[Intro]

"77% of Australians, um, agree with John Howard's actions on the Tampa"

"What happened to the others?"

"The thing is to use military force, er, against, er, refugees, isn't that, er, a little overkill?"

"A spokesman for the line that owns the ship says Australian SAS troops are in danger of breaking the laws of piracy"

"Undoubtedly this is the most popular decision, as far as the Australian public are concerned, the government's made during its reign"

"The captain's been pulling our strings in Australian waters, he had sent out a distress signal"

"Clearly, our solution was, um, well, it wasn't only farcical, it was, um, it was immoral"

"I wish that this problem were not ours"

[Verse 1: Ozi Batla]

Shit

Well, I'm left sitting here staring into a beer

Shaking my head at the same old loathing and fear

Stranger in my own land, can't understand

How the very word "Australian" has just been damned

I fuckin' hate myself, take "Ozi" from my name

Erase this endless shame, forever casting blame

If you don't act the same, will I destroy you?

Everyone looks the same beaten black and blue

So I've had enough of these redneck pricks

When fact is the only real shit that sticks

Watch as I tear the very skin from my face

So none'll see my race, my deep disgrace

You're not even from here in the first place

And those who are, you wanna further debase?

Nup, no more, never again whether by fist or pen

I will defend, 'cause I'm at a loose end

The shattered remnants of Aussie dignity

I'm a skip, whitey, round-eye, surprise me

Use your shrivelled brain to please explain

How the clever country just went down the drain

We rode the sheep's back, now the sheep ride you

If this is how it's gonna be, don't call me true blue

I denounce my ancestors, wounds still fester

If you say it ain't so, I suggest ya wake up

[Chorus: Ozi Batla]

Wake up, this country needs a fuckin' shake-up

Wake up, these cunts need a shake-up

Wake up, this country needs a fuckin' shake-up

Wake up, these cunts need a shake-up

Wake up, this country needs a fuckin' shake-up

Wake up, these cunts need a shake-up

Wake up, this country needs a fuckin' shake-up

Wake up, these cunts need a shake-up

[Verse 2: Ozi Batla]

Talkback squawking hacks won't relax

Until Jonesy, Zemanek and Laws are all axed

77% of Aussies are racist

If you're here, I'll say it to your faces

Rich redneck pricks still hold all the aces

I'll buy you a beer with an arsenic chaser

"Better off dead?" Is that what I've said?

Tempting to take for all the blood you've shed

No doubt you're as bad as your dads and your mums

Mainstream media making me so fuckin' glum

Anglo reality, intellectual cavities

Channel Nine fostering prejudiced mentalities

I won't be a casualty, just mention casually

I can't stand for you shit-eating bullies

Preying on peeps without a mainstream voice

Most of you stay silent, but I've got no choice

[Chorus: Ozi Batla]

Wake up, this country needs a fuckin' shake-up

Wake up, these cunts need a shake-up

Wake up, this country needs a fuckin' shake-up

Wake up, these cunts need a shake-up

Wake up, this country needs a fuckin' shake-up

Wake up, these cunts need a shake-up

Wake up, this country needs a fuckin' shake-up

Wake up

[Bridge: Ozi Batla]

Well, I've yelled my lungs outl but to no avail

Well, I've yelled my lungs out, but to no avail

Well, I've yelled my lungs out, but to no fuckin' avail

That you're a stranger yourself, now that's the sting in the tail

[Verse 3: Ozi Batla]

Captain Cook was the very first queue-jumper

It was immigrant labour that made Australia plumper

Enough is enough, whiteys, go pack your stuff

Don't wanna live in England? That's fuckin' tough

I'm sick and tired of this redneck wonderland

Most of you stay silent and I can't understand

I just can't understand (Understand)

[Chorus: Ozi Batla]

It's time for you to wake up, this country needs a fuckin' shake-up

Wake up, these cunts need a shake-up

Fuckin' wake up, this country needs a fuckin' shake-up

Wake up, these cunts need a shake-up

Wake up, this country needs a fuckin' shake-up

Wake up, these cunts need a shake-up

Wake up, this country needs a fuckin' shake-up

Wake up