Oceania hip hop is where it's at:
Anyone who's interested, check out Hilltop Hoods - The Sentinel, Dumb Enough, Walk On and The Nosebleed Section. Downsyde - El Questro, Gifted Life and Undefined. Ermm, also try Matty B - Attention Deficit Individual and Fridays and also Not Many by Scribe. They all have distinctive Aussie accents (except for Scribe, who is a Kiwi) and there are some sick hooks in there.
The lyrics to Walk On, by the Hilltop Hoods:
[MC Suffa]
I speak from the heart but only when I drink
And I only ever sleep when I'm too tired to think
Restlessness, the reaction that you will find
From stress I guess, and having a compassionate mind
I worry about the machine of progress, ain't no stoppin' it
The forests we destroy and the world we build on top of it
Mercenarys get paid, salaries to slaughter
Girls obssessed with body image find calories in water
Nurses comfort 7 year old casualties of mortar
A peasant's daughter caught up in the war for a border
And at home we treat our refugees like criminals
Detention centre's just a catch phrase for a minimal
Security prison, we drive gold-trimmed cars
Down the road, an Afghani kid grows up behind bars
So we wonder why they hate the West (I wonder)
When we treat them like, they're second class citizens at best
We're all pawns in a game, the USA's miniatures
Aussie foreign policy with George Bush's signature
Kids died for a watch and blue chip stocks
Did they do big pop, or was it two big cocks
I wanna sue Kid Rock, for making rednecks think they're hip hop
Wanna swallow people's pain and spit it from the Hilltop
Wanna affect change in the subjects that talk on
Connect strangers, work together, and walk on
[Chorus]
And you don't quit, don't stop [x4]
[MC Pressure]
Pollutin' airways, mankind strays with no reforming
So slap on that sunscreen and enjoy the global warming
Cos ignoring world issues is what we all do best
Just like Aussie politicians shoe shining for the US
They say losing thoughts to the few that trace (? I couldn't transcribe that properly)
Our skylines that clog the sea we swimming in consumer waste
The fumes of hate rise globally when will it cease
The day we try and find a little peace within the Middle East
We shatter their borders yelling 'Deplete their arms'
It's just war for black gold so they can grease their palms
We all need a scapegoat, someone who can cop blame
We're just wolves in sheep's clothing, killing in God's name
And that's worldwide, like global over population
Mind a world drive of natural resources to feed our nations
Have no time for waste, I see it everywhere
I feel like throwin' a flag of protest in Tiananmen Square
We need to care for Mother Easrth and all of her natural defences
But talk is cheap, and takin' action is expensive
We wear our hearts on our sleeves, our flags on our borders
And that's why nuclear testing's done in Pacific foreign waters
We follow reporters, with the words of a scholar
And gather personal opinions from a rag with a dollar man
This is not a subject I feel lightly that I can talk on
The attitude is one man of many, so walk on
[Chorus]
It's an awesome track, and it took me ages to type it out, so go buy their album freaks!
