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Showing posts with label Nigeria. Show all posts
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Watch this space!
'Tis been 50years and the road has been quite long, join us as we celebrate Nigeria's Golden Age at oluSimeon www.simeoneomobaba.blogspot.com on 1st October, 2010.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Untitled...
Change is going to come some how
Change is going to come some way
Change is going to come some day
But that day is not today
'Cos today, we are the masters of our own fate
The weavers of our own bait
Enemies at our own gate
So still we keep a date
With poverty and corruption
Unforgivable self-delusion
Confessions and absolution
With no real intention to stop
With no intention to stop
But why should you?
Your uncle is a senator
And with his fine-flowing signature
He sustains your recurrent expenditure
After all, he IS a legislator
And you know that we do not know
How much we pay to sustain him
So why should we stop?
Why should we change?
And if we should change
Why change now?
For you see,
Change may come some how
Change may come some way
Change may come some day
But that day is not today
'Cos today, we're about to come into our own
Today, we're about to sit on our throne
Power to the people – if the people are us
Ours is a government for us, by us!
So when you talk of change, know you walk alone
When the revolution comes, it will be televised
But we, we will sit at home
Critiquing, politicking, conscience cold as ice
And so
The fire of youth is deadened by the reality of truth
That we do not wish to suffer pain
Yet in us we crave for gain
But how can we eat of the fruit if we do not climb the tree?
How can we climb the tree and not scrape a knee?
And how can we scrape a knee if we do not go uncovered?
If we do not go naked; if we do not discover
That the ones we hurt
When we betray trust
That the ones who bleed
The very ones we curse
That the ones whose lives are torn away by us
Are the ones we do the worst harm – Us?
Change is going to come some way
Change is going to come some day
But that day is not today
'Cos today, we are the masters of our own fate
The weavers of our own bait
Enemies at our own gate
So still we keep a date
With poverty and corruption
Unforgivable self-delusion
Confessions and absolution
With no real intention to stop
With no intention to stop
But why should you?
Your uncle is a senator
And with his fine-flowing signature
He sustains your recurrent expenditure
After all, he IS a legislator
And you know that we do not know
How much we pay to sustain him
So why should we stop?
Why should we change?
And if we should change
Why change now?
For you see,
Change may come some how
Change may come some way
Change may come some day
But that day is not today
'Cos today, we're about to come into our own
Today, we're about to sit on our throne
Power to the people – if the people are us
Ours is a government for us, by us!
So when you talk of change, know you walk alone
When the revolution comes, it will be televised
But we, we will sit at home
Critiquing, politicking, conscience cold as ice
And so
The fire of youth is deadened by the reality of truth
That we do not wish to suffer pain
Yet in us we crave for gain
But how can we eat of the fruit if we do not climb the tree?
How can we climb the tree and not scrape a knee?
And how can we scrape a knee if we do not go uncovered?
If we do not go naked; if we do not discover
That the ones we hurt
When we betray trust
That the ones who bleed
The very ones we curse
That the ones whose lives are torn away by us
Are the ones we do the worst harm – Us?
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Boom!
That’s the sound of the silence
That shatters our celebration
It’s the sound as our hearts
Fall to our bellies in trepidation
It’s the ringing in our ears
Adding music to our fears
Call your loved ones
Call your peers
The apocalypse is here
And if you’re close to God
Get on your knees and say a prayer
For the souls that will be lost tonight
Jos has gone aflare!
A village was standing here
And Kratos is an impostor, you see
The real god of war lives here
His prophets, ever near
Pouring hatred into our ears
Till we fight and kick
And bite and kill
Still the purpose is all but clear.
So boom!
Boom! Boom!
And just in case you missed it...
Watch out!
Boom!
Yet again!
Yes, boom till the coal tar is red with blood
And boom to the most high – cos we kill for the lord
And boom to the infidels who will not heed his word
And boom till the earth is washed with fire like a flood
Washed with fire like a flood
I spilled my brother’s blood
For no real offence
Just that he doesn’t speak my mother’s tongue!
For how long will this go on?
For how long must our song
Be of burial and hatred
And stanzas of violence
Until love is an empty gong?
For how long will this go on?
For how long must our song
Be devoid of love and laughter and joy
And those little things we’ve forgot?
That shatters our celebration
It’s the sound as our hearts
Fall to our bellies in trepidation
It’s the ringing in our ears
Adding music to our fears
Call your loved ones
Call your peers
The apocalypse is here
And if you’re close to God
Get on your knees and say a prayer
For the souls that will be lost tonight
Jos has gone aflare!
A village was standing here
And Kratos is an impostor, you see
The real god of war lives here
His prophets, ever near
Pouring hatred into our ears
Till we fight and kick
And bite and kill
Still the purpose is all but clear.
So boom!
Boom! Boom!
And just in case you missed it...
Watch out!
Boom!
Yet again!
Yes, boom till the coal tar is red with blood
And boom to the most high – cos we kill for the lord
And boom to the infidels who will not heed his word
And boom till the earth is washed with fire like a flood
Washed with fire like a flood
I spilled my brother’s blood
For no real offence
Just that he doesn’t speak my mother’s tongue!
For how long will this go on?
For how long must our song
Be of burial and hatred
And stanzas of violence
Until love is an empty gong?
For how long will this go on?
For how long must our song
Be devoid of love and laughter and joy
And those little things we’ve forgot?
Monday, December 1, 2008
Finally, I breath!
Okay, so when t comes to politics, i I get all wired up. I'll start talking ideology, governmental style, the involvement of the youth, as well as my own political ambition (yeah people, in the near future, I'll be asking y'all to vote for me).
I love politics. As cliche as it may sound, I believe in the politics of service and not of money and looting, and so help me God, I will bring about a change n Nigeria. I've always known that our children will study me in school (LOL). Tall ambition ab?
Well, we go see.
Anyways, so I started a different blog (it was my first blogging experiment actually, but I abandoned it about two-ish years ago, but now i've started again) to rave and rant and generally discuss about my views on Nigerian politics.
This week, I bring you "madness, what madness? THIS IS NIGERIA!", a.k.a., the Nigerian Alliance.
Hope you enjoy it.
I love politics. As cliche as it may sound, I believe in the politics of service and not of money and looting, and so help me God, I will bring about a change n Nigeria. I've always known that our children will study me in school (LOL). Tall ambition ab?
Well, we go see.
Anyways, so I started a different blog (it was my first blogging experiment actually, but I abandoned it about two-ish years ago, but now i've started again) to rave and rant and generally discuss about my views on Nigerian politics.
This week, I bring you "madness, what madness? THIS IS NIGERIA!", a.k.a., the Nigerian Alliance.
Hope you enjoy it.
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