Fatherhood
Ti omode ba wuwa buruku
Wan a ni mama e lo jor
Ti omode ba wuwa gidi
Wan a ni baba e lo jor
To be a man is not a day job
To be a father is not a paid job
What’s a Father without a great job?
Horrible is a father figure
When the morale fades off
I respect every father out there
To our mothers I mean no disrespect
To this effect, we should reflect
Fathers can’t do mothers job
mothers can’t do fathers job
Fathers don’t need loads of eulogy
The gift of a father is successful son
The joy of a father is his legacy you carry on
Being a dad is difficult job
you want to raise a good family
you have to pet the baby
even pet the Mummy
Daddy taught me to say two things
what is right and what keeps the peace
what is right is for the kids
what keeps the peace is for moms
Homefront, fix everything mom wants
Provide and ignore how it’s spent
if death comes knocking
a father should choose to die first
Landlord six feet below
We send our prayers
Landlady cashes out on rents
The pride of fatherhood,
my absence is the only thing you should lack.
You can’t give the family everything
You can give the family great things
Dear dad, Everytime I pray you live longer
so long that you guide this family longer
Long live the fatherhood
Long live the fathers in the hood
you don’t wanna make your daughter see what you made girls see in your heyday.
you know what goes around comes around
akoni o fe ki won gbe ida gba ori owun
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Fatherhood is the first of 16 track of coming spoken word poetry titled Family Affair by Lagos Charisma. Do stay tuned to experience the remaining.
Image Credit: Time Magazine Cover June 28, 1993
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