Lowkey - Ahmed Lyrics






[Lowkey:]
His young life was as delicate as the wing of a butterfly
And as fragile as a spider's web
For him we cry because when he dies we all do

Did Ahmed not deserve a life? Ahmed never hurt a fly
Ahmed never knew the politicians he was murdered by
Certain times Ahmed wished that he could be a bird and fly
Beyond the sky, escape the curse of birth that he was burdened by
Ahmed never grew to let your racism internalise
Water poured from every pore in his corpse while the nurses cried
Ahmed was a beautiful person like you or I
But are we?...
Ahmed could have been a doctor, lawyer or an engineer
Could have been a superstar but his life ended here
Guess he was a shooting star, burn bright and disappear
To some he seems to represent a menace in this hemisphere
Let me here make the very essence of this message clear
He was precious, many die like him every year
Ahmed was a victim of resentment and relentless fear
Now his soul surfs the waves, I wish we could have kept him here

[Lowkey & Mai Khalil:]
The sea, the sea, the sea, it holds our secrets (holds our secrets)
The sea, the sea, the sea, it holds his soul (holds his soul)
They call him Ahmed
The sea, the sea, the sea, it holds our secrets (holds our secrets)
The sea, the sea, the sea, it holds his soul (holds his soul)
They call him Ahmed

[Lowkey:]
Ahmed's ancestors introduced to Europe Greek philosophy
Brought with them irrigation, mathematics and astronomy
Symbolically, irony of this horror isn't lost on me
Trying to get to Europe via Greece is where he's lost at sea
Ahmed not Achmed, it's Ahmed, he's that dead
Toddler lying lifeless on the beach with his back bent
Arms spread, reaching the direction that his dad went
If he made it here, would have been bullied for his accent
He was captured by the ocean, paralysed and frozen
While these parasites sat and typed, analysing clothing
Now for resources we all compete beyond the talk of war and peace
And talk of porous border there is corpses on the shore of Greece
They found a teddy next to where his body was found
The sea swallowed him, politics has swallowed him now
And those responsible, Ahmed's ghost will follow them now
To the family all we can say is we are sorry he drowned
Because...

[Lowkey & Mai Khalil:]
The sea, the sea, the sea, it holds our secrets (holds our secrets)
The sea, the sea, the sea, it holds his soul (holds his soul)
They call him Ahmed
The sea, the sea, the sea, it holds our secrets (holds our secrets)
The sea, the sea, the sea, it holds his soul (holds his soul)
They call him Ahmed

[Lowkey:]
They say let him drown, let him drown, let him drown, What have you done, don't let him drown, don't let him drown
No what have we become, don't let him drown
No, don't let him drown
And they say
Let him drown, let him drown, let him drown
What have we done, don't let him drown, don't let him drown
No, what have we become, don't let him drown
Please, don't let him drown

Ahmed could've been you, and Ahmed could've been me
We need to understand the policies that put him in the sea
We need to understand why it is the beach is full of dying kids
A colonial Metropole people want to reside in
If he did would he make it or fall to something that's deeper
End up like like Jimmy Mubenga or Khaled Abu Zarifa
A picture by Javier Bauluz on the beaches of Tarifa
Made me see, some would grieve more if Ahmed was a creature
With four legs, then they would consider him legitimate
Those like him braving barbed wire burning off their finger tips
Balfours alien act, that mentality still exists
Is privilege the difference between an ex-pat and an immigrant?
For Ama Sumani and Osman Rasul Mohamed, when you take others humanity, it's only yours that's stunted, not a swarm
They're our sisters and brothers, that's the sum of it
The cockroaches here are in the media and the government
Not the sea

[Lowkey & Mai Khalil:]
The sea, the sea, it holds our secrets (holds our secrets)
The sea, the sea, the sea, it holds his soul (holds his soul)
They call him Ahmed
The sea, the sea, the sea, it holds our secrets (holds our secrets)
The sea, the sea, the sea, it holds his soul (holds his soul)
They call him Ahmed

[Lowkey:]
Ahmed never knew the politicians he was murdered by
Ahmed never knew the politicians he was murdered by
Ahmed never knew the politicians he was murdered by
And they all laugh at him...





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  1. A.... A....

    aaaawww really love your vids inshallah i see you soon

  2. C.... W....

    https://youtu.be/bcPGkN9Q9Wk

  3. M.... I....

    #FreePalestine From The River To The Sea Palestine Will Be Free
    Palestine Priority number 1. Death to Zionism
    PressTV.com Muslims UNITE, humanity UNITE

  4. N.... L....

    RIP Marie aka Roxette without her this song would not have its beautiful melody

  5. K.... S....

    No matter how many times I listen to this it always makes me cry.

    When people can see a dead toddler face down in the sea and still not empathise with those forced to flee horrors we only imagine by the little shown on the news it makes me want to kill myself but Lowkey and all my brothers and sisters give me faith in humanity.

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤AHMED❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    K.... S....

    Obviously I'm no Lowkey but I acknowledge this tragic situation in a rhyme also take a listen! Be warned it's not for the weak.https://youtu.be/bcPGkN9Q9Wk

  6. M.... g....

    In less than a month we have a chance to start changing this shit, Vote Corbyn's Labour for a massive shift in policy.

  7. O.... ....

    This reminds me of Roxette - Listen to your heart intro

  8. j.... r....

    Is there a place for ugly smiles ? Where people won't judge you? Is there?

  9. B.... I....

    What's the background music reminds me of an old school banger

    B.... I....

    listen to your heart - Roxette

  10. M.... T....

    Honestly this song made me cry so hard it’s so heart touching and heart breaking that I can listen to it every day it’s the one song I listen to constantly you have done a great job getting the meaning out and this will affect everyone in a positive way inshallah and make them aware of what’s happening all round the world in our Arab country’s pray for all the people because we are lucky to be where we are 😭😭it’s not just their country it’s their pride for their country it’s their homeland it’s the family’s that are getting destroyed 😭😭😭

    M.... T....

    We all need to bring our humanity back and show care for these people

  11. F.... ....

    Respect!!!

  12. j.... w....

    This is a masterpiece, wow i am speachless😶

  13. d.... ....

    The sea holds our secrets, wake up
    Earth is flat
    Hemisphere?
    Flat oceans
    Water has to be contained to remain flat
    Water doesn’t curve around the exterior of any shape
    Wake up people
    Research

  14. K.... U....

    What's the soundtrack to this?

  15. R.... ....

    This song is tactically sampling the song "Listen To Your Heart"

  16. S.... ....

    im called ahmed lol

  17. E.... E....

    Low key wants social improvement and respect of people... this generation must pick up the fight in the memory of Ahmed - ALLAH SHALL GIVE THE MURDERD CHILDREN THE FIRST BLESSING

  18. U.... S....

    [Intro: Lowkey]
    His young life was as delicate as the wing of a butterfly
    And as fragile as a spider's web
    For him we cry because when he dies we all do

    [Verse 1: Lowkey]
    Did Ahmed not deserve a life? Ahmed never hurt a fly
    Ahmed never knew the politicians he was murdered by
    Certain times Ahmed wished that he could be a bird and fly
    Beyond the sky, escape the curse of birth that he was burdened by
    Ahmed never grew to let your racism internalise
    Water poured from every pore in his corpse while the nurses cried
    Ahmed was a beautiful person like you or I
    But are we?..
    Ahmed could have been a doctor, lawyer or an engineer
    Could have been a superstar but his life ended here
    Guess he was a shooting star, burn bright and disappear
    To some he seems to represent a menace in this hemisphere
    Let me here make the very essence of this message clear
    He was precious, many die like him every year
    Ahmed was a victim of resentment and relentless fear
    Now his soul surfs the waves, I wish we could have kept him here

    [Hook: Lowkey & Mai Khalil]
    The sea, the sea, the sea, it holds our secrets (holds our secrets)
    The sea, the sea, the sea, it holds his soul (holds his soul)
    They call him Ahmed
    The sea, the sea, the sea, it holds our secrets (holds our secrets)
    The sea, the sea, the sea, it holds his soul (holds his soul)
    They call him Ahmed

    [Verse 2: Lowkey]
    Ahmed's ancestors introduced to Europe Greek philosophy
    Brought with them irrigation, mathematics and astronomy
    Symbolically, irony of this horror isn't lost on me
    Trying to get to Europe via Greece is where he's lost at sea
    Ahmed not Achmed, it's Ahmed, he's that dead
    Toddler lying lifeless on the beach with his back bent
    Arms spread, reaching the direction that his dad went
    If he made it here, would have been bullied for his accent
    He was captured by the ocean, paralysed and frozen
    While these parasites sat and typed, analysing clothing
    Now for resources we all compete beyond the talk of war and peace
    And talk of porous border there is corpses on the shore of Greece
    They found a teddy next to where his body was found
    The sea swallowed him, politics has swallowed him now
    And those responsible, Ahmed's ghost will follow them now
    To the family all we can say is we are sorry he drowned
    Because...

    [Hook: Lowkey & Mai Khalil]
    The sea, the sea, the sea, it holds our secrets (holds our secrets)
    The sea, the sea, the sea, it holds his soul (holds his soul)
    They call him Ahmed
    The sea, the sea, the sea, it holds our secrets (holds our secrets)
    The sea, the sea, the sea, it holds his soul (holds his soul)
    They call him Ahmed

  19. B.... B....

    This is the type of track the world needs to hear much more of,in the attempt to make the world a better place. ✌🏻

  20. H.... C....

    what does this have to do with concept of god?

  21. A.... T....

    Fuck the system

  22. J.... V....

    So fuckin deep 😢😢😢😢😢

  23. J.... V....

    Love from Australia 🇦🇺

  24. G.... K....

    Loki aka Low Key packs a punch with each & every insightful sentence..

    ..but his killer-punch lyric, for me is:-

    "the real cockroaches are the politicians & the (mainstream) media"

  25. G.... 8....

    The Legend

  26. I.... N....

    This is real rap. About reality. About our world issues. About the war that we all seem to forget because we live a life of luxury. And it's just damn sadness that the trashrap about whores, money, drugs and criminality has 10 times more likes than this. wake this world up for fuck sake!

  27. E.... L....

    Inspirational. Word!

  28. O.... G....

    Great song!!❤ Check out this one: @ also featuring an Ahmad (Palestinian Rapper) at 2:17 - a little bit rockier, but also quite cool

  29. A.... M....

    ❤❤❤nice rap

  30. B.... ....

    “They say let them drown” 🤯

  31. S.... B....

    PeaceForTheWorld

  32. 1.... s....

    insha'Allah Ahmed goes to jannat (heaven)

  33. A.... K....

    Could someone explain the ending

    A.... K....

    Some "comedian" who I'm assuming makes fun of Muslims. Lowkey I guess is trying to highlight how disguisting it is that this guy's making fun of a people who are dying trying to find a better life.

  34. a.... h....

    God bless lowkey

  35. G.... ....

    This song is based on a true story
    His mother wanted to leave syria to go to greece because of the war so her and her dad and 2 of their children which were 2 brothers.
    They took the boat and 2 hours later every one was .oving and the boat started to get filled up with water so every one tried to splash out. But they made it worse because there was a hole in the boat so the air was going out but no one knew where it was. The boat slowly started to sink and every one wad jumping off with no life jacket to keep them a float. So they all drowned. But ahmed and his brother and their father got of last and the father tried to hold up his wife and children but his wife was too heavy so she let go and told him to take the kids with him. So he tried but he couldnt move because he was carring 2 children but every one was splahing trying to reach up for their lifes but both his children fell down the water. So the father went inside the water and tried to get them both out but he couldnt and he was about to drown so he witnessed the horrific moment of both his song drowning especially ahmed the youngest one. The father tried to reach him for the secind time but it was too late and he went into darkness. The father was speachless and was very upset. He swam for an hour and a half until he found an Egyptian boat which took him to eygpt. And he was the olny survivor of the boat. His sons bodys were later found on Lebanese shore and most of the other bodies were not found.

  36. S.... ....

    The sea, the sea, the sea, it holds our secrets

  37. m.... c....

    Lowkey makes every grime artist look average another level this dude is and akala lyrical psychopaths 💯

  38. R.... R....

    What's the sample?

    R.... R....

    Listen to your heart is the sample

  39. S.... F....

    We are all humans creator is love not in religion full of lies

  40. S.... F....

    441 dislikes fuck you

  41. A.... �....

    Yah boi ! I time flies still remember when it came out

  42. B.... ....

    He is using footage from the White Helmets (Syrian Civil Defence)

  43. P.... M....

    Love the song, but let’s not forget that people only have a negative opinion of Muslims and Islam in Europe because of the disproportionate amount of violent and sexual crime migrants commit in the places they go. Granted, poor decision/policy making is truly to blame, but after being assaulted by migrants myself I have little sympathy for them left. Sorry, but it’s true. Wahhabism and the modern state of Islam in general is extremely backwards and toxic. People arrive on European shores with racist, sexist, and intensely hostile views of the west due to powers like the US, France, UK, and Russia bombing the shit outta them. Europeans aren’t skeptical and averse to migrants simply due to race. If that were the case they’d hate me universally as I’m African-American and lived in Germany for 2 years. Rather, it’s due to the damage and disruption they cause in society. Good example is that since the start of the migrant crisis the town I studied at faced three consecutive years of record high rates of sexual violence. Virtually all cases but two that were reported were by the same migrants we’re told to accommodate and feel sympathy towards. It’s hard to tell people to continue being tolerant to a people that are horribly intolerant themselves

  44. C.... ....

    Sampled from roxette - listen to your heart . Lowkey is a lyrical genius ..

  45. R.... M....

    Seems like only a few months ago he released Ahmed how time flies

  46. R.... B....

    We will win this. I promise you. Join the fight for freedom. FB: River Bear

  47. J.... ....

    Beautiful, absolutely beautiful!

  48. J.... ....

    Every time I listen to this I cant help but cry.

  49. Y.... M....

    Peace and Love to all
    😭😭😭

  50. S.... M....

    What a beautiful song, from one of the greatest rappers alive.

  51. C.... h....

    My name is Ahmed

  52. B.... R....

    This is sick but am I the only one hearing this though one earpiece ?

  53. K.... P....

    Lowkey this video made me cry , eyes blurry as i try my best to locate the right alphabets on my laptop's keypad, your words made me cry but you don't have to apologise for this coz you also won my respect at the same time . this is not just a song , you touched my heart with your words , i'll be your fan forever , Plz come to India oneday i would pay any amount of money to see you live , love from #konpsychedelic

  54. B.... C....

    Real music from a real guy man, this hits me deep

  55. S.... W....

    Poor ahmed... never got that welfare money or designer clothes he was coming for

    S.... W....

    Cold hearted bastard. In time the fragile system you’re living in will cause you to see different.

    S.... W....

    Fix up. How can you say that? They wanna live a normal life without any hate, but people like you are the virus that Cause hate.

    S.... W....

    Imagine being so empty inside you come out with stuff like this... You should be ashamed of yourself Sam, you don't represent this country you're what's wrong with it.

  56. M.... K....

    Anyone know the name of this instrumental?

    M.... K....

    Listen to your heart. Roxette.

  57. S.... ....

    if you havn't heard the unplugged version of this song off Lowkey's new EP then you need to hear it ASAP....

  58. m.... ....

    There was this guy named David Dragicevic who really liked Lowkey, and he is not with us anymore, because our Bosnian/Serbian Government(Call it what ever you fucking want) swallowed him, and spit it out like his life doesnt matter....Long live David!!!!We love you where ever you are!!!!!!!

  59. M.... M....

    "For resources we all compete; beyond the talk of war and peace, and talk of porous borders there is corpses on the shores of Greece" is a brilliant verse. It has a great rhythm, is near-alliterative, and of course semiotically all of Lowkey's lyrics are great.

  60. F.... ....

    thanks for give us some empathy in this dangerous time. it's a horrible mind fucking game today. Greets from Germany

  61. d.... m....

    I love the song but i would like to hear from lowkey what does he thinks about migrant crisis, riots, unrest, gangrape cases and so on. I understand the problem and understand the secret agenda behind it.

  62. v.... p....

    you get it, sir

  63. A.... W....

    I love u my freind rapps ur songs all the time her name is rachlle dobbs

  64. R.... ....

    This should have billions of views! Only 1.1 mil in 2 years?!?! That's fucked! There is defo a government conspiracy here! This music should he universal!

  65. M.... Z....

    inshallah we will all unite for peace

  66. L.... L....

    God bless you Lowkey 🙏
    I listen, on repeat, my soul is coming out of my eyes....
    Bless you all, Brothers & Sisters.
    I love you All.
    One Love.
    🕯

  67. R.... D....

    Why not include the end of the original song? 😕

  68. D.... S....

    Makes me want to bawl my eyes out. ❤️ much love to Lowkey

  69. S.... H....

    If the people of the surrounding countries dont want refugees then maybe they should be more proactively seeking to keep the peace, civility, and income equality up to a certain standard in those war torn countries... unfortunately we cant keep equality stabalized in our own countries because we are still sleeping and we worry about petty sqables that wont make us or break us but only keep us busy from seeing the big picture and freeing ourselves from the grip of economic slavery and information censorship.

    S.... H....

    Sorry mate but we created their suffering. Ever heard of the Sykes Picot Agreement? Petrodollar? Ever studied how Saudi Arabia became to be? We're currently carving up the middle east just like we did to Africa ever since we collapse the Ottoman empire during the first world war. It IS our fault which hurts when you consider that you'll never know how many innocent people died so you can live the ignorant life you've lived.

    Also...

    Anti-disestablishmentarianism is the same curse that infected Hitler, he thought the Jews were controlling the world of information and economics so he tried to kill them all like a fool. He was lacking such wisdom he didn't realise the people he claimed to be protecting were the people those in power were trying to protect him from.

  70. C.... ....

    Fuck Hungarian & EU pigshit politicians

  71. T.... T....

    Thank you for putting this on spotify ❤

  72. E.... Z....

    Its nice to know that people have still got their eyes open to the truth unlike other rappers who cannot
    See any thing beyond wealth.

  73. M.... ....

    Open the borders
    Deport the government
    Refugees welcome
    Nationalists fuck off

  74. M.... M....

    Brought a tear to my eye

  75. H.... R....

    And the sea will give up the dead

  76. H.... R....

    Down with Isreal!! SO says the KING OF KINGS!!!! KING FROM CANADA TO CANINE!

  77. J.... Q....

    Fucking hell, 2 years already an fuck alls changed, i love an respect him for what he does an stands for. Shame our govements cant agree.

  78. D.... X....

    Auto-implosão de um povo sem raízes para guardar. Apenas a História para recontar, e o seu líder que prometeu não os abandonar, voltar. CEMITAS, Egípcio God Type. AFRICA

  79. E.... A....

    The 416 people who disliked this video don’t dislike it because the songs called- Ahmed . I bet you did tho.

  80. z.... s....

    open his link and whatsapp/ instagram/ facebook and Tweet it!!! JUST spread it lets see if youtube decreases his views or not.. im an IT student i will monitor the data through analytic stats and see if youtube does any shit up here

  81. p.... p....

    yeah boys he is on about me fam i am inocent (my name is ahmed)XDDD

  82. E.... L....

    this should have a viewer discretion warning

  83. M.... R....

    actually his parents are guilty the most, usa/israel/germany indirectly

  84. J.... C....

    😢man😢

  85. a.... e....

    BIIIIIGGG!!!!

  86. R.... S....

    Let support this guy true repper ever I seen in my whole life

  87. S.... ....

    Lowkey one woke G. 🔥🎤🔥💯👊

  88. P.... R....

    Greetings from Italy to this masterpiece. Just to say that you're not alone and we're not all such idiot like politicians

  89. A.... ....

    Those 411 Dislike... Are Not Human

  90. S.... ....

    I'm from Greece and the only thing I'm prouf of "my" fucking country nowdays is we try to help as many people that became refugees as possible when so many countries are closing their borders!
    WE'RE ALL THE SAME UNDER THE SKIN

  91. A.... M....

    My name's Ahmed and i feel weird listening to this 😂

  92. F.... G....

    some would grieve more if Ahmed was a creature with 4 legs! :(

  93. R.... I....

    im sure God gave Ahmed the highest level of jannah ♥️

  94. M.... B....

    😢😢😢😢😍😍😍😍

  95. Y.... A....

    Lowkey helped to change me. Thank you bro for opening my eyes again.

    Y.... A....

    Yo Afinio wish people in America would listen to this man we need emcees like him but instead we have mumbled rappers who are praised like God's for promoting propaganda

  96. J.... S....

    Perfectly realised song and video