I RECITE

Despite/ corruption I recite/ I recite coz I despise/

I despise those who fight/ against what is right/

In spite/ the fact that it should be an insight/

A guideline to the good life/ so I recite with all my might/

With all my might to shed light/ upon what I dislike/

Social ills, ladies facing the knife/ husband beating the wife/

And they call it culture, a way of life/

So I recite to inspire/ before I expire/

To inspire/ those in dire/ need for their morale to be lifted higher/

For those who sweat and tire/ through thick and thin, through the wire./

Coz while we are/ at par/ we still get poorer/

While the one we elected drives a big car/ and gets richer/

So I recite to whisper/

A word of hope coz you are my brother and you are my sister/

So why recite if it falls on deaf ears/ coz for years and years/

We shed tears/ and we are still here/

We suffer in fear/our leaders mislead us, but we are still here/

Breathing the same air in the atmosphere/

Come elections, for them we cheer/ trusting them again to steer/

Our country to a better tomorrow, I find it queer/

Coz they are not the ones to blame, we are/