We clap some Blacks, 

them entertaining Blacks, 

 on stage, in film and racing tracks 

tho' we mow the shacks 

and dish out smacks 

to those working blacks.    

 

We clap some Blacks

  and forget those whacks 

and the blistered backs 

of hands that buy 

the music tracks 

and then we clap them 

Blacks them stand-up Blacks   

  but not them bent over blacks 

for earning stacks 

of dirty cash  that Bankers stash

  and maids they lash 

and keep from dash    

yet we stand and clap 

 entertaining Blacks 

and forget those Hispanics

  and blacks 

and the low paid  Arabs

at Macs and Asians 

that stack with Latinos in back 

of stores and the lack 

 of housing and that  

as minimum stays flat.   

 

  It's always the worker 

that's needed as warrior 

to die for jack 

in the sand and a sack

  brings them back 

it's you at the back, 

always the back 

stay put and keep shut,  

"   I'm talking to you 

at the back of the queue, 

yes YOU! at the back 

get ready to pack...!    

 

words and foto Tommy Carroll   €‹re-edit