Score |
172
Ọ̀kwù Ndụ, Ọ̀rọ̀ Ìbànújẹ
<p><br/></p><p>You think you can hurt me?</p><p>I grew up...</p><p>I grew up in a tribalist country</p><p>Where the name you bear determines how you are received.</p><p>Where our differences are taught to us before we are old enough to understand them</p><p>And somehow, we call this "one Nigeria."</p><p><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000890263.jpg"/></p><p>You think I don't understand pain?</p><p>I have watched people lose everything and still be told to "be grateful."</p><p>I have watched fear become a handed down culture.</p><p>I have learned that staying alive is often the only victory we can afford.</p><p>And somehow, we are still expected to call this home.</p><p><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000890267.jpg"/></p><p>You think my feeble heart has never been broken?</p><p>I have never experienced a version of Nigeria that was better than the last.</p><p>My childhood was swallowed up by fear of known things.</p><p>My adulthood is plagued by terrorism and fear of the unknown.</p><p><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000890261.jpg"/></p><p>But of course, Arise to this great country of mine,</p><p>Whose call I shall non-grudginly obey.</p><p>Join me to celebrate with fireworks,</p><p>As I proudly serve my fatherland.</p><p>Lift the flags high above our heads,</p><p>That the world may see our nation drowning in its own blood.</p><p><img src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000890265.jpg"/></p><p>Come, fellows. Let us wine and dine and make merry.</p><p>Make haste, for Africa's backbone is standing on matchsticks.</p><p>In the spirit of patriotism, allow us grab the last pieces of the national moi moi.</p><p>For we are now damaged beyond repair.</p><p><br/></p><p>And while you call me soft,</p><p>remember that even in freedom, my chains are stronger than ever</p><p>Remember, that for every shout of joy we let out, there are twice as much cries of pain.</p><p><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000890264.jpg"/></p><p>"Arise o compatriots..."</p><p>No!!</p><p>Arise all Nigerians!!!</p><p>Remember the song we screamed with fervour in our innocence.</p><p>Our ancestors gave their lives to give us a better life,</p><p>And somehow, a praying giant has now become a curse to be avoided.</p><p><img src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000890262.jpg"/></p><p>May Nigeria never happen to you!!!</p>
Ọ̀kwù Ndụ, Ọ̀rọ̀ Ìbànújẹ
By
Favyyy
Favyyy
0:00 /
0:00
25
Other insights from Favyyy
Contributor Points
Points-to-Coupons
Referral Earning
Insights for you.
UNTAMED WORDS
They came with fire, but feared our flame,taught us silence, then gave it a name.Stole ...
399 views
32 upvotes
26 comments
Drums Before Guns
Before we had tanks, we had talking drums. Before we had political parties, we had prai...
300 views
32 upvotes
29 comments
We want to live🥺
There's something I've noticed about Nigerians in the diaspora.They sometimes seem to h...
103 views
24 upvotes
27 comments
FAKE FRIENDS?
Were you really the victim in that friendship… or just the one who narrated first?Somet...
381 views
23 upvotes
23 comments
Classism in a third-world country is ...
If you've ever driven through Abuja, you'd see the absurd theater of our class wars. A ...
464 views
22 upvotes
30 comments
We Are All Olodo's
/oh-loh-doh/ A Nigerian slang used to describe someone who is dull, slow to grasp conce...
185 views
23 upvotes
22 comments
THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR
I met a girl once… not in real life, but in the kind of mirror you don’t talk about.She...
352 views
22 upvotes
17 comments
