256
First off, there's no place like that 256!
We are a base of divergent cultures
with a space enough for each to partake and taste of the mix.
Mehn there's no place like the 256
On the face of the planet,
We are blessed with the finest climate,
that is best for the primates and yes,
the world is taking pics
coz there is no place like the 256.
They call us the pearl of Africa,
where the colors are black yellow red
but the trees stay green
where else can you find this
but in the 256
So forget what the outside thinks.
See they pick on a few things
to say that the inside of my Africa my 25 stinks.
but they ain't on the inside
so they miss some insights
and of these I speak.
Yes we have problems, well every country does.
And the outside only conceals their own troubles
by over exaggerating ours.
They make bad reports about us
so they can have us,
repeat the class.
So they can have us
believe in what's theirs and hate on ours
when we think of, class
So they can have the right to look down on us
Coz they believe we are from a less previleged class.
Class?
They want to talk to us about class?
Have they ever, thought of the fact that
they could belong to a whole different school of thought from us?
Before trying to program us
into becoming their autobots like optimus
while they masquerade behind the claim to transform us?
Globalisation is good but at what price?
They should recognize that what is nice to them
could be a vise to us
and respect us when we dont take their advice
Now to you my people, wake up.!!!
Can't you see?
That your mind holds the power to make or break UG
That the only way you can be free
is by setting free the very way you think
I mean, this is supposed to be
easy as ABC
but they usually won't tell you this
in SST, HSC or at LDC .
Consider yourself lucky
if you got beaten by your parents to do what's right
Coz nowadays,
society justifies so many wrongs under the excuse of human rights
They bring darkness, confused as light.
And you can hardly smell the rat coz their fumes is right
The same system my man trusted, consumed his life
We are too blind to who we are to see that our future is bright
So we would rather hold onto foreign gifts and presents.
Majority of our population are the youth,
that's by the stats given
and if we exploit this opportunity
then our national prayers can become thanksgiving.
But
if the roads are bad, how can the youth be self driven?
...(listen to the audio)
Copyright © Wake The Poet | Year Posted 2016
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