Mai Khalil - Children Of Diaspora lyrics

[Intro:] 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 ma**acred I wonder what became of them Tell me what became of them (x4) [Verse 1:] Lost in this city of fog rarely seen by the sun Just cuz' you're both but neither doesn't mean that you're none Never captains of the ship but they mistook us for some Pa**engers 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 jeopardize Zephaniah Considered as a compliment if our 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 [Chorus:] 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 ma**acred 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 [Mai Khalil:] Never bow to the Queen no We never bow to the Queen no Never bow to the Queen, no, no, no, no, no (x2) [Verse 2:] Since the middle pa**age either sink or you swim Bleach the pigment of skin and pray its privilege trickling in But 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 cla**ic of art The reason Gaby 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 Emmit 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 [Chorus:] 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 ma**acred I wonder what became of them Tell me what became of them Nina Simone was a child of diaspora So fear not, fear not Franz Fanon was a child of diaspora So fear not, fear not [Mai Khalil:] 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, [x2] Never bow to the Queen no We never bow to the Queen no Never bow to the Queen, no, no, no, no, no (x2)