Black Rhino

I want to be a black rhino

For i know my life won't be in vain

Alive, I will be kept 

And make wealth for my master 

I want to be a rhino 

For When my life is under threat 

I will make headlines 

And suburban corners will be adorned with protesters in my name

I want to be a black rhino

For I know my death won't go unnoticed

Dead, my dark skin will stretch far

And my horn will reach  the great walls 

I want to be a black rhino 

I do not want my life to be in vain

And my death a statistic 

I don't want to end like the men in marikana

Mowed without sympathies 

I don't want to end like Andries Tatane

And die for demanding what is due

I want to be worth 

More than a rhino's horn