A Ride to Freedom
He was one of the many Aboriginals
Who fought for Indigenous rights
An Arrente by blood
Soccer player who fights
Went to a Christian school
Where he understood the extreme discrimination
Of Aboriginal people who refused
To give up their culture with harsh intimidation
Was the president of SAFA
A 1996 graduate in the May
His journey had just begun
Rome wasn’t built in a day
A family man
Who devoted his life to his race
Politically strong
Things were going smooth at his pace
Creator of the Freedom Rides
Resisted the evident bias
Encouraged the Aboriginal people
A man who was very pious
He will never be forgotten.
He is our Charles Perkins.
Who fought for Indigenous rights
An Arrente by blood
Soccer player who fights
Went to a Christian school
Where he understood the extreme discrimination
Of Aboriginal people who refused
To give up their culture with harsh intimidation
Was the president of SAFA
A 1996 graduate in the May
His journey had just begun
Rome wasn’t built in a day
A family man
Who devoted his life to his race
Politically strong
Things were going smooth at his pace
Creator of the Freedom Rides
Resisted the evident bias
Encouraged the Aboriginal people
A man who was very pious
He will never be forgotten.
He is our Charles Perkins.
