POST 9-11 BLUES

THE THIEF OF BAD GAGS · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 2:48 pm Post subject:

oNLY JUST HEARD THIS FOR the FIRST TIME HAD HEARD ABOUT IT , HOW TRUE IS THIS SONG

Rizwan Ahmed, aka MC Riz, has attracted more than his fair share of controversy during his short career. The 23-year-old British Muslim got his first break playing one of the Tipton Three in Michael Winterbottom's acclaimed film The Road to Guantanamo. Life imitated art when he and other cast members were detained and questioned by police at Luton airport on their way back from the film's premiere in Berlin.

Now his first hip-hop single, 'Post 9/11 Blues', is dividing opinion at some of Britain's leading radio stations. Ahmed is awaiting verdicts from Radio 1 and XFM on whether the track, which includes references to the death in London of Jean Charles de Menezes and the war in Iraq, is too politically sensitive to play on air.

'It is about how the contours of our society have been distorted since 9/11, and how that affects every area of our lives,' said Ahmed. 'But it's not a rant from an angry young Muslim, it's funny, and the music is quite poppy and radio-friendly. It's a shame that a satirical song like this is seen as a threat.'

'Post 9/11 Blues' was inspired by his experiences making the film. Lines include: 'Shave your beard if you're brown and you best salute the crown/ Or they'll do you like Brazilians and shoot your ass down.' 'Hear a knockin' on the door at early dawn in the dark?/ It's MI6 they'll treat you to a week in Belmarsh.'

'If people are responding to this track that makes me feel I should do more,' said Ahmed

LISTEN HERE---------> http://www.myspace.com/rizmc

LYRICS :

VERSE 1

What can I do
I got the post 9-11 blues
On the telly nuthin but the post 911 news
War, iraq, suicide bombs
Stop hogging the limelight and make some room for my songs!!
Anyway its all re runs
- We need a new war Bush! Go get Iran, I heard theyre talking bout your mum!
Change the channel, watch some telly for kids, but whats this??
Hi kids welcome to fun fun fun fundamentalists [kids show theme style]
In the breaks, Nikes advertising bomb-proof-kicks
They even showing Bin Ladens cave on Cribs!!
So I picked up a respectable post 911 magazine
It told me bout the new post 911 categories -
Isreali fighters are soldiers, Irish are paramilitary
- And darkie ones are terrorsists - how simple can it be?
But not me my friends say riz is still one of us
But if I havent shaved - they wont sit with me on the bus

CHORUS
Everybody do the post 9-11 dance
Look scared and shake ya ass while the bombs go blast
Everybody shake your post 911 thong
So the dossier was wrong
Jack some oil drop a bomb
Sing a song sing a long
bush and blair in a tree
K-I-L-L-I-N-G-
Shave your beard if your brown and you best salute the crown
Or theyll do you like Brazillians and shoot your ass down

VERSE 2
Post 9/11 getting around can be expensive
Cost ya 12 dead Iraqis for a litre of unleaded
And even Green Cross Codes all changed
They just teach kids to duck around low flying planes
And on the tube if you see a dude with a rucksack,
And a beard, move carriages mate - **** that!
They cancelled xmas cos of santa clauses beard and his magic
Red sac got confiscated as a suspect package
No need for Halloween 911s more scary
Osama Bin Goblin eats kids and hes hairy
Hear a knockin on the door at early dawn in the dark?
Its MI6 theyll trick or treat you to a week in belmarsh
Forget Guy fawkes hes lame
Gun powder plots dont really compare to planes
So no bonfire Halloween or christmas, theyre done
Well do it all on one day merry 911

CHORUS
Everybody do the post 9-11 dance
Look scared and shake ya ass while the bombs go blast
Everybody shake your post 911 thong
So the dossier was wrong
Steal some oil drop a bomb
Sing a song sing a long
bush and blair in a tree
K-I-L-L-I-N-G
Shave your beard if your brown and you best salute the crown
Or theyll do you like Brazillians and shoot your ass down

VERSE 3
Post 911 policy might seem harsh
But its the terrorists fault we got id cards
And a congestion charge
That theyre extending far
And electronic tags on the chav childrens arms
Course we need belmarsh and **** 28 days
We should put the whole of Oldham in its own ****in cage
Move Hounslow underground so nothing could go wrong
Lutons already moving, Bradfords already gone
Were all suspects so literally, be watching your back
I farted and got arrested for a chemical attack
Dropped some litter on the street and I caused a bombscare
But told police my name was John, they thought they caught the wrong brae
But its ok
Post 9/11 I been getting paid
Playing terrorists on telly getting songs made
but will it get airplay geeza
well, if bbc dont want it Ill send it to al jazeera

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"London's got its gimmicks and New York's had its minute But Knutsford City limits I'll never change"Well maybe for Madrid !!!