[Verse 1]
Pulled up
High-vis
Hi mate
You heard me wrong
That’s fate
I said a car robbery
Not a corroboree
You laughed like it’s all fun
Not poverty

Servo pies
Loose change
Centrelink day
Cops cruise past
Eyes never look your way
You still ask
“Where you really from?” at the cue
Then side-eye my hair and the way that I chew

[Chorus]
I said
A car robbery
Not a corroboree
Is that black enough for you
Or you still can’t see
You want the story
But you don’t want the truth
You want the colour
But you don’t want the youth
I said
A car robbery
Not a corroboree
Is that black enough for you
Or you still can’t see

[Verse 2]
You love the word
Hate the mob
Post that flag like it’s just a prop
Drink our names like craft on tap
Then cross the street when you hear my laugh

Mud on my shoes
Dust in my lungs
Uncle on the porch with a thousand tongues
Tells me
“Boy
Don’t bend for views” (nah)
“Your skin ain’t costume they can choose”

[Chorus]
I said
A car robbery
Not a corroboree
Is that black enough for you
Or you still can’t see
You want the rhythm
But you don’t want the land
You want the welcome
But not the open hand
I said
A car robbery
Not a corroboree
Is that black enough for you
Or you still can’t see

[Bridge]
So what you want
Paint on my face or cuffs on my wrist
Which one fits your twist
You only listen when I bleed in the news
Never when I speak on the bruise

[Chorus]
I said
A car robbery
Not a corroboree
Is that black enough for you
Or you still can’t see
You want the story
But you don’t want the truth
You want the colour
But you don’t want the youth
I said
A car robbery
Not a corroboree
Is that black enough for you
Or you still can’t see