Benjamin Zephaniah
Birmingham
Benjamin Zephaniah
Birmingham
Poems
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The British
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Take some Picts, Celts and Silures
And let them settle,
Then overrun them with Roman conquerors.
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And let them settle,
Then overrun them with Roman conquerors.
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Talking Turkeys!
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Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas
Cos' turkeys just wanna hav fun
Turkeys are cool, turkeys are wicked
An every turkey has a Mum.
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Cos' turkeys just wanna hav fun
Turkeys are cool, turkeys are wicked
An every turkey has a Mum.
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Dis Poetry
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Dis poetry is like a riddim dat drops
De tongue fires a riddim dat shoots like shots
Dis poetry is designed fe rantin
Dance hall style, big mouth chanting,
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De tongue fires a riddim dat shoots like shots
Dis poetry is designed fe rantin
Dance hall style, big mouth chanting,
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We Refugees
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I come from a musical place
Where they shoot me for my song
And my brother has been tortured
By my brother in my land.
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Where they shoot me for my song
And my brother has been tortured
By my brother in my land.
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Nature Trail
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At the bottom of my garden
There's a hedgehog and a frog
And a lot of creepy-crawlies
Living underneath a log,
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There's a hedgehog and a frog
And a lot of creepy-crawlies
Living underneath a log,
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Everybody Is Doing It
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In Hawaii they Hula
They Tango in Argentina
They Reggae in Jamaica
And they Rumba down in Cuba,
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They Tango in Argentina
They Reggae in Jamaica
And they Rumba down in Cuba,
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Who's Who
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I used to think nurses
Were women,
I used to think police
Were men,
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Were women,
I used to think police
Were men,
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8.
Wot A Pair
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I waz walking down Wyefront street
When me trousers ran away,
I waz feeling incomplete
But still me trousers would not stay,
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When me trousers ran away,
I waz feeling incomplete
But still me trousers would not stay,
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White Comedy
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I waz whitemailed
By a white witch,
Wid white magic
An white lies,
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By a white witch,
Wid white magic
An white lies,
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The Race Industry
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The coconuts have got the jobs.
The race industry is a growth industry.
We despairing, they careering.
We want more peace they want more police.
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The race industry is a growth industry.
We despairing, they careering.
We want more peace they want more police.
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