Montreal Subway - Rafeef Ziadah

Montreal Subway Lyrics

Montreal Subway - Rafeef Ziadah
Tonight in a Montreal subway they picked up Ahmad
Guilty of being here when there is no there for him to go to.
He's guilty of being here when there is no there for him to go to
Refugee camps are not our homes. Repeat
Tired of the limbo. Waiting for sixty one years for another deportation order and another detention cell.
Tonight in a Montreal subway they picked up Ahmed.
Where is Mahmoud Darwish tonight. Wake him up.
Ask him to write a poem about Ahmed Al Arabi, Ahamed Al zaatar Ahmed Jenin Ahmed Elehelway

Let these words fill every immigration office with anger.
You don't want us here and they don't want us there. And there is occupied by them and them won't let us return and you don't want us here and they don't want us there and there is occupied by them and them won't let us return.
Don't send him anywhere.
But Palestine.
If you dare.
And I see them. I, I see them confused. I see them wondering why are these Arabs so angry?
Don't they get it? Don't they get it?
We talk about food here and we talk about multiculturalism here and they have such fine Hummus and Burgaghannouch
Let the falafel go
It's Israeli now.
So confused they ask us to give up they ask us to give up and collectively lift our heads towards the F16's, raise peace signs and sing 'Imagine all the People..'
Imagine- all the people- in deportation cells tonight. Where the hell are the people,
Where are the people when hundreds of Ahmed's
Beat at the bars of open air prisons?
A rhythm for all of you to hear
they beat at the bars of open air prisons, refugee camps and detention cells.
And if you don't want us here, and they don't want us there and there is occupied by them. Where are we supposed to be returned to?
Tonight, tonight in a Montreal subway they picked up Ahmed
Tonight, tonight in a Montreal subway they took My Ahmed..
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