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<p>Rise up, <em style="">Olodo</em><strong>.</strong></p><p>A delayed <em>Idan</em>!</p><p>You dey whine?</p><p>Where you dey when I dey mine?</p><p>In my past life, to shine na distant dream wey I think say I no fi reach</p><p>But now, who dey smile? </p><p>You from city, </p><p>Or me, the small ghetto boy?</p><p><br/></p><p>Bring the paper wey you dey use.</p><p>My own na money.</p><p>Your own na book.</p><p><br/></p><p>I don achieve heights wey you never dream.</p><p>Na the same me, the same person you bin dey mock.</p><p>Call me <em style="">Olodo</em></p><p>But I call myself "<em>I</em><em>dan buruku</em>"</p><p><em style="">Idan</em><strong> </strong>wey transform scarcity to money.</p><p>The spotlight that I transformed to a million views. </p><p><br/></p><p>Yes, even me sef fi speak grammar,</p><p>No be only vernacular.</p><p>I don't have a secondary school <strong>degree</strong>,</p><p>But I won't fake "first-class upper" from Babcock just to win your debate.</p><p>I no dey shame for my background.</p><p>Na my background build me to the person wey I be today.</p><p><br/></p><p>The sweat I wiped,</p><p>The adversities I had to fight,</p><p>The decision to transition from my ghetto location just to be the leading competition.</p><p>YOU, city boy, will never have to sacrifice.</p><p><br/></p><p>So, again...</p><p>Call me <em style="">Olodo</em>,</p><p>But na still me dey change the game.</p><p>Yes, it's an uprising,</p><p>Because we the forgotten are now the ones voicing.</p>
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