DOBBY - 'Matter of Time' (Official Music Video)

DOBBY - "Matter of Time" is out now via ABC Music: https://snd.click/matteroftime?pid=3W...

'Matter of Time' is a captivating protest anthem that blends the raw energy of hip-hop with the lush elegance of orchestral strings. Against a gritty hip-hop backdrop, the song weaves in rich layers of orchestral strings, creating a dynamic and evocative musical landscape. With its thought-provoking lyrics and powerful melodies, "Matter of Time" is not just a song—it's a movement, urging action against the continuing over-irrigation crisis in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin. Join the chorus for change and make your voice heard.

SONG CREDITS
Written and Produced by Rhyan Clapham
Additional vocals by Lolita Emmanuel
Additional piano by Lolita Emmanuel
Mixed by Stefan Du Randt and Stewart Geddes

VIDEO CREDITS
Director/Editor: Raf Flores (Hypereel Brand)
EP/Producer: Vyvienne Abla (Vyva Entertainment)
Cinematographer: Marvin Madridano (Venture Media)
Hair & Make Up: Dan Tafeuni (@Hairbotanist)
Clothing: Maddy Hodgetts (Yapa Mali)
BTS Photographer: Prince Reyes
BTS Video: Don Valix
Production Assistants: Clarissa Mei and Katiana Silkiss (Vyva Entertainment)

Video Features:
Lolita Emmanuel
Sarah Qiu - on violin
Suzie Kim - on viola
Bonita Silva - on violin
Kayla Flaxman - on cello

Special thank you to our crew for helping put this together.
To the people of Brewarrina; to the 8 different nations that practiced caring for our Country and waterways for Millenia, and to our mobs that continue to inhabit and care for this Country many years on.

Dedicated to my grandmother, Mary Shearer.

Filmed at Common House Studios Glendenning

Label: ABC Music
Publishing: Sony Music Publishing

LYRICS
It’s a Shame, This Again
You can Blame, all this insufficient Rain
Same Shit, Different Day,
River Drained, Somathem, Thinkin It’s a Game,

It’s a Shame, It’s insane
Savin face, Make as if this Shit’s okay,
Quick ya pace, Got no time to Waste,
Cuz Any Day, IT’S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME

It’s a Shame, This Again,
flick the TV, on, check the shit they’re Saying,
“It’s a phase,” “why complain,”
Water Waste, Wondrin’ if it’s Climate Change

I don’t get it, could you Explain?
Couple questions for ya let me Pick ya brain,
Is it too late? Is this our fate?
I’m afraid, IT’S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME

I Been Stressing’, so Depressin
Barmah Choke, Misdirected,
Something Rotten From the Cotton
.. That’s a fact, That’s a problem

Irrigators hide their face, from the papers
This our Nation Watergate Investigation
Rivers taken, Look at What we facing’
All the fish are dead in the Murray Darling Basin, never

Quit, never fade, till we Vote them out today, I’m a
fighter in my Blood, this is in my DNA, My
Ancestors speaking through me I’m connected to this place,
Like the River I got Murrawarri flowing through my veins, Got my

Head up in the clouds, but my Feet up on the Ground, I am
not the only Voice, that you’re hearing right now, I’m the
Power of my mob, I’m the sound, up in the crowd
Comin’ to Shout, Callin em out, Yelling it loud, Saying it proud

Callin it theft, Calling it drought, You even know what I’m talking about?
fella at Cubbie just took all his money, Went to the North, bought him a house
Back in the day, sat in the mission and we couldn’t mention a word of the mouth
We couldn’t talk, wasn’t allowed, You better Listen we Talking up now

I am the lie, I am the truth, I am the Quarter caste in the news,
I am the treaty, I am the truce, I am the problem, I am the proof,
I am the bridge, I am the line, I’m the divide between the divine
Keeping the spirit of Rivers alive, you’re thinkin it’s
fine, but really IT’S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME

... I am the bird, I am the river that flow in the word,
I am the air, I am the Earth, I’m the Goanna that lay in the dirt
I am the song, I never heard, I’m here to work, I know what I’m worth,
You are the one that delivered the hurt, Bet that you probably giggled and smirked,

when given the Fine,
pay it no mind, Nothin for cotton it’s nickels and dimes,
Nobody stopping them doing it twice, I got anxiety weighin’ my mind,

Sick and I’m tired, Temperature rise
Livin in flood, Suffer the fires,
Sick and I’m tired, Sick and I’m tired, Sick and I’m tired, I feel like

IT’S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME

#dobby #warrangu #matteroftime