Lowkey, Mai Khalil - Children Of Diaspora lyrics

Don't you wonder what became of
The children of diaspora?
Those that innovated in their
Ways and their vernacular
Those that saw their traces in
The faces of the massacred
I wonder what became of them
Tell me what became of them
I wonder what became of them
Tell me what became of them
I wonder what became of them
Tell me what became of them
I wonder what became of them
Tell me what became of them

Lost in this city of fog
Rarely seen by the sun
Just 'cause you're both but neither
Doesn't mean that you're none
Never captains of the ship but
They mistook us for some passengers


Now we're stuck here singing
Soul music from diaspora
Your hosts can't relate to
Your sense of dislocation
The type of pain that cannot
Be contained in a dissertation
"Diaspora" the reason that the
Terrified are setting fires
"Diaspora" the reason they
Couldn't jeopardise Zephaniah
Considered as a compliment if
Your beauty is fetishized
Your history is power
That's the reason some are petrified
Colonial mimic, mascot crying behind a mask
Or a man with amnesia trying to find his past
Anthony Walker never had a weapon
But they still got him
Stephen Lawrence never had a weapon
But they still got him
Mark Duggan never had a weapon
But they still shot him
They call them first world diaspora problems

Don't you wonder what became of
The children of diaspora?
Those that innovated in their
Ways and their vernacular
Those that saw their traces in
The faces of the massacred
I wonder what became of them
Tell me what became of them
Zoha Hadeed was a child of diaspora
So fear not, fear not
Edward Said was a child of diaspora
So fear not, fear not

We never bow to the Queen, no
We never bow to the Queen, no
We never bow to the Queen
No, no, no, no, no, no
We never bow to the Queen, no
We never bow to the Queen, no
We never bow to the Queen
No, no, no, no, no, no

Since the middle passage either
Sink or you swim
Bleach the pigment of skin and
Pray it's privilege trickling in
Are we missing the link?
Diasporas the reason MJ did to his nose
What they did to the sphinx
And why Marley made the most classic of art
The reason Gabby Douglas didn't put
Her hand on her heart
The reason Malcolm Little changed
His name to X
The reason the President's melanin
Remain a threat ahmed made a clock
They arrested him and mangled his name
But the root of the word is
To thank and to praise
Racism manifests in many cancerous ways
We must rally for change in
These most tragic of days
Cos Emmett Till didn't have a weapon
But they still got him
Tamir Rice never had a weapon
But they still shot him
Alton Sterling never had a weapon
But they still shot him
They call them first world diaspora problems

Don't you wonder what became of
The children of diaspora?
Those that innovated in their
Ways and their vernacular
Those that saw their traces in
The faces of the massacred
I wonder what became of them
Tell me what became of them
Nina Simone was a child of diaspora
So fear not, fear not
Frantz Fanon was a child of diaspora
So fear not, fear not

Pledge no allegiance to the flag, no
Pledge no allegiance to the flag, no
Pledge no allegiance to the flag
No, no, no, no, no, no
Pledge no allegiance to the flag, no
Pledge no allegiance to the flag, no
Pledge no allegiance to the flag
No, no, no, no, no, no

We never bow to the Queen, no
We never bow to the Queen, no
We never bow to the Queen
No, no, no, no, no, no
We never bow to the Queen, no
We never bow to the Queen, no
We never bow to the Queen
No, no, no, no, no, no