Bukan perihal siapa yang terkemuka
Dibalik kata manis.
Namun, bertemu wajah yang akan
Membuatnya lebih bermakna.
Dibalik usia yang sudah menua
Ingatan yang mulai hilang
Dia hanya ingin kehadiran,
Bukan ingin merenggut hartamu
Tapi sebagai obat kesepian dalam hatinya
Jalan ini menjadi saksi
Bahwa aku pernah berusaha semampuku
Berjuang dengan waktu yang tak mudah.
Harapan tinggi, tak pernah ternilai
Kata kata murahan, menjadi gedung gedung tinggi
Wadah wadah kosong, masih dapat di isi
Wadah wadah penuh, tak akan ada yang isi
Tidak pernah ada sekalipun yang melirik
Petinggi, kata sepele mu bisa membuat orang terkerik
Bagiku benda yang baru pasti di terima
Tapi kenyataan, diriku ini tak pernah di terima
Bagai 1 rintik hujan, tak di anggap hujan oleh nya
Aku ini hanya bertanya
Kau jawab dengan tawa
Kau bertanya, semua orang bahkan semut menganga.
English translation :
High hopes, never priceless
Cheap words, become tall buildings
Empty containers, can still be filled
Full containers, no one will fill them
No one ever even glanced at me.
Higher-ranking officials, your trivial words can make people shiver
For me, anything new is always accepted.
But in reality, I'm never accepted.
Like a single raindrop, it doesn't even count as rain
I'm just asking.
You answer with laughter.
You ask, everyone, even the ants gape.
Jika saya tidak mempunya dia,
Hidup saya akan berakhir.
If I didn’t have her,
My life would be over.
Tidak akan ada warna.
Tidak akan ada yang menarik
There would be no color.
There would be nothing interesting.
Hidup tidak akan berbaloi untuk dijalani.
Hidup saya akan berakhir.
Life would not be worth living.
My life would be over.
She is known as Honorable Queen Mother Nanny. The lady was so sweet as sugar candy.
Enhancing the fight, smiling with much delight, knowing her cause was right.
She was the awesomely true Westward Maroon liberation queen in the highest esteem.
Hailing from Ghana's Gold Coast as an Ashanti or Akan—"A free woman!"
His Excellency the Right Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. "Visionary Diasporan."
Founder, Universal ***** Improvement Association and African Communities League.
Created the Black Star Liner, forging the link between African and North America
Desiring to take his people back to their ancestral African roots, starting with Liberia.
The heroic grandfather, The Honorable Paul Bogle, says, "No taxation without representation!"
National Jamaican hero, Stony Gut Baptist Church deacon, and Morant Bay "Victor!"
Usually referred to as a "Shaka Zulu Pickney," an ancestral famed freedom fighter.
Proverbial singer Bob Marley uplifts his grace in the song "So Much Things to Say."
Faces printed on currency show the value of national and cultural pride—"None to hide!"
Standing on many shoulders, such strengthening standard-bearers, faithfully abiding!
SWEET MOTHER
I stood by the window
As I watched the sunrise
Waiting for you to come home
For we all miss you
I find it difficult in my heart
To holdback, the tears shed a fortnight
I still feel your love afresh in my heart
It conserves me when the night is dark
I long to behold you, to clasp your hand
Walk with you every Sunday to church
Also the times we both went to the market
Oh, how I miss the sweet savor of your smile
I can not measure sacrificed made for the family
You always have the best intentions for me
I am sorry for my selfish attitude
Not getting used to a world without you
The significance of a loving mother
Is priceless, invariably at its face value
Wish I can turn back the hands of time
Show you how much you have impacted
My whole life wetin a short while
I have grown to be an upright man
Kept your words close to my heart
To live the right life
All Rights Reserved © Akan Udofia 2021
I BELIEVE
We are all aware the world is changing
Life will never be the same again
The world is contagious
Humankind is futile
Everywhere I walk, hope is deserted
Like falling stars, dreams are dying
The virus is threatening human existence
Insecurity embraced into our homes
It is a huge difference between life and death
Wish I could press play for the world to reset
Diseases would not steal our hope away
Tears will not reside in our land
You may not notice it yet
However, God designed the world to be distinct
If but man is remorseful and repent his ways
The plague will be purged
All Rights Reserved © Akan Udofia 2020
https://akanudofia.blogspot.com/2020/08/i-believe.html
I can not keep records
Off all the sacrifices you have made
You never broke your promises
You never let go my hand
All the love I need
You have more than enough to give
I could never figure out how you did it
Not tired or weary of loving me
Sometimes when I am hurt, sad or crying
You had a way of taking away my pain
Through you, I knew there is heaven
No matter how bad a situation, you never complain
You keep giving away your heart
To people who keep tearing it apart
But I still do not understand
How it is easy for you to be happy despite all that
I brag too often about you mom
Like the stars, you beauty is divine
It is easy to love you back since I was born
You are a role model, I am proud to call you mom.
All Rights Reserved © Akan Udofia 2019
It is all wrong
I could not spend time with you
It would have been easy
If you had told me goodbye
I sit and watch the sunrise
Maybe it would ease my mind
Instead I watch my dreams gone
As an awful day walk bye
I thought in life everyone is a winner
Except the woman who gives up
I know I do not have much to hold
Life is difficult watching you go
I cannot believe your love
Is too good enough for me
You have got to search the clouds in your heart
If there are no more stars
Without you my dream is not real
Where you are is where I want to be
If it is out on the street
It is alright, I can take the heat
All Rights Reserved © Akan Udofia 2018
https://akanudofia.blogspot.com.ng/2018/05/it-is-all-wrong.html
Sunday, May 13, 2018
I found a girl
She is good enough for me
Makes the sun smile at me
She is everything in my dream
She drives the loneliness in my heart
She got everything I could ever asked
And we both love the same song
Someday I am going to take her home
Have you ever had that strange feeling?
Overwhelming that you can not explain it
Everyday she makes my heart blossom
My world will never remain the same
All Rights Reserved © Akan Udofia 2018
I AM YOURS AND YOU ARE MINE
On the journey of a thousand miles
What keeps me going are your thoughts
My heart is very fond of you
Told me its difficult to live without you
Together we built blocks of compassion above the sky
Painted the world with the colour of your smile
The night became homely and bright
My dreams came to stay hence forth that night
Love, they say its dispensable
But love is the reason the world is beautiful
Why the sun and moon is alive, and the stars
For I could see them through your eyes
If the frame in my heart get broken into a million pieces
Each will carry but treasurable memories
Of all the moment's spent with you
For life would be meaningless without you
© Akan Udofia 2016
https://akanudofia.blogspot.com.ng/2018/01/i-am-yours-and-you-are-mine.html
Saturday, January 27, 2018
I am the sun that gave life to the world
The lamp hanging up on the wall
I am the conscience that speaks to your heart
The voice that whispers to your ears
I am the ink that expresses your mind
The blueprint that makes up your dreams
I am the dew that rest upon your morning
The strength you need when in pain
I am the star that makes up your night
The words that project your thoughts
I am the music that calms your nerves
The shadow that walks with you day and night
I am the memories you keep in your head
The time you have in your hands
I am your pride and dignity
The light that shows you a path in the dark
I am your companion when you are down
The love and affection you seek
For you will find me in your smile
I am forever present, I am the Lord
All Rights Reserved © Akan Udofia 2017
http://akanudofia.blogspot.com/2017/10/who-am-i_21.html
I know why it stopped to rain
I understand every bit of your pain
How an emotion twisted
Can leads to an ill-fated end
All I need is one chance
To take away the hates
The tears suppressing you
Making the sky turn away from blue
It is not easy harboring a negative past
It's like the clock ticking anti clockwise
Nothing is going to work outright
Don't need a soothsayer to tell you that
Can you let me pull my world close to you?
So you can see the picture in full
Take you back to your best memory
When you used to be happy
All my life, I tried to write a perfect song
But the keys to the note are misconstrued
The moment, I set my eyes on you
I found the inspiration needed, I found love in you
It is all I needed to compose a perfect love song
I cannot wait to play it to you all day long
I hope this brings your smile back
As you listen to the lyrics in the track
All Rights Reserved © Akan Udofia 2017
https://akanudofia.blogspot.com.ng/2017/10/a-perfect-song.html
Is the life you are living
Really worth remembering?
Day after day, same old dream
Playing lottery with hope to win
The size of the shoes you wear
Does not determine how life will fare
You have got to wear an attitude
Of a man desperately in need of water and food
Life does not count on what you have
She smacks you pretty hard
The moment you are reckless
Steals away your happiness
I never stopped believing in miracles
But in reality, a man is boss
When he takes bold decision collectively
To impact people positively
To determine life, if it is worth living
Depends on what you bring in
At the break of each precedent day
I have made it, can you boldly say
All Rights Reserved© Akan Udofia 2017
https://akanudofia.blogspot.com.ng/2017/10/is-it-worth-it.html
Monday, October 16, 2017
Every night I kiss you goodbye
You are always in my heart
I feel safe knowing you have my back
The feeling is so close
I only let my guard down
When you are by my side
Precious is the love I found in you
It is only made for two
I have never felt intimidated
If I would be good enough for you
Every moment that you smile
Chase my pains away
The stars intertwine with the cloud
The night sparks with tiny beams
And fell upon my dream
Overwhelmed my feelings ever since
All Rights Reserved ©Akan Udofia 2017
https://akanudofia.blogspot.com.ng/2017/10/goodbye.html
Monday, October 16, 2017
Dear Mr. moon up the sky
How I wonder how you are
Around the stars you always smile
And gave hope to the night
How do you do Mr. moon
Can we be best of friends, me and you?
I am so eager someday to meet you
To have little stars of my own too
Before I go to bed Mr. moon
I have sent a post card of my wishes to you
A hug for my parents, friends at home and school
For all their dreams to come true
All Right Reserves © Akan Udofia
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