Lion In Cage---Ugandan Story For You

As you come to Uganda visit Entebe zoo
Come to the lion cage
Don't stare or watch just look in the lions eyes
It will tell you all the stories of Kampala

You see the red eyes of Besigye 
With the zeal to break the cage
And lead Uganda
But the pain of tear gas is unbearable

Look at this lion again
Laying down as if it has been tamed 
Then you will see a Lukwago 
Who wants to do the mayor job
But all the power is in Musisi

Come closer, you will the lion roar
To show its potential but all in vain
Like Nsereko moving a motion In Parliament
But scared by his mother party

Don't stop look closest
You will see this is not a lion
Its a lioness, Its kadaga
Chairing Parliament
On tension to expel rebel MPs

Look again you will see it all
The begging hands of street kids for rescue
The serious police force
The sweat of unemployed graduates 
The noise of boda boda riders
And the potholes in the city

This lion at Entebe zoo
Knows how much the staff labors to fed it
It know how much they spend on it 
Like the way Ugandans know 
How much the government has given to them 
But as you look at it 
It tries to hide its jungle character
Because thats how it earns money to feed it 
It knows the staff gets from what belongs to it
Like the way corrupt officials
Pledge on our funerals
Burying our own who died of disease
That would have been cured by the same money
They played lots

Now run away from that cage
Before that lion comes with all its craws
Begging for its freedom
Like Ugandans
On walk to work

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