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January 29th

by Inland Island

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January 29th 06:42
6 dead in Québec, 6 dead in Québec By the hands of a man, Alexandre Bissonnette But don’t only remember his name Remember theirs too, Azzedine Soufiane Abdelkrim Hassane Khaled Belkacemi Aboubaker Thabti Mamadou Tanou and Ibrahima Barry On a cold new year’s night, on the west side of town Where people spoke to God, didn’t know what would go down He walked into the room, they finished up their prayers And then he took their life from them, the truest act of terror They didn’t see it coming, though it wasn’t the first time A pig’s head had been left on their door step once before The villain ran away, they tried to stop the blood But it was much too late, 6 des hommes étaient morts What leads a man to be filled with such malice That he’d go to mosque and just kill them? Whats leads someone to be filled with such hatred? Probably a whole entire system So the government comes out, says this is a tragedy Even though they are the ones who create the policy They’ll turn right around, saying ‘what is all the fuss?’ But you can’t dress that way and even take the bus They’ll tell you that it’s us who’ve come so much farther And that we all drink from the same fountain Cause you know that our society is secular That is the reason there’s a cross on the mountain What leads a person to think they are better? Not a lone wolf but a vulture What leads someone to be filled with such evil? Probably a whole entire culture See if he were a muslim, who’d gone and killed a white man, The media wouldn’t have such a problem on their hands They’d say he was a terrorist, probably part of ISIS And all the muslims of this land would go back into crisis Forced to justify, their place in white man’s eyes And state that they are peaceful as if it was not a given, As if this native land, was even theirs to claim Blame and shame and hurt and pain, it is the car that’s driven What leads a man to be filled with such malice That he’d go to mosque and just kill them? Whats leads someone to be filled with such hatred? Probably a whole entire system 6 morts au Québec, 6 morts au Québec Par les mains d’un homme, Alexandre Bissonnette Mais ne vous souvenez pas seulement de son nom, Rappelez vous les leurs, Azzedine Soufiane Abdelkrim Hassane Khaled Belkacemi Aboubaker Thabti Mamadou Tanou and Ibrahima Barry
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This release is a response to the Québec City mosque shooting. It is an act of remembrance for the six lives that were lost on January 29th, 2017, as well as an effort to highlight broader issues of systemic racism in Québec and Canada.

All proceeds from this release will be split equally between le Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec, and the Comité D’action de Parc Extension, an affordable housing initiative in Montréal’s Park Ex neighbourhood.

Thanks for listening and donating if you’re able to.

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released January 29, 2018

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