Chelsea Goliath, Tafelsig
It took a lockdown to appreciate everything around town
From the gaatjie shouting “centre centre”
To Boetie next door booming his music centre
No more kids driving that irritating Shoprite plastic bike
There’s no one daring to take a hike down AZ Berman whenever they like
Now I hear sirens every hour
A policeman saying something about going home over a microphone
But I remember a time where I could only hear gunshots
And if no one got killed. Then everyone was chilled
Yet none told their kids to go inside
Because that is how kids get skilled
Gangster life gets drilled in their memory
And years later mothers stand at gravesides to bury their baby
Wondering where it all went wrong
Blaming rap songs
But do you really want to know where it all went wrong?
Even for the dude who writes that rap song
It’s when government protected your kids from an unseen virus
Told them to go inside until a vaccine arises
But no one closed the eyes of those kids who saw a HL laying in the street lifeless
The HL was Luke’s father
Luke hated the killer and followed the footsteps of his father
His best friend decided to join him coz they were like brothers
Before you know it a vaccine was found for the virus
But no one protects the eyes of a ghetto kid at high risk
And years later the shackles around his wrist
Becomes the next little boys angered fist
Mothers, Fathers, Government
There’s a bigger crisis than this virus
It’s more contagious
Spreads through generations
It enters your home even during isolation
The innocent blood cannot be removed through sanitation
I don’t know if there’s a proper vaccination
But you can start by paying attention
And not only when it affects the rich man’s flotation or mansion
May you treat us after this lockdown with the same urgency like you do with Covid-19 virus.