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Zephaniah

Zephaniah

told them to take their Order of the British Empire

and shove it right where the monkey shoves his nuts;

to higher things than that he did aspire,

not for him, life as an elite sucker up;

a man of his word, he, for his entire life

fought against empire, racism and slavery,

against colonial imposition and strife;

he inspired others to personal bravery,

connecti...

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Benjamin Zephaniahloveempire

Nostalgia

We’ll drink a drink a drink,

To an empire pink so pink,

The saviours of the human race.

The truth we speak is ever so profound,

We speak the truth in every case.

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empiretruthhuman

Career development

It started with filthy Cossacks

vodka fuelled with much betrayal

 

Back into Malaysia

somewhat blurred by Mau Mau screams

burn the fucking forest down

we’ll kill them while they dream

 

Then all the way from The Falls

bodies sealed in Glenshane peat 

 

Then Friedrichstraße

lucky strikes

and feet cold stamping streets

those Russian alcoholics

so unguarde...

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