It’s a tragedy growing upOn the wrong side of privilegeAll the odds are stacked upAgainst me it’s savage Every day I wake upAhead of me is a long milageI know I have to pump myself upI can’t be another case for salvage I don’t need a heads upI know the cost of the damageIf I…
AWAKEN YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS
Is it wishful thinkingIf I say without flinchingBack in the day our leaders were thinkingUnlike the idiots we’ve got now only good at thieving They stood by their wordThey spoke by their workThey stood up for their folkThey strived their folk to unyoke Integrity was earnedRespect never demandedIf time could rewindFor these values I wouldn’t…
REMEMBER THE SILENCE
Everyone stop listenCan you hear the silenceIsn’t it strange how loudWithout a single sound Where is the coronationA bouquet of carnationsFor corona this invasionHas flipped the equation Did you hear them beforeShout themselves soreAbout handshake BBI beforeCorona hit us to the core Can you hear themIn their silenceCan you see themIn their absence Where did…
WE ARE NOT EQUAL
All humans are equalBut still some are more equalIn this animal farm sequelCorona says eqaul But some still insist on qualityMaking it unequal the new equalityPrivilege ensures it assures qualityMaking them more equal in the new equality Pointing fingers at the less in the scale of equalityFor threatening to pop the bubble of this new…
HELP ME RISE
What am I worthHow can you tell my worthIs it by the number of beasts that bought meOr how many children I can birth Am I worthMy strengthHow much land I can till by noonOr the sex of children I can birth What is my worthHow quickly I respondWhen you call meOr how tasty the…
MIRACLES HAPPEN
Bet ya everyone saw bullshit billLooking well after a long dose of the chill pillHe’s been busy though I saw him tillCame out of time out to give a spillOn matters covid-19 and how to deal Must have realised it’s not a drillThis corona shit is definitely realNo hand shakes come on be realThrowing jibes…
I LOOKED FOR YOU
I sought like I was taughtBut couldn’t find what I neededI looked like I was toldBut couldn’t see what I wantedWhen I knocked like I was showedIt seemed there was no one home In my quest for the kingdomPromises of riches a perfect life in utopiaI followed many a pathTraversed many a crossingI came across…
I CAN HANG ON
If I felt I couldn’t hold onIf I felt I had no reason to go onYou’d give me a thousand reasons to hang onShow me why I have to carry on If I felt alone and no one to count onYou’d let me know you’re there for me to count onYou’d lend me your shoulder…
DON’T DIMINISH MY RACE
Don’t be deceived By the symmetry of my faceOr the frame of my structureThe life I have livedIs an enduring raceNonstop, not even with a puncture Don’t take light what I’ve achievedYou don’t know what I have had to faceTo get to this junctureDon’t compare how l have livedEnduring my own raceIt’s nonstop, not even…
WE’RE IN IT TOGETHER
Looking aroundDread and despair aboundUncertainty, what’s aroundThe corner this viral cloudThrows a shroudNow everything’s on shaky ground Looking aroundThere’s reason to be worriedEvery reason to be scaredCorona has the world groundedLife as we know it haltedAll our senses being assaulted They say it’s unprecedentedThough unpredictedAnd no one preparedWe should have learnedSomething before the virus arrivedHad…
