The sculpture of what society is like today
Our father who art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Thy kingdom comes
Heal my country father
Mother Africa is crying blood
Her children have turned into butchers
They are slaughtering each other
You can at least answer the prayers of a concerned mother right
Thy will be done on Earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
Along with the daily bread give us peace and defrost a man’s heart
If it is too much to ask, then you can keep your daily bread
I’m sure you have heard my fellow sisters scream for mercy in the hands of men thirsty for blood and would just do anything to quench their thirst
His hands firm, driven by lust making sure that he will have dinner and desert that very moment
So, father I’m pretty sure you understand why we don’t need your daily bread
Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us
The biggest sin is being a woman
Mine is worse for I am black and a woman
Roaming the streets as the next hashtag
Hashtag justice for me, justice for her, justice for them
Forget about gender equality
We are just inferiors living in a male dominated world
Justice? The preparators do get arrested but go out on bail
As if a girl child’s life comes with a price tag attached to it
Every day before I go out, I pray father please let me return my father’s little princess, so innocent
But if it happens that I am the next uyinene mrwetyana
Then I pray that you help my family find peace for we both know that justice is the last thing they would get
Let them know that they were the last thing I thought about
Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil
For thy is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever and ever
amen
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