The kid’s hanging off the top
The kid’s hanging off the top –
Quick call the guard
There’s a kid hanging
Off the top –
Hanging off the top of
The f*****g tower blocks car park,
He is,
He’s hanging off
The f*****g top –
Ah don’t worry, here
He is, here he comes
The block’s guard,
The block’s very own
Security guard, part of
A team, a hard working team
On alternating shifts –
African and foreigners
No questions asked –
Things must be tough
Back back home, if this
Block is a preference
To that…
Quick!
Grab the boy’s hand
Pull him back on the top
Because beneath his dangling
Feet, is a thirty foot drop
He’s only eight or nine
Far too young to die
Quick grab his hand
Pull him safely to the top…
The security guard was quick
Dexterous and swift –
Pulled the lad up –
Saved him from the drop
But to his disgust and
Surprise –
The boy’s hate surfaced, manifested, digested
And his indoctrinated racism
Handed down from his bigot dad
Flooded up like high tide
And abuse soon arrived
“You f*****g black c**t
I’m gonna tell my dad”
Was all the good guard got
As an offer of thanks –
He went back to his booth
The little s**t shot off
The guard’s shift was over
Time to knock off –
A fellow African arrived
To take over the shift
A cordial exchange and
A briefing on the kid
Then the hero was off
Away from this s**t –
Home to a photo
Of his wife and kids –
In the meantime
The brat,
Had told his racist
Killer dad, that the
Guard had roughed
Him up,
“Yeah dad, he was well
Out of order, roughing me up
Like that”
“Did he the c**t! I’m
Not having that, a dirty great
Wog giving me boy
A slap!”
So he flew down the stairs
With hate stirring in
His eyes, a lifetime
Of inadequacy fuelled
His ignorant rage –
And as the new guard took
A seat, in the panelled
Wooden booth
Killer racist dad flew in,
With a kick in the spleen,
Knocked out a tooth
Followed by a kick
The defence less poor man
Had a head all fucked up,
He dragged him outside
He’d lost it real bad
The poor new guard was
Confused, oblivious to the facts.
The dad he was mental
Done a bit of time
GBH and theft
He loved a bit a crime –
The guard’s jacket was ripped
As he tried to break free
But the father was raging
And he couldn’t shake free
He dug his heels deep
As he was dragged to the edge
Of the car park roof top
Where the boy’s life was saved –
The dad had the guard
In a submission, head lock,
And with a huge
Mighty effort, he threw the
Guard off, who broke his
Back, leg and neck, in
The thirty-foot drop –
He didn’t move much, he’d
Breathed his last breath
And the triumphant father
Puffed out his chest –
“Dad, Dad, that ain’t
The same guard!”
“Do wot son, wot ya talking
‘Bout?”
“I fink he’s different, the other
Must’ve left”
“Oh!” said the father
Who couldn’t give a s**t
“F**k him!” he declared
“They all look the same,
I’ve done the world a favour
Now there’s one less!”