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Benjamin Zephaniah

Benjamin Zephaniah

Eat Your Words

I am a veggie table
A table made of veg,
There’s so much fruit upon me
All living on the edge,
Life is hard
But so are plates
And tea can be quite hot,
And vegetarian poets
Make me nervous quite a lot.

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Preferido o celebrado por...
Naziniah
Otras obras de Benjamin Zephaniah...
White Comedy

I waz whitemailed By a white witch, Wid white magic An white lies, Branded by a white sheep
Talking Turkeys!

Be nice to yu turkeys dis christma… Cos’ turkeys just wanna hav fun Turkeys are cool, turkeys are wick… An every turkey has a Mum. Be nice to yu turkeys dis christma…
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Wot a Pair

I waz walking down Wyefront stree… When me trousers ran away, I waz feeling incomplete But still me trousers would not st… When I found where they had gone
Neighbours

I am the type you are supposed to… Black and foreign Big and dreadlocks An uneducated grass eater. I talk in tongues
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Touch

When I see you I know life was ma… When I see you I don’t wanna die When I don’t see you, I sleep and… It’s the truth I am telling you,… Sometime I think I cant survive w…
De Rong Song

Your house is Falling down Around Your Feet,
We Refugees

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. I come from a beautiful place
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Nature Trail

At the bottom of my garden There’s a hedgehog and a frog And a lot of creepy—crawlies Living underneath a log, There’s a baby daddy long legs
The Death of Joy Gardner

They put a leather belt around her 13 feet of tape and bound her Handcuffs to secure her And only God knows what else, She’s illegal, so deport her
Dis poetry

Dis poetry is like a riddim dat dr… De tongue fires a riddim dat shoot… Dis poetry is designed fe rantin Dance hall style, big mouth chanti… Dis poetry nar put yu to sleep
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Ride

We first met on a golden night As the moon radiated love light On the dock of the bay. Somewhere between the real deal an… We lay unapologetically
Who's Who

I used to think nurses Were women, I used to think police Were men, I used to think poets
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Fair Play

Mirror mirror on the wall Could you please return our ball Our football went through your cra… You have two now Give one back.
Everybody Is Doing It

In Hawaii they Hula They Tango in Argentina They Reggae in Jamaica And they Rumba down in Cuba, In Trinidad and Tobago
The Race Industry

The coconuts have got the jobs. The race industry is a growth indu… We despairing, they careering. We want more peace they want more… The Uncle Toms are getting paid.
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