hundred trees gone, just to put on a show,
While the data centres rise up, stealing the flow.
Eight hundred megawatts draining out the Bundey plains,
Drinking up the water while they tell us it’s for gains.
Try to raise a voice? Get slapped with a fifty-K fine,
Police on the frontline protecting the design.
Fast-tracking infrastructure, bypassing the local trust,
Turning South Australia to a server-farmed dust.
It ain't for you and me to have a chat with a bot,
It's a sovereign sell-out, giving everything we got.
[Pre-Chorus 📈]
They ban the kids from social, say they're keeping 'em safe,
Then scan a six-year-old’s face just to enter a place!
The double standards heavy and the tech is getting blurry,
Selling out our future in a hyperscale hurry.
[Chorus 🏟️]
But this is SA, mate, we don’t bend, we don't break!
We fought the nuclear dumps, now there’s more at stake.
Keep your umbrella corps and your digital chains,
We want the local roots, the blood in our veins.
Raise a glass for the culture, stand up for the land,
Before the algorithm takes the power from our hands!
[Verse 2 🎤]
[Beat strips back to raw drums and a piano stab]
Walk into the supermarket, treating me like a crook,
Smart gates lockin' up, analyzing how I look.
Tossing tonnes of food while the families go hungry,
Algorithm logic, man, it's feeling downright ugly.
I miss the local servo where they knew you by your name,
Now it's facial recognition playing corporate games.
Got no right to privacy in the constitution text,
Bunnings at the door trying to see what you do next.
Teachers said we’d never have a calculator in our pocket,
Now they plugged the whole society directly in the socket.
No permanent jobs, just a warehouse in the dark,
While the nepo babies profit from the bite and the bark.
[Pre-Chorus 📈]
They ban the kids from social, say they're keeping 'em safe,
Then scan a six-year-old’s face just to enter a place!
The double standards heavy and the tech is getting blurry,
Selling out our future in a hyperscale hurry.
[Chorus 🏟️]
But this is SA, mate, we don’t bend, we don't break!
We fought the nuclear dumps, now there’s more at stake.
Keep your umbrella corps and your digital chains,
We want the local roots, the blood in our veins.
Raise a glass for the culture, stand up for the land,
Before the algorithm takes the power from our hands!
[DJ Scratch Bridge 🎧]
"W-w-w-wake up"
"S-S-S-South Australia"
"No competition..."  "...just monopoly vision."
"A psychopathic system..."
Bring it back to the roots, real community connection,
We don't need a panopticon for our protection!
[Outro 🍻]
Yeah. For the next generation. For the kids.
We see through the PR spin.
You can't automate the human soul, mate.
Keep the state ours. Keep it real.
SA all day.

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[Intro 🎻] Yeah, from the parklands to the coast. Selling out the state to the ones who pay the most. Hear that low hum? That's the sound of the machine. South Australia... you know what I mean. Let's go. [Verse 1 🎤] Egotistical moves sitting in the premier's chair, Chopping down the parklands like they don't even care. Five hundred trees gone, just to put on a show, While the data centres rise up, stealing the flow. Eight hundred megawatts draining out the Bundey plains, Drinking up the water while they tell us it’s for gains. Try to raise a voice? Get slapped with a fifty-K fine, Police on the frontline protecting the design. Fast-tracking infrastructure, bypassing the local trust, Turning South Australia to a server-farmed dust. It ain't for you and me to have a chat with a bot, It's a sovereign sell-out, giving everything we got. [Pre-Chorus 📈] They ban the kids from social, say they're keeping 'em safe, Then scan a six-year-old’s face just to enter a place! The double standards heavy and the tech is getting blurry, Selling out our future in a hyperscale hurry. [Chorus 🏟️] But this is SA, mate, we don’t bend, we don't break! We fought the nuclear dumps, now there’s more at stake. Keep your umbrella corps and your digital chains, We want the local roots, the blood in our veins. Raise a glass for the culture, stand up for the land, Before the algorithm takes the power from our hands! [Verse 2 🎤] [Beat strips back to raw drums and a piano stab] Walk into the supermarket, treating me like a crook, Smart gates lockin' up, analyzing how I look. Tossing tonnes of food while the families go hungry, Algorithm logic, man, it's feeling downright ugly. I miss the local servo where they knew you by your name, Now it's facial recognition playing corporate games. Got no right to privacy in the constitution text, Bunnings at the door trying to see what you do next. Teachers said we’d never have a calculator in our pocket, Now they plugged the whole society directly in the socket. No permanent jobs, just a warehouse in the dark, While the nepo babies profit from the bite and the bark. [Pre-Chorus 📈] They ban the kids from social, say they're keeping 'em safe, Then scan a six-year-old’s face just to enter a place! The double standards heavy and the tech is getting blurry, Selling out our future in a hyperscale hurry. [Chorus 🏟️] But this is SA, mate, we don’t bend, we don't break! We fought the nuclear dumps, now there’s more at stake. Keep your umbrella corps and your digital chains, We want the local roots, the blood in our veins. Raise a glass for the culture, stand up for the land, Before the algorithm takes the power from our hands! [DJ Scratch Bridge 🎧] "W-w-w-wake up" "S-S-S-South Australia" "No competition..." "...just monopoly vision." "A psychopathic system..." Bring it back to the roots, real community connection, We don't need a panopticon for our protection! [Outro 🍻] Yeah. For the next generation. For the kids. We see through the PR spin. You can't automate the human soul, mate. Keep the state ours. Keep it real. SA all day.

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