“Where Is Home?” concerns racism and death, that of Christopher Alaneme, the black teenager stabbed in small town Kent. […] [Kele says,] “It’s to do with the idea of me, as a second-generation black person, living in the UK. I don’t really feel comfortable, I don’t really feel the door of opportunit...
[Intro]
After the funeral breaking kola nuts
We sit and reminisce about the past
And in her voice only sadness
Her only son taken from her
[Chorus]
In every headline we are reminded
That this is not home for us
In every headline we are reminded
That this is not home for us
[Verse 1]
The second generation blues
Our point of view not listened to
Different worlds and different rules
A question of allegiance
Clinging to her Bible and her scapular
And the memory of the way things were
I don't see hope, I cannot smile
I burn with anger all the time
[Pre-Chorus]
We all read, what they did
To the black boy
[Chorus]
In every headline we are reminded
That this is not home for us
[Post-Chorus]
Where is it?
Where is home?
Where is it?
Where is home?
[Verse 2]
I walk this modern tight-rope
Of humility and belligerence
This tommy-rot and flag waving
Is getting me down
[Bridge]
I want to stamp on the face of every young policeman
To break the fingers of every old judge
To cut off the feet of every ballerina
But I cannot
So I just sigh, and I just sulk
And I pretend that there's nothing wrong
The teeth of this world tear me in half
And everyday I must ask myself where?
[Post-Chorus]
Where is it?
Where is home?
Where is it?
Where is home?
[Chorus]
In every headline we are reminded
That this is not home for us
In every headline we are reminded
That this is not home for us
Where Is Home? was written by Gordon Moakes & Russell Lissack & Matt Tong & Kele.
Where Is Home? was produced by Jacknife Lee.
Bloc Party released Where Is Home? on Wed Jan 24 2007.