Drove home yesterday with tears rolling down my eyes, a very talented young man passed on, just approaching his peak, he ooze of energy and pure talent, uniqueness personified, adding spice and everything nice to the Music industry.
I sat in my car and wept, I wept for him, for his family, I wept for my colleague that got burnt in his house trying to save his family, fire that started as a result of a faulty generator, he survived for a couple of days and died of infections and poor attention, I wept for my safety, for my family, for my country, poor health care facilities, poor emergency response, poor security…..poor everything….
Suddenly I stopped crying, my heart hardened, the pain in my blood shot eyes was visible, the hatred I felt made my skin burn up, it ends now, enough is enough, I am not going to cry no more, I am not going to sit and do nothing, I am not going to say “oh this is Nigeria”, not it is not, we are special, we are blessed, we are good people and we deserve the best, we deserve to be happy, we deserve to live happy in the land of our fathers, but instead we suffer, we thrive, we strain, and we are cursed with leaders that have no concern and take this authority as their birth right, we live under fear and constraint like a shaved polar bear in the arctic we suffer in our own home.
But it isn’t going to be like this anymore cause we have the power to affect our environment, we have the power to make the change we have the power to stop this, you have your vote, you have your voice, you have your space, you have your peers, we have each other and we going to stop this.
For the sake of those that have lost their lives trying to survive in this conditions, Daniel taiwo, Dagrin, Aunty alice, and all the prominent Nigerians that have lost their lives in this fight, we have to vow to make a change, we have the power to pick those we want, the leaders that will serve the people and ensure that we live in our home in safety and happiness…..
No more deaths, no more pain, no more suffering….we tired and it ends now, take a good look around your fancy offices, your mansions and inheritance gotten from the blood of innocent Nigerians, those are your last purchases and merchandise, from now on only those who deserve to be there would be.
I sat in my car and wept, I wept for him, for his family, I wept for my colleague that got burnt in his house trying to save his family, fire that started as a result of a faulty generator, he survived for a couple of days and died of infections and poor attention, I wept for my safety, for my family, for my country, poor health care facilities, poor emergency response, poor security…..poor everything….
Suddenly I stopped crying, my heart hardened, the pain in my blood shot eyes was visible, the hatred I felt made my skin burn up, it ends now, enough is enough, I am not going to cry no more, I am not going to sit and do nothing, I am not going to say “oh this is Nigeria”, not it is not, we are special, we are blessed, we are good people and we deserve the best, we deserve to be happy, we deserve to live happy in the land of our fathers, but instead we suffer, we thrive, we strain, and we are cursed with leaders that have no concern and take this authority as their birth right, we live under fear and constraint like a shaved polar bear in the arctic we suffer in our own home.
But it isn’t going to be like this anymore cause we have the power to affect our environment, we have the power to make the change we have the power to stop this, you have your vote, you have your voice, you have your space, you have your peers, we have each other and we going to stop this.
For the sake of those that have lost their lives trying to survive in this conditions, Daniel taiwo, Dagrin, Aunty alice, and all the prominent Nigerians that have lost their lives in this fight, we have to vow to make a change, we have the power to pick those we want, the leaders that will serve the people and ensure that we live in our home in safety and happiness…..
No more deaths, no more pain, no more suffering….we tired and it ends now, take a good look around your fancy offices, your mansions and inheritance gotten from the blood of innocent Nigerians, those are your last purchases and merchandise, from now on only those who deserve to be there would be.
Those who have lost their lives on account of the poor state of living in Nigeria will roll in their graves if we sit back and let the reins of power be usurped by another set of *** [am at loss for words 4 once in my life]. And I fear if we dont sit up and make this change happen now, it may never happen in our life time; as there will be this precedent to refer to in scorn- "didnt all these youths claim to rise up and change Nigeria- foolish little children".
ReplyDeleteNO! We wont let that happen. We dont want our own children coming after to have to go through this same pain - the pain of losing a dear one to bad roads, the pain of losing your fav artist at the prime of his career to poor medical attention, the pain of losing a classmate to criminals on the roadside when going to work.
This is a clarion call for us to unite and fight this GOLIATH once and for all. Even God understands the power of unity, that was why he scattered people into different languages in the construction of the tower of Babel. With ONE VOICE we can destroy this strongman holding back Nigeria. Enough blood has been shed from the rich and poor alike- so irrespective of class, tribe... let us unite. The time is NOW.
May his soul rest in peace. Dagrin was a talented young man.
ReplyDeleteI listened to the first few lines of his song "If I die" I was hit again! Like he knew he was like Dont cry for me, let me rest in peace (yoruba). My heart goes out to his family and i hope the Lord sees them through this difficult time.....
ReplyDeleteThe Nigerian health care System??? God i knw my generation are not struggling in vain for a better Nigeria, soon i know ull hear our cry and take this useless leaders off the seats of power.!
God bless u sisi