Courageous Songtext
von Matty B

You can′t gauge this
You can't gauge this

WA anthems written for pages and pages
Matty B, always microphone courageous
WA anthems written for pages and pages
Matty B, always microphone courageous


Well I′m courageous
Grab the microphone and slay this rhyme outrageous
Richard Courtney's MP's a bunch of sadists
Never hesitating to get their palms greased
And make sure any threatening element deceased
Increase hardship for the common West Australian
We′re trying to make ends meet
While Richard Court′s out playing golf and sailing
Mum said "Get an education
Or your situation in the future will
Be clouded with financial frustration"
Maybe I should've listened to what she had to say
And maybe right now I wouldn′t be feeling this way
But I don't mind because it made me grab the mic one day
And I′m a political predator
And guys like Richard Court are my prey
I speak the truth without a moment's hesitation or regret
The wheels of capitalism
Oiled with the common man′s sweat, blood and tears
He pays his rent and has a feed
And if he's lucky, gets a couple of beers
Never seem to get ahead
Despite working his guts out for years and years
It's outrageous, yeah, it′s outrageous

WA anthems written for pages and pages
Matty B, always microphone courageous
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Matty B, always microphone courageous


Well I saw this girl the other day that I used to know
She looked as sick as a dog and she talked real slow
She was at the bus stop nodding off every couple of minutes
She′d lost all dignity, self esteem had diminished
She didn't recognise me and it was
Sad ′cause we were friends in school
Probably left halfway through year ten
And hooked up with some smack-head fool
It's happening everywhere you look
Should′ve had her head in the books
Instead of hanging 'round with heroin crooks
But I can′t talk, I never did my T-E-E
An angry young man with a bad case of A-D-D
It's still sad when you look around at WA
And all of its youth in a drug-riddled decay
We need to look to the future, forget our past
Need to elevate positively if we're gonna last
And there′s no future in being a smack dealer′s latest victim
And I say this because I'm microphone courageous

WA anthems written for pages and pages
Matty B, always microphone courageous
WA anthems written for pages and pages
Matty B, always microphone courageous
WA anthems written for pages and pages
Matty B, always microphone courageous
WA anthems written for pages and pages
Matty B, always microphone courageous

Well I love the noise of a percussionist, guitarist and bassist
Never judge a book by its cover, that′s right, I'm not a racist
I′m not a fascist, I'm a rationalist
Got a hit out on Jack van Tongeren and any other nationalist
So go on skinhead, keep on rantin′ and ravin'
I've got a hit out on all of your boys and your sister Pauline Hanson
All you do is bring discrimination and aggravation
To a great brown land with multicultural occupation
I articulate my rhymes clearly, MCs fear me
Young girls endear me and my mates in the pub cheer me
Encouragement when I′m rhyming
You can feel my politics from your head to your stomach lining
I think it′s outrageous
It's outrageous, it′s outrageous, it's outrageous

WA anthems written for pages and pages
Matty B, always microphone courageous
WA anthems written for pages and pages
Matty B, always microphone courageous
WA anthems written for pages and pages
Matty B, always microphone courageous
WA anthems written for pages and pages
Matty B, always microphone courageous

Yeah, ′cause I'm courageous
Outrageous, you can′t gauge this
You can't gauge this, you can't gauge this
I never bite, I′m not a plagiarist
You can′t gauge this, you can't gauge this
You can′t gauge this, you can't gauge this
You can′t gauge this