Street gangs are struggling to gain control of city neighbourhoods A war without flags and positions is raging Violence has claimed as many victims Fill a vacuum when a government is too weak When the state's presence Is non-existent Striving to make a profit From "protection money" or drug-trafficking Talk about "respect" But did rape or stab for the slightest excuse Digging "holes of oblivion" Their deaths as superfluous as their lives had been Proud to be a rubbish And not belonging to the world at all