Children Of Diaspora Lyrics - Lowkey

[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 massacred 

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' your both but neither doesn't mean that your 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 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 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 

[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 passage 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 classic 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 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 

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)