Mudjilali at The Robbie Burns Hotel

A celebration with, and of, Uncle Ossie Cruse's 90th birthday on January 26, 2024

Transcript

00:00 [Music]

00:19 To the ocean, bring the salt of my tears.

00:27 A remembrance of the past.

00:43 In the sunshine when she's gone,

00:46 At this house she's taken no home,

00:48 And at times she goes away.

00:54 I wonder this time when she's gone,

00:59 I wonder if she's gonna stay.

01:04 Do not fear my tears, as they are tears that my people could not weep.

01:11 I am the voice they could not speak.

01:16 We are celebrating our existence through resistance.

01:20 This is not a fight between you and I.

01:23 Hear you speak the truth with effortless ease in service to the many.

01:29 Come on everybody, happy birthday Uncle Ozzie.

01:35 Our children need a lot of support from us as elders.

01:40 And that's why I want to say thank you to the whakia,

01:45 thank you to the elders that are here,

01:49 and we think of our children's children too.

01:59 Whoa, I'm not gonna miss the opportunity.

02:02 [Music]

02:12 He said the white men don't see us as equal,

02:16 so son you'd better work hard.

02:21 Waddling springtime, mountains and sea,

02:31 there's something moving here bigger than me.

02:40 I've walked my lifetime, friends with prisoners and pearls.

02:49 I love the reaching of Deborah and Pearls.

02:58 [Music]