hey Mashhadi kids! small town people! immigrants! locals!hobos! scholars!
sophisticates! psychotics! anorexics! gather around!
once upon a time, under the blue sky, there was someone, there was no one
we all got trapped in spiderwebs
i am from Mashhad, from Shishsad and Sajjad, from Khatam and Lower East Side
america 2.0, i am no passive aggressive, taking all giving nothing like a CEO
i came to this side of ocean, i went back to the other side
this side, that side, i ended up in the middle of ocean
death to america i was kidding officer, everyone get along give up paradise
walking from a small town to west town, my friend died in oil town
rifles and bibles in suburbia, naked on the streets in California
the Vatican, Jerusalem, Riaz, Rio, Vanak Square, Alabama, Boys Town
atomic bomb
we are all from different towns, from Mashhad and Afghanistan
going radical in america, blowing yourself up, metaphorical
freedom square, need a ride? just kidding
don’t let them take you to nowhere-abad
multi-culture overdose, globalophobia
catch it catch it come’n catch it bro
silly prank in the Isaeli land, cultural revolution in the KKK klan
i played it too nice for the blue eyed people, i ended up stuck with taxi drivers
micro-brew everything, patent your chromosomes
fly business class on the presidential drones
i am an Arab-Aryan, oil, gas and sweet tea
whether you chug it up or spit it out, it’s all the same shit at the end
without identity, hollow from inside, i am
my soul is folded in half, like a paper bag, i was in love with you, i wanted you
but you went down the stairs to the underworld
i wish before i go under the earth, i understand the meaning of spring and autumn
we are all from different towns, from Mashhad and Esfahan
going radical in america, all the immigrants, illegal illegal
freedom square, need a ride? just kidding
don’t let them take you to nowhere-abad
multi-culture overdose, globalophobia
no no no no nobody is colorblind
we are all from different towns, from Mashhad and Azerbaijan
going radical everywhere we are, wherever the rightwing is putting up a wall
freedom square, need a ride? just kidding
don’t let them take you to nowhere-abad
freedom square, freedom! freedom!
get in the cab!
freedom!
credits
from Taxidriving under-City مسافرکشی زیر شهر,
released January 16, 2016
Badmashadi: voice, electronics
[Clejani Romania]:
Marinel Sandu: cimbalom
[Skopje Macedonia]:
Kiril Tufekcievski: double bass
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