Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas <br />Cos' turkeys just wanna hav fun <br />Turkeys are cool, turkeys are wicked <br />An every turkey has a Mum. <br />Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas, <br />Don't eat it, keep it alive, <br />It could be yu mate, an not on your plate <br />Say, Yo! Turkey I'm on your side. <br />I got lots of friends who are turkeys <br />An all of dem fear christmas time, <br />Dey wanna enjoy it, dey say humans destroyed it <br />An humans are out of dere mind, <br />Yeah, I got lots of friends who are turkeys <br />Dey all hav a right to a life, <br />Not to be caged up an genetically made up <br />By any farmer an his wife. <br /> <br />Turkeys just wanna play reggae <br />Turkeys just wanna hip-hop <br />Can yu imagine a nice young turkey saying, <br />ÒI cannot wait for de chopÓ, <br />Turkeys like getting presents, dey wanna watch christmas TV, <br />Turkeys hav brains an turkeys feel pain <br />In many ways like yu an me. <br /> <br />I once knew a turkey called........ Turkey <br />He said "Benji explain to me please, <br />Who put de turkey in christmas <br />An what happens to christmas trees?", <br />I said "I am not too sure turkey <br />But itÕs nothing to do wid Christ Mass <br />Humans get greedy an waste more dan need be <br />An business men mek loadsa cash'. <br /> <br />Be nice to yu turkey dis christmas <br />Invite dem indoors fe sum greens <br />Let dem eat cake an let dem partake <br />In a plate of organic grown beans, <br />Be nice to yu turkey dis christmas <br />An spare dem de cut of de knife, <br />Join Turkeys United an dey'll be delighted <br />An yu will mek new friends 'FOR LIFE'.<br /><br />Benjamin Zephaniah<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/talking-turkeys/
