Islamophobic Lullabies Songtext
von Lowkey

This is Jamal′s song
Name means beauty, are we this far gone?
Headlines associate kids with waterboarding and car bombs
Jamal's from same part of the world you got the guitar from
Still a wonderful world, sing it like Louis Armstrong
Any kid bullied, I made this to keep your heart strong
Colonisers names the same pavements that we march on

Please don′t project the war on terror onto children
They are not suspects or combatants, you cannot kill them

Please don't project the war on terror onto Grenfell
State capture and deregulation, it doesn't end well
Prevent spying on children, got ′em stepping on eggshells
Splash lies across the page, Islamophobia and death cells
Psychological warriors mess with the percentages
Innocent kids in school labelled grooming gangs and terrorists
Battle stereotypes like climbing over Everest
What we must question is how these ideas became so prevalent


The rag-heads and Pakis are still worrying your dad
But your dad′s favourite food is still curry or kebab
The rag-heads and Pakis are still worrying your dad
But your dad's favourite food is still curry or kebab
I know you′re peering through the window
But they don't see you anymore
Don′t lose yourself in what they think though
'Cause this has never been your war

You can tell Prevent stop spying on little kids
Tell the terrible tabloids stop tarnishing immigrants
And tell the think-tanks their role is insidious
And tell the nasty neocons stop funding this ignorance

Victims of this myth creation searching for inspiration

Hope this song can comfort you through the intimidation
Hope you beat those that smeared you through the courts of litigation
And hold your heads up high through these trials and tribulations
These morbid remorseless authors pave the way for disorders
They murdered the Magna Carta, to hell with habeas corpus
Rendition, torture across borders
They tore up laws as they scorch them
Now they pull up the drawbridge and tell you hordes are enormous
Only 0.18% of this country′s refugees
Won't regulate fossil fuelers or owners of SUVs

But they demonise heroes for braving the seven seas
34,000 Died tryna enter here, rest in peace
Moment of silence


The rag-heads and Pakis are still worrying your dad
But your dad's favourite food is still curry or kebab
The rag-heads and Pakis are still worrying your dad
But your dad′s favourite food is still curry or kebab
I know you′re peering through the window
But they don't see you anymore
Don′t lose yourself in what they think though
'Cause this has never been your war

A cucumber′s not a bomb
A terraced house is just a home

A free Palestine badge is harmless
You're a war on terror drone
A cucumber′s not a bomb
A terraced house is just a home
A free Palestine badge is harmless
You're a war on terror drone
A cucumber's not a bomb
A terraced house is just a home
A free Palestine badge is harmless
You′re a war on terror drone

A cucumber′s not a bomb
A terraced house is just a home

A free Palestine badge is harmless
You're a war on terror drone

A cucumber′s not a bomb
A terraced house is just a home
A free Palestine badge is harmless
You're a war on terror drone