Another great song comes from Tripple Effect winners of the 2020 Alistair Hulett Songs for Social justice award - Straight From the Heart (the Makarrata Song) - Tripple Effect with Thomas Mayor

Tripple Effect first performed Straight From the Heart at the protest event to mark the first anniversary of the Uluru Statement, held in Sydney in May 2018. It was the band's first public performance. The photo near the end of the video of Tripple Effect with Thomas Mayor holding the Uluru Statement canvas was taken at that event.


STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART (THE MAKARRATA SONG) lyrics by John Sutton 2018
      
They gathered in the heart of the wide brown land
Put their differences aside, said “together we stand
You ask what we want, so we’ll tell you straight
“That our people are hurting, but it’s not too late
“If you really want to help heal the wounds of the past
“And really close the gap with some justice at last
“We’ll tell you straight from the Heart
“Straight from the Heart of this land”

So they spoke and they sang till they worked it all out
Three tasks to do, one word to shout
There’s a Voice to be heard, there’s Truth to be told
There’s a Treaty to be signed, to right wrongs of old
It’s Makarrata we want, Makarrata’s the cry
From the great red rock under this southern sky
“We speak straight from the Heart
“Straight from the Heart of this land”

To Canberra they came, said “here’s what we say
If you wanna walk with us, this is the way”
But Canberra said “no, you ask for too much
We wanted something with a much lighter touch
Something we could sell to those on the right
Who can’t see past their blindfolds into the light
Of what’s straight from the Heart
Straight from the Heart of this land"

Well it’s been said before they know how to wait
But Makarrata's already two hundred years late
There’s no time like now to do what we must
And bury terra nullius under the dust
Of this blood-stained country, this heart-broken land
Where the red rock itself cries in the sand
Straight from the Heart
Straight from the Heart of this land

Now the Heart of this land isn’t just Uluru
It’s what beats in the chest of me and of you
It’s what cries in the soul of this country we share
It’s what sings in the sighs of the dreams that we dare
It’s what lifts us to hope and to care for each other
It drives the blood in the bond of sister and brother
It’s what gives us our strength to rise above fears
It’s the rock of our dreams and our hopes and our tears
That come straight from the Heart
Straight from the Heart of this land

So if we want it to be, it’s over to us
We can’t leave it to others we’ve learnt not to trust.
It’s Makarrata we need, Makarrata’s the way
To a much better future, to a bran nue dae
Where the clear light of Truth will finally be shone
On all of the lies about what has been done
Where those who’ve been silenced will be given their Voice
And those who won’t listen won’t have any choice
But to sign the damn Treaty, pay the damn rent
For country and lives stolen and spent

So we’ll sing it and shout it throughout this land
Until justice prevails, and as one we all stand
Singing straight from the Heart
Crying straight from the Heart of this land

So let's sing it and shout it throughout this land
Until justice prevails, and as one we all stand
Singing straight from the Heart
Crying straight from the Heart
Singing straight from the Heart
Crying straight from the Heart of this land