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I really love this guy's song. He is an intellect. His lyrics are always on point morally and motivfationally. Check this out:
"Bombs falling from the sky to buy your freedom
What manner of freedom you gonna get?
They’ll taint your women, corrupt your children
Time passes by and you never learn
So you go down on your knees and pray to a foreign god
And you scream and shout and fast and no one answers
You read your holy book and wait for deliverance
Time passes by, you never learn
Brother don’t you see we gotta wake up
The answers are not far from our noses
We’ve got to liberate our minds my sister
Time passes by, you never learn
Time passes by; you’re still the same
You turn your back on hard work and wisdom
Stretching out your hand for compassion and charity
Your children become strangers in their own world
Time passes by, you never learn
You silence all your prophets and good sons and daughters
Stamp out all contrary opinion
You’re a slave to money and possessions
Time passes by and you never learn
Sister, don’t you see we gotta wake up
The answers are not far from our noses
We’ve got to liberate ourselves my brother
Time passes by, you never learn
Time passes by; we’re still the same
Bombs falling…
The road to redemption may not be easy
But I’ll walk with you all the way…"
(Road to Redemption, from "Oriojori-Eternal Spirits")
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He came with joy to the grove;
a place where his kinds live.
He has to demarcate a place of rest even without a roof;
just for him to be comfortable without any grief.
He explained to them how young he was,
they smiled and told him it was nothing.
He also thought it was but wanted to avoid wars;
now he just had to live without the fear of anything.
He started mingling with great minds;
at some stages, he felt like an adult;
and he always have the feeling that he is with his kinds;
he continued his quest to end his knowledge drought.
As at the time he was in his hood enjoying the groove;
It came upon him just like a rude shock;
what he knew about but thought would move;
it seems it is attached to them like a ship's dock.
He really thought he could effect a change;
but with due process, it cannot be so quick;
he started viewing possibilities with range;
but his thoughts fell on him just like a brick.
They told him not to worry that age is just a number;
but he wish he could just scrap the proof;
oh! ages cannot be manipulated even by a bomber;
THE LIMIT JUST CAN'T MOVE.
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Before going to bed, i had to eat something. I opened the fridge and yes, all the things in my fridge had turned to block; the light had been on for 8 years without going off. I finished eating and went to bed. Oh I have to reduce the speed of this fan, the voltage is so high.
I woke up very early in the morning to the sound of classical music. I casually strolled into the bathroom. Oh! the cold is too much this morning, i turned on the hot-water tap. While towelling myself dry, i turned on the radio and heard the presenter speaking of how Nigeria is now one of the most developed countries in the world and how the Nigerian president yesterday declared his asset and all he had to boast of was N20 million naira and a duplex in his village.
I finished dressing up and took my time to eat. I had no reason to rush, afterall the road is always free and there are no potholes.
On the way, i saw a few policemen patrolling and I greeted them. I stopped to chat with them for a few minutes after which i drove off laughing.
In my workplace, i saw some people loitering in the waiting room and discovered they were here to be interviewed. I saw the son of the permanent secretary. I also saw a young man with tattered shoes and patched-up trouser; he graduated recently from one of the government universities, but everyone could testify to the fact that he's brilliant.
While going home that day, i saw the man with the tattered shoes smiling and i asked him why. "Sir, i've been given the job." "What! What of the Permanent secretary's son, didn't his father call beforehand?" "No" the man said, "He didn't"
That evening, i went out to play in the neighborhood, i saw Adamu and Obinna discussing the recent trend in the country, of how Mallam Danjuma is now the governor of Rivers state, Senator Abifarin Oluwafemi is now the governor in Borno state, Mr Chijioke Godffrey is now the governor of Oyo state.
I decided that since i had a lot of time on my hands, i should make a quick stop in the hospital to make a few checkups. I went to the Cancer treatment Hospital, after making sure i was cancer-free, i visited the HIV/AIDS Checkup Centre and I was well attended to with world-class equipments, i even saw the mother of the vice-president there.
From there, i saw Hope of Salvation Church and Egbe Alasalatu Islamic house holding a joint prayer for continuous peace in the community. I saw the pastor and Imam consulting on the prayer points. I stayed for a few minutes and then left.
The next morning, i tried to make some calls, but i couldn't find my phone. I took my wife's phone and saw tons of messages sent from my phone asking me to call back, that my phone was found on the road. I hurriedly called my phone back and got a man on the line. He told me he had been calling my wife's number since yesterday night but that she wasn't picking her calls. I apologized and told him that she put her phone in silent to avoid disturbances while sleeping. I went to reclaim my phone, i thanked the man and offered him a few naira, but he rejected it saying, i shouldn't worry.
Since it was election time, i went to the polling booth nearest to me to carry out my constitutional duties. I saw only people of voting age there, everywhere was peaceful and the security agents there were merely putting up appearances as they were just chatting with the voters. I voted for the candidate of my choice and left. The next morning, i heard that the election results were out and that the runners-up and winner were having lunch together. I turned on my T.V set and saw for myself, in fact, they weren't just eating, a healthy conversation was going on. The winner of the presidential election asked the runners-up to advice him as to how to effectively run the country and they all sat together to discuss on how to sustain the massive success the country has been witnessing.
The next day, the foreign media said that the American president has laid some rules down for Nigeria to follow, failure to do that will amount to severing of diplomatic ties. The Nigerian president replied 30 minutes after, he told the American president to go to hell and that he won't allow his country to be ruled by foreign and anti-masses policies.
I remembered that i hadn't completed my weekly hours of work mandatory for all Nigerians, i got there and saw the president dusting his trouser, he had just finished cutting the grass where he was assigned to work. I greeted him and he told me that he's expecting month end, that his monthly allowance had nearly finished, since he was also collecting the minimum wage being paid to the workers.
"Huum..." I woke up with a jolt slapping my ears, these mosquitoes again. So I have been dreaming. I was sweating profusely, there's no light. I stood up to take my bath, no water. I turned on my transistor radio, i heard them saying Boko haram has started again, and that robbers have killed 13 people. Oh God!
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During a robbery in Lagos, Nigeria, thebank robbershouted to everyone in the bank:"Don't move. The money belongs to theState. Your lifebelongs to you." Everyone in the bank laid down quietly. *This is called"Mind Changing Concept”Changing theconventional way of thinking. When a lady lay on thetable provocatively,the robbershouted at her: "Please be civilized!This is a robberyand not a rape!" *This is called"BeingProfessional” Focus only on what you are trained todo!* When the bank robbers returned home, theyoungerrobber (MBA-trained) told the older robber (who has only completed Year6 inprimary school): "Big brother, let's counthow much we got." The older robber rebutted andsaid:"You arevery stupid. There is so much money it will take us a long time to count.Tonight, theTV news will tell us how much we robbed fromthe bank!" *This is called"Experience.”Nowadays,experience ismore important than paper qualifications!* After therobbers had left, the bank managertold the bank supervisor to call the policequickly. Butthe supervisor said to him: "Wait!Let us take out $10 million from the bank forourselves and add it to the $70 million that we have previously embezzledfrom thebank”.*This is called "Swimming with the tide.”Converting an unfavorable situation to youradvantage!* The supervisor says: "Itwill be good ifthere is a robbery every month."*This is called "Killing Boredom.” PersonalHappiness is more important than yourjob*. The next day, the TV news reported that$100 millionwas taken from the bank. The robbers counted andcounted and counted, but they could onlycount $20 million. The robbers werevery angry andcomplained: "Werisked our livesand only took $20 million. The bank manager took $80million with a snap of his fingers. It looks like it isbetter to be educated than to be a thief!"*This is called "Knowledge is worth asmuch asgold!*" The bank manager was smiling and happy because his losses inthe share market arenow covered by this robbery.*This is called "Seizing the opportunity.”Daring to takerisks!*
