Away with America
I have no time for frivolities
My time is for my priorities.
I have no time for church,
Though I love religion
And God of the religion.
I have no time for ganja,
Though I love rasters;
Away with your America!
I shall find it here in Africa!
You can go back to history
And tell mythological Jupiter
To come down to America
With a more charming Pandora,
I shall love more my Africa.
If you can find happiness inside,
What else would you be looking
For outside?
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Take Me Not To Hades
When I die, please take
Me not to Hades
There is a place up there
I want to go.
In my past, I did things bad
Things that make me black
in my heart.
Please show me mercy
That mercy which caused
you to do it.
You did it for mankind
Don't let it pass me by.
It is atonement I seek,
May it be what I reap.
I deserve to die,
We all deserve to die.
But when I die, please
Take me not to Hades
This is my fear for ages.
It is there, up there
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If You know Me
I dont want you
To know me,
If you know me,
You will
Not respect me.
I want you
To respect me
Like I respect you.
.
I dont want you
To love me
'Cause you
Don't know me,
If you love me,
I might break
Your heart like
Someone like you
Broke my heart.
.
I dont want you
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My Story
I was born in a year
Of a great depression,
.
My parents were born here
A life made of deprivation,
.
Dave, gave me my name;
By instructions of my mother
.
My mother told me all about
My runaway father,
.
My mother did her best
To bring me up better,
.
My mother told me
I would be a leader
- a speaker
- a fighter,
.
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Don't Leave Without A Kiss
Just don't leave without a kiss;
I want to plant it on your lips.
My arms around your hip;
O' my love can you feel the heat?
Lets talk about our kids;
Don't just be in haste to leave.
Lets fix for us a date;
I promise I won't be late.
Let's build for us a home;
We can have all we could hope.
Let's plan together our future;
My love for you so pure.
Let me show you a paradise;
I want it to be a surprise.
Forever will I be by yourside;
Whatever it takes I'll pay the price.
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The Good Old days
In those days
The good old days
When I had nothing
to think but long
Black beautiful haired girls
Which once or twice
Looked at me and smiled
Of all these beauties, the one
That caught my attention
Was even the the most beautiful
As beautiful as a gazelle
She strolled into my life
And I became the happiest
One in earth
I can stay for days without food
This love can make one
Go crazy.
And I lost it all, no ambition
No aspiration, no future.
I just want to be with her
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What It Was
It was like the break of
dawn;
The coming of the sun;
The darkness of the night;
That blinded my sight.
I still needed that light
To brighten my path,
Along dead journeys of
the heart,
Two angels singing
Antiphony of praises
Lord, may you reign
for ages
Your kingdom shall
know no ending.
Your world is of serenity
No hate, no war, no
suffering.
But ours is of complexity
I still find my self confounded
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All lawyers are not Liars
The girl is dead when she left my head.
Philosophy and religion are confusion
Don't confuse Confucius with religion.
It is only Confucius knows where the vote goes,
A sage of a past age.
Except of course for Nigeria;
Where the incubent President
Chooses the coming President.
They always play the same old song
And the people always dance the same old dance.
But there will be sun after the rain
Even Lucifer will not live forever.
But of course, it is so true.
Not all lawyers are liars.
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He Did Not Want His Daughter To Dance With Me
Love is but a shadow
The shades in Hades
Seeks to be redeemed
But the ever watchful
Eyes of Cerberus is ever ready
Who could escape his ferocity?
I had never asked to be in love
Or in turn be loved by this
girl I saw,
But Eros had struck me a arrow,
I could feel its sting deep down
my marrow,
And my love had turned into
something more of a sorrow.
Love should be reciprocal
No one should break a heart,
In love with me your daughter
had been,
If you really love her, you should
let her be.
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Love Song (For Chidinma)
My love, please forgive me
For the days I made you cry
Cupid's arrow is sometimes painful
.
There are things we do
For the love we shared
But yours I know
Can never be compared.
.
I sing you a song my love
Let the Muses grace my lines
With overjoyed music.
Not even the Sirens could lure
Me from the charm of your smile.
Forever they shall find me lying by your side.
.
Oh, Chidinma! she has been my lover
Heaven knows how much I've missed her,
With Daedalus I'll make wings
And fly to be with her.
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