• Benjamin Zephaniah

    Talking Turkeys

    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.
    Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas,
    Don’t eat it, keep it alive,
    It could be yu mate, an not on your plate
    Say, Yo! Turkey I’m on your side.
    I got lots of friends who are turkeys
    An all of dem fear christmas time,
    Dey wanna enjoy it, dey say humans destroyed it
    An humans are out of dere mind,
    Yeah, I got lots of friends who are turkeys
    Dey all hav a right to a life,
    Not to be caged up an genetically made up
    By any farmer an his wife.

    Turkeys just wanna play reggae
    Turkeys just wanna hip-hop
    Can yu imagine a nice young turkey saying,
    ‘I cannot wait for de chop’,
    Turkeys like getting presents, dey wanna watch christmas TV,
    Turkeys hav brains an turkeys feel pain
    In many ways like yu an me.

    I once knew a turkey called – Turkey
    He said “Benji explain to me please,
    Who put de turkey in christmas
    An what happens to christmas trees?”,
    I said “I am not too sure turkey
    But it’s nothing to do wid Christ Mass
    Humans get greedy an waste more dan need be
    An business men mek loadsa cash’.

    Be nice to yu turkey dis christmas
    Invite dem indoors fe sum greens
    Let dem eat cake an let dem partake
    In a plate of organic grown beans,
    Be nice to yu turkey dis christmas
    An spare dem de cut of de knife,
    Join Turkeys United an dey’ll be delighted
    An yu will mek new friends ‘FOR LIFE’.