[Verse 1] What can I do? I got the post 911 blues On the telly nothin but the post 911 news War, Iraq, suicide bombs Stop hogging the limelight And make some room for my songs!! Anyway its all reruns We need a new war, Bush go get Iran, I heard them talking bout your mum! Change the channel, watch some telly for kids, but whats this? Hi kids welcome to funfunfundamentalist In the breaks, Nikes advertising bombproof kicks Theyre even showing Bin Ladens cave on Cribs! So I picked up a respectable magazine It told me about the new post 911 categories Israeli fighters are soldiers, Irish are paramilitary And darkie ones are terrorists how simple can it be? But not me.. my friends go Riz is still one of us But if I havent shaved, they wont sit with me on the bus! [Hook] Everybody do the post 911 dance Look scared and shake your arse 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 along Bush and Blair in a tree KILLING Shave your beard if youre brown, and you best salute the crown Or theyll do you like Brazilians and shoot your arse down [Verse 2] Post 911 getting around can be expensive Cost twelve dead Iraqis for a litre of unleaded And even Green Cross Codes all changed They just teach kids duck around low flying planes And on the tube if you see a dude with a rucksack And a beard, move carriages mate fuck that! They cancelled xmas cos of santa claus beard His magic red sack 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 Gunpowder plots dont really compare to planes So no bonfire, Halloween or Christmas, theyre done Well do it all on one day, Merry Nine One One [Hook] [Verse 3] Post 911 policy might seem harsh But its the terrorists fault we got id cards And the congestion charge That theyre extending far And electronic tags on the chav childrens arms Course we need Belmarsh and fuck 28 days We should put the whole of Oldham in its own fuckin 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 bomb scare But when I told police my name was John They thought they caught the wrong bredda But its ok Post 911 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 AlJazeera [Hook]
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