B-Town Warriors - 'B-TOWN BIZ' (Bourke NSW)

After a 6 year hiatus, the B-Town Crew from Bourke, NSW return with a massive old-school jazz/funk/trap anthem that is ready to set the airwaves on fire.  The track pulls no punches, celebrating local cultural identity and bringing ‘truth telling’ direct to Australian audiences. The tune features turntablism from Bliss & Eso producer ‘IZM’ and beats from Sydney-based underground legend ‘HAZY’.

Since 2017, the B-Town Warriors (as 15-year-old high school students) in collaboration with DPM have been renowned for their socially conscious and politically impactful music that not only entertains but inspires change. Known for their high energy, razor-sharp hip hop bars and killer hooks, re-igniting their ongoing collaboration with the Desert Pea Media Creative Team is a significant moment for the crew and the community.

The power of music and media to bridge gaps and amplify unheard voices is immeasurable. In 2016, B-Town Warriors and DPM released their hit debut single ‘People of the Red Sunset’ which dropped onto spot rotation on Triple J, attracted international media attention on its way to becoming a summer anthem of 2017 (400,000+ views on Youtube). The crew went on to release four other songs including the 2018 banger ‘Thundercloud’ that went on to win a National Indigenous Music Award, earning a segment on Channel 10’s ‘The Project’.

Desert Pea Media's ongoing projects in Bourke have been instrumental in fostering connections within these communities, building the trust and connection required to share story, knowledge, aspirations, and struggles through the medium of music and media. The project's objective is to empower these voices, create opportunity and drive real, meaningful change.

Funded by the NSW Government’s ‘Our Region, Our Voice’ Regional Youth Investment Program.

Special thanks to the B-Town mob, and to the Indigenous Community of Bourke for your trust and friendship over many years. Lub ya.

LYRICS

B-Town back on the track. Who dat?
Still black, still proud, still vibing
Things changed but they still the same –
another day red sun still rising
Another day another night – same old fight
same yarn you still denying that B-Town it should be thriving but we busy just surviving ANY?
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The weight of the world’s still holding me down
The pressure and the pain is like a thundercloud
My people I reckon you old enough to stop buying what you getting sold cuz
It’s too heavy take it steady these drugs are making you cold bruz

On the cold stuff, lost and found
Not one role model in the whole damn town
On the big money just standing round
- On the big money just standing round
They gave us all of this pain then they say deal with it
And Then lock us up, and shook our lands then took our nans and the whole damn mob still feeling it

Don’t let the system define you
This law designed to divide you
Them old people standing beside you
Spark to the flame for the spirit inside you

New lore but it’s still the same,
New world still feel the pain,
New crew new track still proud an blak,
Still looking for change,
still killing this game,
B-town biz

Im Repping my people on the rizz
still repping my elders making a future for the families on the mish,
Give it up, put ‘em up - WE –
still putting in work,
Still sparking that flame,
art for change ain’t playing no game We the b town mob from Bourke –

It’s a brand-new day/ but it’s still the same/
I wanna see it change/ gotta break the chain/
Cause where here to stay/ gonna lead the way/
To a brighter day/ for my peoples sake.

All these services gammon cuz
9 to 5 don’t work for us
You gotta earn the trust
24/7 in b-town bruz we work for love

Engage with us Empower us
Encourage us Employ me bruz
Fill my cup and we can build the trust
Got the whole damn mob on the Wilba bus

Calling all my generation
Calling all my people my relations
Singing with the winds of the 4 nations.
Songlines of the first creation.

CO-WRITERS/PERFORMERS

Lorraine Dutton
Jemmah Knight
Dimity Dixon
Braith Kelly
Mervyn Powell

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Toby Finlayson - Director/Camera 2/Lead Facilitator/Co-Writer/Co-Producer/Editor/Project Director
Samuel Vines - DOP
Jannali Doncaster - Co-Writer/Co-Facilitator/Co-Director
Maf Priestley - DPM Co-Founder/Project Co-Director/Co-Writer
Josh Nicholas aka 'Hazy' - Music Producer
Daniel Glossop - Sound Engineer/Co-Writer/Co-Facilitator
Scott Large - General Manager/Co-Producer/Co-Facilitator/Photographer/Graphic Design
Nick Andrews - Colour Grading
Nathaniel Sherwood - Audio Mixing/Mastering