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Benjamin Zephaniah

A British-Jamaican writer, dub poet and Rastafari. He was included in The Times list of Britain's top 50 post-war writers in 2008.


“Don't give me truth, just give me gossipAnd skeletons from people's closets,I wanna be normalAnd millions buy it,I am blinded by The SUN.”
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“A few years ago if yu said yu were GreenYu were really seen as Red.”
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“De young an old are doing it I have a rappin mudderEverybody has dere rap so let's rap to each otherNo matter what yu style or de hat dat yu are wearingYu can even get away wida little swearing,Fuck.”
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