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<p>Why are we not the authors </p><p>Of our stories</p><p>Why does the plot twist</p><p>Us </p><p>Relegates us</p><p>Because </p><p>Us us </p><p>Went Off course</p><p>Of course</p><p>Now cursed</p><p>Horse Horse</p><p>Purse paused</p><p>Puff puff</p><p>Cough cough</p><p>Silent bluffs</p><p>Fancy cuffs</p><p>Are still cuffs</p><p>curved us</p><p>Our Laws </p><p>Now was</p><p>Outlaws </p><p>In their wars</p><p>Man falls</p><p>God calls</p><p>Walls walls</p><p>Our loss</p><p>Us us</p><p>Passersby and standbys</p><p>We say bye</p><p>Cus we can't buy</p><p>Puppets and poor pets </p><p>They said </p><p>If we're up set</p><p>We might upset</p><p>Or offset</p><p>So they off set</p><p>Gift us handsets</p><p>Then reset</p><p>I </p><p>Hi</p><p>High</p><p>Why</p><p>Sigh</p><p><br/></p><p>We're merely cast</p><p>Out of sight</p><p>Not in mind </p><p>Mind you </p><p>We're </p><p>Left to write</p><p>In term papers </p><p>And sound like them</p><p>is your name Abasiakan or Godwin</p><p>Abasiakan I sound like them</p><p>We're living their anthem</p><p>They make mockery of my mother tongue </p><p>That's another wrong </p><p>We've made right</p><p>Our accents</p><p>Are Godsent</p><p>Who are you to yust come and yudge me</p><p>The cradle slowly</p><p>Snuffed of it's candle</p><p>We're not superman</p><p>But there are things we do </p><p>that clark kent</p><p>So we Decrypt tonight</p><p>Never again </p><p>Listen, </p><p>this is salvation</p><p>For a nation born again</p><p>Before the ink</p><p>And whatsapp groups</p><p>We updated our status</p><p>Through plays In the village square</p><p>Circle back </p><p>We told tales by Moonlight </p><p>and ticked talks</p><p>By elders</p><p>Our values were our trophies </p><p>Our Arsenal, community shielded</p><p><br/></p><p>Break free</p><p>These are not perfect words</p><p>Nor weak words</p><p>This is free dorm</p><p>Not OK word's</p><p>But KO'S</p><p>It's a new dawn</p><p>Has always been</p><p>Even before moon go park </p><p>Remember who you are and where you're from</p><p>You're not less</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>
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