3% - Our Greats

When I grow olderThey gonna know my nameStanding on the shouldersOf Our GreatsCause I know where I belongI’m a show ‘em, black and strongStanding on the shouldersOf our greatsYeah, I'm Cathy Hunting GoldUncle Mackie in my soulThe greatest story never soldGot a price on my head coz fortune favors the bold look..I’m shooting through the ceiling Black and proud the only feelingI instill into my children.And I see the future’s path I done my part now I’m chillin...I invested in my mob I let my people in the buildingI didn't fold I didn't quit, I can see the torch now it’s litEven with my back against the wallI chose to fly and to rise above it allI was used to having no fixed addressNow there coloured stones on my neckPaid off all the pain that I felt coz I told my younger selfWhen I grow olderThey gonna know my nameStanding on the shouldersOf our greatsCause I know where I belongI’m a show ‘em, black and strongStanding on the shouldersOf our greatsI’m Patty Mills with the rockCathy Freeman off the blocksLionel Rose against the oddsShow ‘em what I got,All thanks to the mob (yeah)I’m Kiah Simon from the boxAsh Barty with the shotAdam Goodes what you gotShow em where I’m fromI do it for the mob (yeah)Yeah I'm the calm before the stormThe history never taughtI'm the first to make it possibleJust to prove that it's possibleI'm the flag with my fist up 'fist UP'A story teller in my native tongueThe footprints they walk inI'm the shoulder that they stand onI planted seeds never know its shadeSo my mob can know its shade todayI'm the blood that was spilt warrior never yieldGonna make a change todayThat's why we celebrate our greatsand the ones who paved the wayThey could never take your voice awayWe the echoes of their voice todayWhen I grow olderThey gonna know my nameStanding on the shouldersOf Our GreatsCause I know where I belongI’m a show ‘em, black and strongStanding on the shouldersOf our greatsMy feet won't fail me nowWith my mob all aroundif I fall down they'll lift me up so I can stand my groundMy elders they surround and I can make them proudFor all my people so I sing it loudWhen I grow olderThey gonna know my nameStanding on the shouldersOf Our GreatsCause I know where belongI’m a show ‘em, black and strongStanding on the shouldersOf our greatsI dream throughAnd I speak through youCause our voicesAre still singing trueAnd tomorrowIs ours to makeWith loud voicesThis one’s for The Greats