HELP SERIES (MOMMY'S EDITION)

Mummy mummy.

'Omo mi, omo daada' as grandma calls you anytime she arrives from Asaba.
'Bae, Bae' as daddy will call you when he wants you to help him cook Amala and Ewedu.
'Lolo m' as daddy will call you whenever he enters the kitchen, smells the wonderful aroma of your food and comes to hold your waist like those hollywood husbands do.
'My beta pikin' as he calls you whenever he smiles mischievously.

'Mummy mummy'
I love you, but you must change somethings about you.

Carelessly, that word dropped from your lips that day.

Joyously, the angel of pain picked it up and drove it into my heart like a nail driven into a board.

Then the word grew with time.
Day after day, it was nurtured by your continued silence.
Month after month, it shot up its ugly stem due to your lack of apology.
Year after year, it deflated my confidence every time I entered the exam all.

"DULL HEAD"

That was the word you uttered mummy.
That was the 'nigger' word you uttered to a little African American girl.
That was the 'kaffir' word you uttered to a little South African girl.
That was the 'cracker' word you uttered to a Caucasian little girl.
That was the 'iya n miri' word you uttered to a little Igbo girl.
That was the 'omo ale' word you uttered to a little yoruba girl.
And that was the 'banza' word that you uttered to a little hausa girl.

All forbidden; all demoralizing.

I guess that was the reason I failed at most times.
I guess that word was more potent than the pain that your 'pankere' (cane) unleashed on my tender back.
I guess the word was more potent than the prospects of eating all the ice cream in the world that you promised to buy if I passed.

I guess,
I guess words are like eggs which cannot easily be scrapped into its shell after it has fallen.
I guess you will have to do a lot more than spanking and promising if you want to convince me that I am not a DULL HEAD.
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Note from Baba Atinuke: Watch the words you utter to your kids. Be extra careful never to allow yourself get so angry that you begin to utter some words.

EJE TI O JU EJE LO

Eje Jesu nikan
Fun itusile lati gbogbo idande.
Lati ra gbogbo aye pada lati ese.
Fun agbara lati se ise ti Edumare ran wa.

Eje Jesu
Eje iyeyebiye ti o san ni Calvary.
Omi ti n wo ni san pata pata.

Eje Jesu
Awon ajagun mu nibe won si ja segun
Awon woli mimo mu nibe won si di mimo.
Awon ti o ti re lati ere mu nibe agbara si gbe won.

Eje Jesu
Eje ti o le gba iwo la pata pata.
Beeni o, EJE TI O LE GBA O LA PATA PATA.
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This is beautifully worded and deep. Well done!!!
I wish I understood the Yoruba though.