By: Joseph Olamide Babalola
Come on! Now is not the era to sleep and change gears snoring
Not the season to watch GOT and forget our heroic panthers
Hey, now is the time to climb the sacred mountains with urgency
To fast ourselves down to the bones, tasting no suya, boli or asun
Yeah, time to bend holy knees in intercession for our noble brothers
Pray! This anti-419 war must not consume our very own
Aren’t the G-brothers the forefront promoters of our dear economy?
And who belches that they are bad traders of our reputation?
The Nigerian prince is renowned, an international ambassador of honesty
If not for their hustles, who would ever acknowledge our genius worldwide?
Pray! Brethren, fire! Plead more earthshaking gigs for them
Rebuke whatever militates against their active side-juju
Cast out every EFCC monitoring spirit assigned to their destiny
Ah, prophesy a biz of more prospects without SARS intrusion
Find holy water, spray it all over, consecrate the internet
Brethren, decree and declare divine speed in an unstoppable 7G
Speak into the foreign air for an abundance of gullibility
Command the north, south, east and west to kowtow in their powwow
Ha, may every click of their mouse yield bountiful returns
Yeh, may G-Wagons never seize to ply our ragged roads
Uhn, the one-million VVIP table for five shall accommodate even more
Heavens, open! Flood them with showers of billion dollars
Pray! This anti-419 war must not consume our very own
Father, more creative and blockbuster scams to their enviable brain
Kai, more dubious but innovative means to their glorified ends
Baba, more thick weeds, more clubbing energy, money-spending grace
Release to them the wealth of the impious heathens all over
Oh, may their account never lack nine figures any day anytime
Joseph Olamide Babalola is a writer and poet whose heartfelt love for literary creativity is unending. He loves to weld words to create beautiful masterpieces. He was shortlisted for the 2018 African Writers Award and 2018 PIN Food Poetry Contest. His pieces have appeared in 101words, BNAP Anthology and Poetica Magazine. He lives in south-western Nigeria.
