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Sound for thought: The Native Eye |
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One of my hands-down favorite artists Xavier Rudd released a song called "The Native Eye" on the album "Live in Canada" back in 2001 and I didn't discover the song until quite recently... Xavier was bolder than usual with his lyrics in this one and I thought that was fitting - anyone who has experienced ignorant travellers being unaccepting of cultural differences can understand the frustration... anyways, a good message as usual from Xavier, thought I'd post it. If there’s some bustle and its in your head
And its all about that man over there
Well he’s a person from your western world
And he’s fat and he’s white
And he’s got it all
Hey man nice Sulu yeah you look the part
With your shells hanging down
On your fat gut
Give the man a Cocktail
Yeah give him some lunch
And a banana lounge to plant his arse
We’re all so different
Though we seem the same
Through the native eye we look so vein
Well he knows Fiji yeah he knows it well
He’s spent two long weeks in this hotel
Give him some Kava watch him drink it down
And if it tastes like shit he’ll tell you aloud
Bula Vinaka is his Native tongue
Through a narrow mind his travelling's done
Good luck my fat friend
Yeah but watch your mouth
You may offend someone somewhere
Its not allowed [Chorus]
On my adventures I will open my eyes
And I’ll open my mind to suck inside
Any foreign culture I can possibly cram
I’ll give respect to the people
And respect what they have When I found the lyrics I saw a comment someone posted that sparked my memory, I had heard it somewhere before.... "If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home" Enough said.
Related links Xavier's official website - http://www.xavierrudd.com/
2007 Interview about his new album -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXYxN7Ry6zw
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