onward to 2011

“The tragedy of corruption is that whenever it takes over, it almost  becomes the engine of the  society, and then it continues to roll and it affects everything, and it is almost impossible for you to really take anything out of it, because corruption has taken over  the engine of that  room, and continue to roll. And everything boils to greed, that is almost where we are today in our own country.
“Young men and women have to take back their country from ruin, from poor government, from corruption, and from failure. Young men and women have a good reason to do this. They own the future; they need to invest in it accordingly. If the past 50 years of our independence had been one long night of failure and shame, the only people who can remake it are the young people. If they hold and cherish their faith as I hope they do, then they will also know that they have to do it with respect and honor to their fellow men and women knowing fully that we are all God’s children, and that we achieve more when we unite in purpose, and when we march as a team. We are one people with God that we must come together.
“There is always an historic challenge for every generation. The generation of our fathers interpreted their task as a call to liberate us from colonial rule and they were successful in rendering independence. “It is a different issue if the independence they gave us was blemish in one respect or the other. It is the task of others to sanitize it. Some of our contemporaries had the historical challenge to terminate military rule and help us restore democracy. This was also discharged with credit.
“I am saying it so easily now making it sound an easy task. No. Far from it. Many died, many lost beloved ones, and many more came out of it shortchanged. That is the language of progress. You don’t make omelets without breaking eggs.
“So what is the challenge of the new generation today? Our challenge today is to restore good governance, accountability, and transparency in government as a basis of sanitizing our democracy. Let no one tells you any other thing.
“Dear brothers and sisters that is your task today and you must not fail because each generation ultimately always carry the burden of defining its own mission, which they can either accomplish or retreat from in defeat. My prayers here today are that we never fail in our mission and that we make a great success of our goals, but remember that goal is to enthrone democracy through clean elections." ==(fro. nuhu ribadu)

what matters

My mama told me
'Cause she say she learned the hard way
Say she want to spare the children
She say don't give or sell your soul away
'Causeall that you have is your soul

Don't be tempted by the shiny apple
Don't you eat of a bitter fruit
Hunger only for a taste of justice
Hunger only for a world of truth
'Cause all that you have is your soul

I was a young boy once
I had dreams I had high hopes
I married a lady she stole my heart away
She gave her love but what a high price I paid
And all that you have is your soul

Why was I such a young fool
Thought I'd make history
Thought I'd made something that could be mine forever
Found out the hard way one can't possess another
And all that you have is your soul

Here I am waiting for a better day
A second chance
A hope to dream a hope that I can sleep again
And wake in the world with a clear conscience and clean hands
'Cause all that you have is your soul

All that you have
All that you have
All that you have
Is your soul = = =DEOLA (Fro: Tracy Chapman)

HEARTH O' LOVE!

I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For so swiftly it flew, the sight;
I could not follow it in its flight.
I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, who has sight so keen and strong;
That it can follow the flight of song?
Long, long afterward, in an oak,
I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.
And yet in doubt.
=HENRY LONGFELLOW
===deola.

SOON, VERY SOON!!!

.

I was born by the river;

In a little tent;

And just like the river; 

I've been running ever since;

It's been a long, long time coming; 

But I know a change is gonna come;

Oh, yes it is. 

It's been too hard living;

But I'm afraid to die; 

I don't know what's up there;

Beyond the sky; 

It's been a long, long time coming;

But I know a change is gonna come; 

Oh yes it will.

I go to the movies; 

And I go downtown;

Somebody keeps telling me; 

"Don't hang around";

It's been a long, a long time coming; 

But I know a change is gonna come;

Oh yes it will. 

So now I go to my brother;

And I say: "brother, help me please"; 

But somehow he winds up knocking me;

Back down on my knees; 

Oh, there were times I thought;

I wouldn't last for long; 

Now I think I'm able;

Able to carry on; 

It's been a long, long time coming;

But I know a change is gonna come; 

Yes it will;

I know a change is gonna come; 

I said I know.

A change is gonna come; 

Yeah!

A change is gonna come; 

Now, oh!

A change is gonna come; 

I see it now, yeah;

Oh my, yeah. 

DEOLA (FRO. SAM COOKE)

 

 

reign of fanaticism

http://www.anglicandioceseofjos.org/dogo.html

Hmmm! Fellow Nigerians, listen to me as Nigerians;
And you none Nigerians, listen to me with open mind;
And focus ya mind into every goddamned religion bigotry;
Arch-bishop dey for London, Pope dey for Rome, Imam dey for Mecca;
Arch-bishop, na enjoyment, Pope na enjoyment, Imam na enjoyment;
While Nigerians kill themselves for the love of Mohammed.

soon, very soon

amagedonic angels

yabis

Had President Yar-aduah given cognition to the vitality of a name, he’d not have appointed Aondoaka as the AGF of Nigeria. If man is what his name says, little wonder how the AGF is making every frantic efforts at frustrating the war against corruption. “Aondoaka,” in Yoruba language translates to: “we fuck him, and he bends/folds”- (a-ndo-aka). Hence, reason no amount of our crises or criticisms is able to tame his morbid love for money and corruption. The spiritual translation of this name is like seven headed snake. Hardly had you cut a head than another sprouted up. Every man’s name stands in the infallible law of creation. So, Mr. President would need to refine his intuitive perception in order to soar above mistake.
===deola===

our way 4ward

Nigerians, fellow Nigerians;
How can we stand aside;
And watch the rape of our country.

Tis the beginning of the end;
The most heinous of crimes.
Tis the deadliest of sins;
The greatest violation of all time.

Nigerians, fellow Nigerians;
How can we stand aside;
And watch the rape of the country.

You've seen her stripped of value;
You've heard of corruption;
You know it rings in government;
Unfettered than ever.

Nigerians, fellow Nigerians;
How can we stand aside;
And watch the rape of the country.

Some argue we gotta look 2 God 4 change;
While our country keeps poisoned upon;
And its suffocation spreads;
To our detrimental inhalation.

Nigerians, fellow Nigerians;
Let’s stand up in unison;
And stop the rape of our country;
Before we'd shout "ELOI ELOI LAMA SABA THANI".

===================deola=========

murderation men of nigeria

Now dis one dedicated to Nigeria politicians;
Dem wid di angel face and the devil heart;
Step up my youth - Hear dis!

I know this gang, its name is pdp;
Its 7 points agenda like a bunch of rose;
If I ever tell you bout pdp members;
You would a say I don't know what I know, but;
Looting n killing they know;
Looting n killing they know fi real fi real.

Watch ya now, its name;
A pretty face and bad character;
Dem a thieves dem a looters, follow me!;
A pretty face and bad character;
Dem a thieves dem a looters;
All a dem murderers and;
all a times will kill cuz of money. ===deola