South Africa's Car Guard Song becomes internet hit The lyrics include lines such as: "It is my duty to keep danger at arm's length. Come rain or shine, I will protect using my own strength. When I put on this vest, I'm like a superhero fighting crime. Your car is safe when it's with me. So when you're inside, shopping for your groceries, just know that I'm hard at work helping to keep your mind at ease. With the arrival of the chorus, a woman sings: "You think I just stand here and watch your ride but that's not all, there's much more than meets the eye. So now you return with a big sigh, handing me a two (Rand, 20p) when I at least deserve a five. The video shows the car guard going about his business with the sun-drenched backdrop of Cape Town and its landmark Lion's Head peak. The car guard is seen diving to block flying cricket balls and wrestling with balaclava-clad thieves to protect a car whose owner then returns with a shrug and a two rand coin. By Thursday afternoon, the video had attracted 32,000 hits in three days on YouTube and it has been trending on Twitter in South Africa. Internet users wanting to watch the video also managed to crash local blogs which had embedded it. And there's already evidence that it might help to change opinions about car guards. One tweeter wrote of the song: "Now I can never give a car guard R2 ever again. Thanks! Nicholas Smal, co-founder of the band Derick Watts & The Sunday Blues which produced the spoof, tweeted: "People are uploading pics of the car guard they give R5 to! What an awesome response to the Car Guard Song.