Benjamin Zephaniah’s ‘The Race Industry’

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.
The Uncle Toms are get­ting paid.
The race industry is a growth industry.
We say sis­ters and broth­ers don’t fear.
They will do any­thing for the Mayor.
The coconuts have got the jobs.
The race industry is a growth industry.
They’re look­ing for vic­tims and poets to rent.
They rep­res­ent me without my consent.
The Uncle Toms are get­ting paid.
The race industry is a growth industry.
In suits they dith­er in fear of anarchy.
They take our suf­fer­ings and earn a salary.
Steal our souls and make their documentaries.
Inform daily on our community.
Without Black suf­fer­ing they’d have no jobs.
Without our dead they’d have no office.
Without our tears they’d have no drink.
If they stopped suck­ing we could get justice.
The coconuts are get­ting paid.
Men, women and Brix­ton are being betrayed.