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THE ANGELS: Oh! My angels, My hands are in the, Air for you, Pardon me for abandoning, You for some times, age, Like Ojukwu properties, In Lagos state. My angels, I am sorry for sometimes that, I was like Adam and Eve. I know that being the Church mouse that I am Today is my fault. My angels, Thank you for staying With me in time of War and difficulties Like Biafra’s Thank you for being with Me in the time I died and, Come back life again. My angels, Thank you for being With me in They day I was judge and And sent to hell, But who brought me back? My angels, Thank you for songs Of promise you teach me Day by day. Shall I intimate you of? The next war? Will you fight me? Again? THEMES 1. Assistance help 2. War 3. Message 4. Kindness. NIGERIANS PRISONERS: We are Nigerian prisoners, We are not happy. Where are our counterparts? We are Nigerian prisoners, Here we are, Here we are like a cat. We are calm and cool like, you. Every Sundays we puts on jeans like, Our brethren in deeper life church, But you put on they suits, We are not happy. We are now like the, Christians but you are, Are like the crusader, we, Are not happy, the hour, Of our service has emerged, But the gates are not opened, We are not happy. We have referees but, You are still playing rough, We are not happy, What of our javelins and it’s, Field, what will the, Audience do, We are not happy, When will our gates, Be open? We know that We are prisoners, But we will still more. Obasanjo has been here, But Abacha is yet to come, Mandela has been here, But Yaraduwa is not. Chimaroke Nnamani has, Been here, But Ben Ariugu is yet to come, Dr. Orjiuzo Kalu has been here, But Surlivan Chime is yet to come, Nnamdi Kalu has been here, But we did not see Asari Tokumbo, We are not happy. THEMES 1. Equality before the law. 2. Patience 3. Partiality 4. Corruption 5. Obedience 6. Repentance 7. Baic 8. Hardship 9. Innocent 10. Responsibility
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