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BE CAREFUL OF WHAT YOU START
<p>Work hard.</p><p>Be consistent.</p><p>Be patient.</p><p><br/></p><p>These are the songs we hear,</p><p>the sermons we swallow.</p><p><br/></p><p>But tell me...</p><p><br/></p><p>What of the labourer</p><p>who moulds houses from dawn until dusk,</p><p>yet remains too poor</p><p>to mould a house he can call his home?</p><p><br/></p><p>What of the same soul</p><p>who walks into the house of God</p><p>with tithes in trembling hands,</p><p>yet the tip that could rewrite his story</p><p>passes him by?</p><p><br/></p><p>I became a rider,</p><p>not because it was my dream,</p><p>but because survival</p><p>does not wait for dreams to come true.</p><p>hoping to make little ends meet.</p><p><br/></p><p>But before a year could bow its head,</p><p>the bills kept meeting me.</p><p>Shakeerah told me</p><p>that pregnancy had met her.</p><p>Now, bills meet me under the sun.</p><p>Rain beats me wetin no good.</p><p>Hand dey meet me,</p><p>Still, I keep riding.</p><p>Not chasing freedom or ambitions </p><p>but because bills</p><p>must be paid.</p><p>Focus shifted.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then came the voices...</p><p>"Yahoo is the way"</p><p>for little earnings.</p><p>Four years is down,</p><p>Buh not even close</p><p>to the title of Leader of Men.</p><p>Trapped in it.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then another voice whispered,</p><p><br/></p><p>"Hookup is the way"</p><p>for little earnings.</p><p>Six years is down,</p><p>yet bills keep touching me,</p><p>and it has become</p><p>the means</p><p>I am used to.</p><p>Trapped in it.</p><p><br/></p><p>Now, readers listen up,</p><p>and be attentive.</p><p><br/></p><p>Pull back now!</p><p><br/></p><p>Pull back now!</p><p><br/></p><p>Before you remain trapped</p><p>for the rest of your life.</p><p><br/></p><p>Ask yourself,</p><p><br/></p><p>What am I doing?</p><p>What kind of life</p><p>do I want to live?</p><p>9a.<a class="tc-blue" href="https://m-5.am" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">m-5.am </a> isn't hereditary job</p><p>Did my children really have to start all over ?</p><p><br/></p><p>Who are those</p><p>living the kind of life</p><p>I want to live?</p><p>What are they doing?</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Go online.</p><p><br/></p><p>Learn.</p><p><br/></p><p>Build.</p><p><br/></p><p>Create a means</p><p><br/></p><p>for yourself</p><p><br/></p><p>in the digital space.</p><p><br/></p><p>That is where</p><p><br/></p><p>new opportunities</p><p><br/></p><p>are being born now.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Hard labour alone</p><p>has not always</p><p>changed the story.</p><p><br/></p><p>Be careful</p><p>of what you start.</p><p>If <a class="tc-blue" href="https://9.am" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">9.am </a>-5.p.m slips off your hand now! </p><p>What do you have ?</p><p><br/></p><p>Because what begins</p><p>as a means to survive,</p><p>can become</p><p>the chain</p><p>that keeps you</p><p>from truly living.</p><p><br/></p><p>Choose wisely.</p><p><br/></p><p>Your future</p><p>is watching</p><p>your first step.</p><p><br/></p><p>FULL STOP</p>
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