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Benjamin Zephaniah
Born
in Birmingham, The United Kingdom
April 15, 1958
Died
December 07, 2023
Website
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Refugee Boy
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published
2001
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25 editions
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Face
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published
1999
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27 editions
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The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah: The Autobiography
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published
2018
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7 editions
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Teacher's Dead
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published
2007
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6 editions
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Windrush Child
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Gangsta Rap
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published
2004
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19 editions
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Terror Kid
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published
2014
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8 editions
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Too Black Too Strong
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published
2001
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6 editions
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Talking Turkeys
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published
1995
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13 editions
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Propa Propaganda
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published
1996
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6 editions
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“ Now The Head Lines
How do you like your truth?
Gently spoken on breakfast TV
By a man and a woman who sit comfortably
Saying riots, and murder, when will it end?
As they struggle to act as if they are good friends.
How do you like your truth?
Bite-sized in sound bites cut easy to chew, With a talking head saying the victim's like you
And when you've digested the horrors you've seen
You find good, you find evil, and no in-between.
How do you like your truth?
Fantastic, sensational, printed in bold,
Today it's exclusive, tomorrow it's old,
All on the surface with nothin too deep
With a story about animals to help you to sleep
How do you like your youth?
From perfect families with parents thet care,
Or in perfect families but still in despair,
Ten out of ten parents say they'd not choose
To have bad kids like those in the news.”
― Teacher's Dead: Nelson Thornes Page Turners
How do you like your truth?
Gently spoken on breakfast TV
By a man and a woman who sit comfortably
Saying riots, and murder, when will it end?
As they struggle to act as if they are good friends.
How do you like your truth?
Bite-sized in sound bites cut easy to chew, With a talking head saying the victim's like you
And when you've digested the horrors you've seen
You find good, you find evil, and no in-between.
How do you like your truth?
Fantastic, sensational, printed in bold,
Today it's exclusive, tomorrow it's old,
All on the surface with nothin too deep
With a story about animals to help you to sleep
How do you like your youth?
From perfect families with parents thet care,
Or in perfect families but still in despair,
Ten out of ten parents say they'd not choose
To have bad kids like those in the news.”
― Teacher's Dead: Nelson Thornes Page Turners
“Don't give me truth, just give me gossip
And skeletons from people's closets,
I wanna be normal
And millions buy it,
I am blinded by The SUN.”
― City Psalms (Studies in Comparative Religion
And skeletons from people's closets,
I wanna be normal
And millions buy it,
I am blinded by The SUN.”
― City Psalms (Studies in Comparative Religion
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