[Intro]

Oh

Oh—oh—oh—oh, check

Oh, yeah

Oh—oh—oh—oh, yeah

[Verse 1]

Back when I was seventeen, yeah

Back when I was seventeen, oh

Back when I was seventeen I had a notion

That I would see the whole world across the ocean

My mum be working hard, but she get no promotion

She'd be there every day for me, that's devotion

We never had a chance to go to the Aussie Open

We used to collect cans on them S.A. tokens

She tried to fix my heart, but tragedy broke it

I know I'm trying hard and destiny spoke

[Chorus]

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Aussie Ego

Yeah, yeah

And it's that Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Aussie Ego

[Verse 2]

Back when I was seventeen, ayy

I stopped trying to kill myself, oh—o—oh

I turned my whole life around, oh—o—oh

Positivity and health, yeah

And I lost my identity, and I came from housing trust be been living in castles

How's the serenity? Woo, we walk them hard roads, came same

Yeah, Hoods as Hilltop, young Mixed Race baby

Of the eighties, I mean nineties, somebody remind me, woo woo

I'm a lover not a fighter, only thing I wanna break

Is these ceilings in my way, can't learn to fly in just a day

My self love coulda been better but my ambitions would not frey

My self love will not frey, don't hold that in, I gotta let it go

[Chorus]

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Aussie Ego

Yeah, yeah

And it's that Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Aussie Ego

Yeah, oh—oh

[Verse 3]

Uh, back when I was seventeen though

My life was all trouble

I seeked guidance and love

My mental was real struggle, oh—oh

There's no help but yourself do what you love and live

Spread peace and love and health to these kids

From the orange brick housing flats

To the whole world across the map

Got me thankful to be standing on an ancient country

Yo, wo—o—oah

[Chorus]

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Aussie Ego

Yeah, oh—oh—oh, oh—oh—oh

And it's that Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Aussie Ego

Oh—oh—oh—oh

And it's that Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Aussie Ego

Yeah, oh—oh—oh, oh—oh—oh

And it's that Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Aussie Ego

Oh—oh—oh—oh, oh—oh—ah

[Outro]

Thank God I'm not seventeen, ayy yeah

Thank God I'm not seventeen again, yeah

Thank God I'm not seventeen, oh—oh—oh—ah

Thank God I'm not seventeen again