Always Was (song)
Always Was may refer to: * ''Always Was'' (EP), a 2020 EP by Briggs * "Always Was" (song), a 2001 song by Aaron Tippin * "Always Was, Always Will Be", a slogan used by Indigenous Australians, which rose to popularity during NAIDOC Week in 2020 See also * ''Always Was, Is and Always Shall Be'', a 1980 album by GG Allin * ''Is and Always Was ''Is And Always Was'' is the seventeenth album by Daniel Johnston Daniel Dale Johnston (January 22, 1961 – September 11, 2019) was an American singer, musician and artist regarded as a significant figure in outsider, lo-fi, and alternat ...

Always Was (EP)
Adam Briggs (born 28 August 1986), who performs as Briggs and self-describes as Senator Briggs (although not a member of the Australian Senate), is an Indigenous Australian rapper, record label owner, comedy writer, actor, and author. Briggs became well known as a "solo rapper", signing with Golden Era Records in 2009, before co-founding the hip hop duo A.B. Original in 2016. As a solo artist, Briggs has released one EP, ''Homemade Bombs'' in 2009, and two albums, 2010's ''The Blacklist'' and 2014's ''Sheplife''. He has also made appearances on songs with Hilltop Hoods, the Funkoars, Drapht and The Last Kinection. In the live arena, he has supported international artists such as Ice Cube, KRS-One, Necro, Ghostface Killah, Dilated Peoples, M.O.P., and Pharoahe Monch.Briggs' biography
on Golden Era Records website
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Always Was (song)
Always Was may refer to: * ''Always Was'' (EP), a 2020 EP by Briggs * "Always Was" (song), a 2001 song by Aaron Tippin * "Always Was, Always Will Be", a slogan used by Indigenous Australians, which rose to popularity during NAIDOC Week in 2020 See also * ''Always Was, Is and Always Shall Be'', a 1980 album by GG Allin * ''Is and Always Was ''Is And Always Was'' is the seventeenth album by Daniel Johnston Daniel Dale Johnston (January 22, 1961 – September 11, 2019) was an American singer, musician and artist regarded as a significant figure in outsider, lo-fi, and alternat ...

Always Was, Always Will Be
"Always was, always will be Aboriginal land", sometimes abbreviated to "Always was, always will be" or just "Always will be", is an iconic phrase and rallying cry of the Indigenous land rights in Australia, Aboriginal land rights movement in Australia. Origin The phrase is said to have originated in the 1980s, with the Barkandji people in Far West (New South Wales), far-western New South Wales, who were fighting for Native title in Australia, legal recognition and rights as Sovereign citizen movement#Australia, sovereign owners of their homelands. The campaign was led by William Bates, which saw the first national park in NSW returned to its traditional owners. On one of his trips to Country (Indigenous Australians), Country during the campaign, William Bates' father, Jim Bates, was telling his son stories of the land. William said, "Dad, it’s not your land any more, European Australians, whitefellas own it"; his father replied, "No, they only borrowed it; it always was, and alw ...
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NAIDOC Week
NAIDOC Week ( ) is an Australian observance lasting from the first Sunday in July until the following Sunday. The acronym NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee, which was originally National Aborigines Day Observance Committee (NADOC). NAIDOC Week has its roots in the 1938 Day of Mourning, becoming a week-long event in 1975. NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The week is celebrated not just in the Indigenous Australian communities but also in increasing numbers of government agencies, schools, local councils and workplaces. History of the observance Day of Mourning (1938) The idea behind NAIDOC goes back to a letter written by William Cooper that was aimed at Aboriginal communities and at churches. It was written on behalf of the Australian Aborigines Progressive Association, an umbrella group for a number of Aboriginal justice movements. The association gather ...
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Kevin Michael "GG" Allin (born Jesus Christ Allin; August 29, 1956 – June 28, 1993) was an American punk rock musician who performed and recorded with many groups during his career. Allin was best known for his controversial live performances, which often featured transgressive acts, including self-mutilation, defecating on stage, and assaulting audience members, for which he was arrested and imprisoned on multiple occasions. AllMusic called him "the most spectacular degenerate in rock n' roll history", while G4TV's ''That's Tough'' labelled him the "toughest rock star in the world". Known more for his notorious stage antics than for his music, Allin recorded prolifically, not only in the punk rock genre, but also in spoken word, country, and more traditional-style rock. His lyrics often expressed themes of violence and misanthropy. Allin's music was often poorly recorded and produced, given limited distribution, and met with mostly negative reviews from critics, although h ...
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