Slow Zones Show Polarities.

“I’m 26 yrs old

& made from a different mould

I didn’t exist when slaves were sold

& kaffirs dug for gold

had nothing to do

with Verwoerd’s statement so bold

my parents never voted

as the story is told

felt apartheid shouldn’t be noted

& the Nats should be left in the cold

they believed integration should be quoted

& the right wing should fold

so let me alone.”

Okay!  I just wanna use your phone

& keep your eyes on the road

By the way, you still going to the north Pole?

“I turned 28 yesterday

on the same day I got a raise

I’m throwing a party on Friday

at my townhouse on Main

& I pick up my A3 on the same day

I’m moving up chief

I know my honey feels safe

I’m no capitalist thief

nor a material slave

I know all about poverty grief

&refuse to associate with that cave

Besides, girls are feeling my camp chair steeze

& my pimp daddy play

now pass me a Grosch from my cooler bag, the grey.”

Okay!  I just wanna use your phone

& keep your eyes on the road

By the way, you still going to that F.T.V show?

“I’m 23

on MTV B

with that track that makes your girls ass flee

so what, I art commercially

how else will they know me

& these shades ain’t free

not like I don’t watch 3^rd Degree

or can’t think intellectually

I choose to rap for groupies

quit judging me

& respect my conglomerate

download from your celly

& talent thank God for it

catch  me on your telly

& feel glad from it

in the mean time

wallow in your envy.”

Okay!  I just wanna use your phone

& keep your eyes on the road

By the way, you still going to The Zone?

“I’m 27

with a plan to get to heaven

put social issues on the level

twist my joint while we discuss the devil

an acoustic type of rebel

ink for truth

not shiny pebbles

in my deepness you should revel

I’m aiding the revolution

quoting Karl Marx from seven to eleven

just cause I share a few solutions

don’t mean I think my I.Q. is yours

times treble

& because I’m so humble

I’ll ignore where you’re headed.”

Okay!  I just wanna use your phone

& keep your eyes on the road

By the way, you still going to the “go slow”?

Thabiso Nkoana©2007