Blame Game by Adewale Sobowale

Should we blame our destiny? Should we blame our laziness? Should we blame our never-say-die attitude? Should we blame our sticking to tribalism? Why is it that out of all our people, we’ve not been able to find good people to rule us? Is there no good person in our country? Are politicians bewitching us?…

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Up NEPA! by Adewale Sobowale

Wasn’t really asleep woke up minutes ago with shut eyes enjoying luxury of rest sensing something wasn’t right quiet and solemnity enveloping me I opened my eyes! Seeing nothing feeling blinded or April fool’s day on February one! Power outage? To the balcony I went only my square of apartments was blind! In again, a…

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Elephants and Crickets by Adewale Sobowale

Elephants and Crickets! May foolish remain unwise, for, wise to keep them cheating! Little do we know elephants we carry on bald heads! Yet, we go using feet cricket holes to search! How many are they – money-miss-road; corruptly influential; spoilt brats – fleecing our resources; greedily appropriating commonwealth; rendering essential commodities unbuyable? They patronise…

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Adua by Adewale Sobowale

On this land where We never earned, Yet, given were we Benefits aplenty! Afore then, despite Not being right, In coming in, we Were relatively forgiven! Treated were we Like human beings, Given human rights Without a fight! Our eleda pray! Our children pray! Our wombs pray! Man and woman pray! This land is blessed!…

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Adua by Adewale Sobowale

On this land where We never earned, Yet, given were we Benefits aplenty! Afore then, despite Not being right, In coming in, we Were relatively forgiven! Treated were we Like human beings, Given human rights Without a fight! Our eleda pray! Our children pray! Our wombs pray! Man and woman pray! This land is blessed!…

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Aimasiko by Adewale Sobowale

AIM’ASIKO! Marketer knows time, Advertiser gains nothing; Man knows turning point, Life’ll be drudgery! Oo d’emu l’ogbe, Oo t’oguro l’ofa, O gbenu s’idi ope, Ofe lo nro na? Looking world over, One’s own world, So, many trials! Many, many, many! Oo d’emu l’ogbe, Oo t’oguro l’ofa, O gbenu s’idi ope, Ofe lo nro na? Trials…

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Petrichor by Adewale Sobowale

Oh yeah! Let it rain! Inhumanity, man to man! Rains are waiting, Oceans consume debris! Ojo nro! Sere nnu’le! Mawo’nu ojo! Ki aso re! Ma ba tutu! Ki otutu Maba mu e! The churches, Our mosques, Plus shrines, New life need! Ojo nro, etc Leaders, their leaders Awakening need! Our people to Identify with! Ojo…

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