This is a poem which was written about ten years ago by one of the first students I taught at the PRU in Weston-super-Mare. It was a rap which he extemporised and then when pressed by me, wrote down; it took him ages to write, he edited, performed, rewrote, checked, double checked… here is D TOX:
D TOX – HERE ARE SOME OF MY LYRICS
WITH THE MUNMUNMUN BUBUBUBU DIGDIGDIG D TOX
NODDLES AND WARREN G WE ARE THE BEST MC WERE
BETTER THAN OWEN, BECKHAM AND HESKEY WHILE
THEYRE ALL PLAYING FOOTY WE GO TO BED EARLY TO
STUDY WERE GOING TO GET R G.C.S.E. AND A PORSY ME EZ
AND WARREN G ARE NOW LOOKING FOR TOTTY
WERE ROLLING WITH THE FLAVOUR THE NIKE AIR THE
TRAINER TO REBOK THE CLASSIC THE JUNGLE THE
MASSIVE THE PUMA I HERD A RUMOUR SO I KICK ASS WITHADIDAS HAD A COAT CALLED TRESPASS PUT SOME KID IN
A CAST THEN WENT AND GOT MASHED
I GOT ARRESTED BY THE PIGS THEY REFUSED ME CIGS I
GOT LOCKED IN A CELL AND REFUSED BAIL 2 DAYS
LATER I WAS OUT STOLEN A CAR ON A ROUND ABOUT
WITH THE MUNMUNMUN MIC NOW MOVE AROUND SHIP
TO THE MIC AND TAKE NO SOUND NO SIDE SHIP MOVE
AND LIP SHIP TO THE MIC DON’T TAKE NO DRIF NO READY
FOR THAT NO READY FOR THIS JUMP TO THE MIC AND
DON’T TAKE NO CRAP
CJHICKEN POXS BLACK SPOTS DIGDIG D TOX
I WENT TO TOP OF THE POPS
GOT STOP FOR ROBBING JEANS AND TOPS
SO I RAN FROM THE COPS IN AND OUT OF SHOPS
OH NO HERE WE GO WERE ROCKING WITH THE POLO
MONDEO WHITE VOLVO WITH THE ALFA ROMEO WITH THE
205 PEUGOT CARADER CRADO GTI UNO SANAMANAPONO
BULBULULUL BIMMER HIP IT UP WITH THE TEMPERATURE
ALRIDE THE JAGUAR LS2 CLICAR ASTRA ALL FIESTA
DEALING WITH THE SPACE CRUISER
by AJ
- Noodles and Warrenn G – AJ’s mates
- Owen Beckham, Heskey – English footballers
- footy – football
- G.C.S.E. – exams
- totty – girls
- Trespass – brand of outdoor wear
- mashed – smashed
- pigs – cops
- cigs – cigarettes
He also lists trainers and types of car, some of which I recognize but many I’m not sure what he means, or maybe I’m just too old to ‘get’ it! The story is of him cruising around in stolen cars with mates, looking for girls but getting caught by the police; he’s held in the cells fotr two days then gets bail. before long he’s out shop-lifting and running from the police again, but he comes back all the time to rapping and MC-ing.
Lois Elsden 
Interesting.
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