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RACISM
In many different shapes and forms it comes Some wish it was a sickness with a dose of medication to cure It’s a major problem none of us like or need People always in despair For it is around them …...
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UNTAMED BEAUTY
Her beauty, God’s creation beyond man’s imagination Untamed like nature Her beauty qualifies every true look that glitters within and out Untamed like stars Her beauty lies at the sight of the heart’s...
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THE BEASTS I CALL FRIENDS
Proud, greedy and lazy Enemies in disguise Hard, cruel and violent Wolves in sheep clothing Heart full of hate As their views are evil beyond repair Acting like they care But deep down evil prevail...
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THROUGH STRUGGLES
Down and my soul weary Clouded with troubles and my heart weak I never loss hope Looking opaque and my path murky Struggling to survive, hidden in shadows I aspire Trying to make myself known Craving...
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INSPIRATIONS OF A DEPRESSED CHILD
Walking through the street of life Challenges encountered I began to think A man can accomplish anything his heart desires For to progress in life, it calls for a pressing forward Determination, the...
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THE NEW WORLD (MY LAMENTATIONS)
So alarming, the world of today Serious and shocking events have become everyday news Bombs set off in public places People abducted, ransoms put on their heads All for the love of money It makes me...
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MOTHERS HANDS
She is the one who loves and cares Her hands is the one that bears Her hands is the one that protects Those hands are the hands that rocks And they are the hands that give and not take Those … Continue...
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NIGHTS
Dark, taciturn and frigid Sad, the nights come and go Sea keeping silent And the trees falling asleep It shouldn’t be doubted ever As at nights nothing seems the same Nights, Nights I fear The owl...
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CAPTIVE SLAVES
Africa to an unknown land Our brothers dragged Barefooted and naked Eyes wide, white pleading Body covered with marks of whips Heavy chains dangling from their body As they arrive their dreadful...
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SUNSET AT DAWN (IN MEMORY OF ABDULGAFAR JNR [DADDY])
I watched you cut off from this world of the living I was helpless, like a new baby, born into this world Clouded with sadness, like darkness at night My eyes sore, filled with tears and face distorted...
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YOU DON’T KNOW ME, DON’T JUDGE ME
You know my first name You even know my last name You indeed know my genetic father, but You don’t know me, don’t judge me You don’t know what I have seen or heard You know not my prayers unheard …...
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HOMELESS
Good people in the cold With the night dark and clear Holding unto their heart-felt dreams Pleading for roof over their heads While some, their lives broken and hopelessly they wander Aimlessly and in...
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WHY SHE IS BEAUTIFUL
She is beautiful Not only because of the curve of her hips But because The sun rises every day for her She is beautiful Not only because of the shape of her body But because A blossom blooms and holds...
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CRY OF THE POOR
People crying, wailing with no clothes to cover Days of food seems to be over And busy seems the giver Sitting on and going places with our money We are all in fear For the days of starvation is near …...
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JUST LIKE MUSIC
Just like music I want to be free Relax my mind Go places and touch lives Just like music I want to express myself My ideas, my desires And to bring people together Just like music I want to have...
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I HAVE BEEN THERE
Down and my soul weary Clouded with troubles and my heart weak I never say never Looking opaque And my path murky Struggling to survive Hidden in shadows I aspire Trying to make myself known Craving...
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THE DICTATOR (POWER)
Ambiguous and mystifying Vague and ambivalent If you desire it, you’re at war Addictive like a drug Once into it, it becloud you Many use it to suppress For few that use it in good ways Happiness does...
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LIFE ON THE STREET
Stumbling down an empty street everyday He learns to survive From a district where survival was art Hopes and dreams shattered With the black clouds covering the sky With heavy sulphuric air blowing...
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DAYS OF THRALDOM
I try to forget and to think not about it But the images still haunt me For they are engraved in my head The images of those atrocious and persistent times Times of thraldom and struggles for freedom...
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