Everybody do the post 9-11 dance

Rizwan Ahmed, more commonly known as MC Riz (maybe) and from his appearance on Road to Guantanamo has released a new single entitled the "Post 9/11 Blues". It is fine, fine satire, and can be seen below. Although it caused - of course- controversy in the mainstream, the Poorhouse understands at least some of it has been played on Radio 1.

Apologies if the Poorhouse readers think the timing of the story is bad given the current security alerts in the UK, but then again maybe this song has relevance to them too?

Lyrics follow:

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

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

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

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

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


Comments

too funny

I like it a lot - I only read the lyrics though cos I think the sound track might be a little NSFW. not sure the Civil Service is ready for satire yet.

Loz

nsfw

Hey,

It was indeed NSFW, apologies for the lack of warning. To be fair, it's only a little bit NSFW in terms of language; I dare say the Government however would find its message more offensive than the odd "cuss". Get it played!

BEAUTIFUL

BEAUTIFUL

wats an nsfw??? this song is

wats an nsfw??? this song is class says exactly wats happening and i give it 11 outta 10 its perfect n way too go , he should make more ;)
My regardz
sara
xXx

Not Safe For Work

Hey Sara,

Sorry, NSFW means Not Safe For Work.

i.e. it might contain bad language, nudity or other such stuff that most workplaces wouldn't let their employees look at during working hours. In this case it's just that the video contains a couple of "rude words" that might cause your boss to come over and exert some punishment on you if you blast them out of your office speakers for instance :-)

I agree about the song, it is amazing, and more than a bit true. The underlying message most certainly does need to be spread in places of work! I'm sure if he makes more he'll write about it on his myspace - tho reading myspace pages really make my eyes hurt.

great post. I included a

great post. I included a link on my blog (a while ago) but then just added another way here because the song is still relevant. Just recently a dark-complected bearded Spanish professor was approached by German PASSENGERS as if he might be a terrorist and the PASSENGERS were trying to search his belongings...

"Shave your beard if your brown and you best salute the crown
Or theyll do you like Brazillians and shoot your ass down..."

totally...

my blog

Sorry,

my blog is

Planet Grenada at

www.planetgrenada.blogspot.com

Thanks for the link

Hi,

Thanks for the comment and the link to your blog, it looks very interesting. I am distressed to hear of yet another person being persecuted simply because they look vaguely like what the media would have us believe a terrorist might possibly look like. It is a disgusting continuance of things like the way a guy doing nothing more than wearing a t-shirt with an Arabic-looking slogan on got treated like a criminal. Sad to say I imagine we'll see more and more of this as time goes on unless something significant happens to stop it.

Ideas welcome :-)

I think the song is really

I think the song is really good and funny but most of all very true.
It is relevent to what is happening in Iraq at the moment.

workplaces wouldn't let

workplaces wouldn't let their employees look at during working hours. In this case it's just that the video contains a couple of "rude words" that might cause your boss to come over and exert some punishment on you if you blast them out of your office speakers for instance :-) I agree about the song, it is amazing, and more than a bit true. The underlying message most certainly

funny

i first heard this on bbc radio 1 . still feels its true and so funny.

Opening Eyes

GOD BLESS YOU RIZ
Beware the POLITRICKS, and DA-MOCKERY

Keep up the outstanding work!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope this opens some narrow minds!!

this song???!!!!"£$%&*

Dis song rocks dudes and dudettes!!
forget bbc frikin 1
it should be put on bbc frikin 5!!!!

sorry about the 'unruly' language
but i was only trying to get the message through

love .....
The steelman
lol

This is great. Are they

This is great. Are they listeners of the Alex Jones show? He is the best guy for information on 9/11.

this song is class says

this song is class says exactly wats happening and i give it 11 outta 10 its perfect n way too go , he should make more ;)
My regardz

this song is class says

this song is class says exactly wats happening and i give it 11 outta 10 its perfect n way too go , he should make more ;)
My regardz

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