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To You, My Friends

by Mezanmi

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'To You, My Friends' is an account of the importance of migration. It's about the simple fact that we all benefit from being part of an open, welcoming society - and also that we cannot survive without people from all over the world. It is in dedication to my colleagues in the health service, without whom our public services would collapse.

Profits from sales and streams of the song will be donated to Choose Love and the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI). Thanks for supporting the song and please help share it as far and wide as possible.

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To you, my friends,
The neighbours on whom I depend
From all corners
of all countries:
Thank you for always being there

By being here
For me and all of us
My teachers on whom I rely
Too oft vilified,

Belittled, bemoaned
Told to go home
Stripped of your dignity, defiled
I am ashamed every time some goon
Some fucker sucking a silver spoon
dares to suggest that you’re not welcome
Not wanted, not needed
Not vital, not one of us...

Know that you are all of this and more
And do not feel alone
This is your home and in truth
it wouldn’t last a day without you

In truth, it wouldn’t last a day

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released September 13, 2023
Performed by Fran O'Hanlon
Produced by Guy Massey and Fran O'Hanlon
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Guy Massey

Artwork by Mousa Alnana
mousaalnana.com

Released on Always Upwards records 13/09/2023

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Mezanmi London, UK

Composer and songwriter, Fran O'Hanlon (formerly AJIMAL), was one of the winners of the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition in 2020.

Mezanmi (pronounced 'mes amis'), is a Haitian Creole word, often used as an expression for surprise, joy or shock. ... more

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