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*SON OF NOBODY*


I was born in the Trenches 
In the walls and roof with no fences
Drank from the seasonal rivers
Trust me we knew no povereties
 We labour to live and not to gather properties 
On the water different catch was our only envies
And when father went hunting 
Meaty dinner was sure with my aunties

I was a son of nobody 
And i lived with no enemy 
Aside hunger I had no worry 
Simply respect for my elders
My care for my little brothers 
Much love and prayers to my ailing mother 
And cold fear to my scolding father 
That was my life, a son of nobody 


Known by nobody aside my clans 
We speak less in in the midst of numbers 
Contented in my little 
I craved nothing  much than stomach
Take no candy from a stranger 
Just be nice and pleasant 
For the good you do to others 
And the pain you inflict on the vulnerable 
You'll live to reap the reward before you die
The simple life rules mama taught us 

I was a son of nobody 
Living  to wear danshiki
Dancing with the  masquerades 
Our joy at the new yam festivals
Dusty feet at the market square 
Stamping to the rhythm of the ancient drums
Cheering to the women in aso-oke
Wrapped round their bumpy chests
That was my joy  a son of  nobody 


Under the thatched sheds made from raffia 
Where mosquitoes bring no fever 
But the angers of the gods pollute the streams with cholera 
In my beautiful  village where snake venom never kills 
But the abandoned diety can cripple the children with polio
Tales of our grandfather's told at moonlight 
Hero that fell the elephant with his cap
That was how we wrapped our days 
Son of nobody had his lullaby 


I'm just a son of nobody 
Living my life with no worries 
Dreamt of a day I'll be somebody 
Meet a princess from ivory 
Make plenty  children of my own 
Whom I'll tell my stories 
Here I am a child of many glories
As told in the witch doctor's  story 
All the talks and thoughts feel funny
Because after the story of the big glory
Here I'm still a son of nobody
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