OUR UNIFORM, NOT A CURSE

 

in silence we die each day 

smiling to our uniforms in pain 

a call to service in penury 

a little protest is labeled mutiny 

a death sentence is your penalty  

forgetting you carried all duties perfectly with dignity 

is it a crimes to ask for a better welfare?

meanwhile, those at the top are well fed 

allowances are denied without a second thought 

country doesn’t cares if you sweat and rot 

a standing order you dare not disobey 

if dem nab you, you go know say true true death dey 

conspiracy they call it if you want to agitate 

our ogas walk in steeze while we depreciate 

a call to service can turn “call to glory” 

no one is best, nobody holy 

our uniform is a major pride for only those at the top 

nobody cares about us below even if we drop  

our only compensation is a 21-gun salute 

you’re dead and gone, there’s no part 2

our families live with their hearts in their mouth

knowing they may be called that we died in a bout 

what compensation will they get that’s worth our absence 

this military package design is crazy, full of non-sense 

you dare wake up to talk to someday, you’re dead 

your body go chop am wotowoto when you bend 

for how long shall we continue to live like this?

a retribution for their souls, not peace 

they say a faithful soldier reward is in heaven 

no one has been there, we only hear in telly 

why don’t we all get similar rewards here on earth 

I doubt that fate each day when I’m in debt 

our uniform’s not a curse 

a proud soldier we are in this force 

can’t our lives be a little better 

we don’t ask for much, we dare not write it in letter 

@talk2leigh

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6:46pm

14 sept 2024