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An Urban African Poem by Ibime(m): 5:03pm On Feb 25, 2008 |
This is a poem/rap I wrote a while back - your critique is welcome. Cospiracies rage, minimum wage after ya finish ya day/ Deep in the system/ the hopeless find peace in religion/ or at least, a reason for living/ while the rest just pray/ Hoping tomorrow holds more promise than the anonymous yesterday/ Eyes blinded to the inner deity/ we wait patiently/ for a change/ obscurity calls our name/ and we walk toward it/ Those who got cash are forced to hoard it/ or forfeit/ but don't expect the poor to all ignore it/ accepting their destiny/ like it was meant to be/ No, the wise try to survive by breeding a hustler mentality/ walking barefoot on the road less travelled/ hoping for the sole of ya feet that it holds less gravel/ risking ya life daily cos death is no less hassle/ than being broke/ the uninitiated take a few steps and seem to choke/ Africa is not for feeble folks/ born with silver spoons/ when hard times hit, they most of all, feel the pinch of gloom/ For the unprepared, imagine riding with no reins on a rodeo/ Area boy with a degree, although none of ya homies know/ Poverty'll leave you broken though/ while the rich compile Stock portfolios/ So the rest prey on them like Eagles in the sky/ The weakest niggas die/ intrigued by our desires/ To fly higher than the summit/ but most plummet/ as the wax wings melt/ governments tax with stealth/ while the wise man stacks his wealth/ for seven years of famine/ Its easy to imagine/ A good man turned crook 'cause he had no options to examine/ the madness and insanity/ gradually leads crooks to infamity/ but a criminal's just a hungry man tryna earn a salary/ cos a Government cheque can't raise a family/ so we're reduced to tyrannity/ living off a fallacy/ Chop I chop! but they chop more than their belly takes/ till dem inflate, big man resemble super heavyweight/ unable to educate and levitate/ so we go on strike and demonstrate/ we forever wait for a solution but the cause just perpetuates/ 3 Likes 2 Shares |
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