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I'M A NIGERIAN


I'M A NIGERIA

 In the mid-nineties
I was born into the economy of naira not cedies
Surviving as a child
Through my parents being my guide.
I was sage enough
Knowing I wasn’t born with a silver spoon.
Who am I to question?

 A Nigerian blossomed with many passions.

 A Nigerian
Cramped to a single deen.

 A Nigerian
Finding it hard to use the waste bin

 A Nigerian
Accustomed to the Yoruba, my indigenous language

 A Nigerian
Who learned the word of ‘HUSTLING’
Pedantic enough that ‘No food for a lazy man’.

 A  Nigerian
Seems to be sometimes patriotic
And on a bad day being traitorous

 A Nigerian
Ill at ease of her social structure
Motivated towards being known as the giant of Africa

 A Nigerian
Carrying a burden as a bread winner
I fought hard with the crashed economy
Being raped by impotent leaders. 

 A Nigerian  
Used to darkness
Burning candles at both ends
Before screaming ‘UP NEPA’

 A Nigerian 
Enduring a lot of social maladies
Believing being liberated from the status quo is not a fallacy

 I am a Nigerian
For the pros she fain
For the cons that drained her oils
I will forever be a Nigerian.

 HAPPY INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY
©IBBwrites. 
2019.

Comments

  1. Abdulrahmon Semiat1 October 2019 at 02:20

    Happy independence !
    Well written
    Keep inking sir🙏🙏🙏

    ReplyDelete

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