How I mourn the distant past
When words were seasoned with the salt of care, grace and politeness
Today we cuss and swear
What rotten luck
What the fuck…
Oops! Pardon my French
“I don’t give a fuck!”
“What the fuck do I care if you swear”
If I don’t swear, I’m square!
“Saying fuck makes people feel cool”
No! It’s not! Its drool
Profanity is the new insanity
The vogue turning us into rogues because America spoke
Smoking is cool but then it kills you
America farts and everyone thinks it’s fragrance
Hip-hop part of American culture, truly a vulture
Preying on clueless minds
Selling sex; the chosen culture
Not minding its effect on mindless creatures
Nigerians we are, we have no objection
Esau did it first with no complication
Following in his footsteps, is there salvation?
Salvation from a path that only leads to damnation
As a nation there is salvation
The key: finding courage, strength and pride in ourselves as a great nation
Nice one you have here.
Yeah, nice. Good message.
Na for this one wey pant go wear person…
As always, you have a good message..Well done…$ß.
Nice poem…but am an accomplice.
Sorry o…
na wa oh. how does someone write this beautifully?
just saying but i believe your title should be
F* You! I’m Nigerian!
Yea tighter that way
Laughing in Yoruba…dis is beautiful for me.Nice thoughts expressed.
Whao!d msg is so clear,nice one
Whao!d msg is so clear,nice one
Yeah! We shouldn’t adopt crap just cos it’s ‘imported’.
I ditto everybody…. Hehehe. Nice one
Hahaha…fart and fragrance…nice!
No b small tin. Enjoyed it. Fuck you niga, i’m a pure Nigerian.
WTF????? lol…just fooling around here mercy. Unfortunately not all change is good.
We as a people seem to be wandering in the desert of lost identity…our baby boomers are grand folks now (stealing the American phrase),and generation y is as confused as they come.
We just need to strive to begin with the “self” then kids and all.
There’s hope still, heck there is. (notice the subtle heck?) VIVE NAIJA…
Haaa!
I’m feeling this! I love the flow, the message, the choice of words the interjections and the creative comparism and metaphors!
Beautiful piece!
But I was expecting a powerful ending…the fire sort of fizzled out with the last line – the words were right but the tone didn’t seem to land well….fortuately, you can still overlook it.
I’m loving the way you write!
I like the picture… And the poem. Welldone.
beautiful!
A very nice way to express your thoughts…
am proud to be a Nigerian anyday, nice poem.
loool, xpressing anger, damn fuck u
xpressing joy yeahhh fuckin yeaah
xpressing disapointment, oh boy i fuck up. Looool. Talk of how we have threaded the word around us.
Brilliant piece mehn
I like this one. I swear I won’t swear again