enowithdh
I have travelled across many waters, I have tasted many fishes
Yet all of them leaves me with various itches
I almost want to conclude that my love life has been with various witches
If it wasn’t the looks, it was the smell, the tantrums, the mood swing, the arrogance, the anger
That one had a permanent space on my clothes hanger
You pick it, wear it, wash it, dry it, hang it and wear it again,
The cycle remained endless, it just kept me speechless
And when those skills of yours wore out, a change in gear is applied
Now, it’s about me not having superhuman senses strong enough to read your mind, Am I God?
Even though I have been praying for the discerning gift of the Holy Spirit
He’s still working on me, he’s not done yet
All I end up hearing is you be able to read between the lines, O really!
I was taught to read what was written on the lines
Cos even when I tried to read between the lines and don’t get it right
I end up with the title ‘N.M.E’ – Not Man Enough
Or she could just call me her enemy
They say three is a crowd as long it’s not God you took it to in prayer being the third party
And there goes my life’s story, being shared with third parties in gist and gossip
Before you know it I am trending more than Black Lives Matter. Aye mi temi bami!
But wait naa, shey my life no matter nii, as e com be say to find person wey go fit follow me journey
This waka, com hard pass to find cure for cancer, Baba God abeg gimme answer
Apologies for the break in lingua transmission
This only happens when stories that touch the heart begins to affect the brain
Causing excruciating pain, Ah! O ja mi lara je
I have a dream! I have a dream! She shouts stop dreaming!
What are your life’s plans? Where are you going? How do you want to get there?
Is it with bicycle or keke? Okada or tricycle?
I couldn’t even tell her that my jalopy was a 1995 model in 2019!
Cos her facial rejection was far worse than a visa rejection
It was at this point that I got charged up by the fire and desire to make it
Knowing who I am in Christ and then I spoke out
Babe, I will love you like Christ loves the Church
My life is not mine but yours to give
The dream is really is really big, that’s why am ready to leave my family and cleave to you
And I bet you, with God involved no man can put asunder all they can do is wonder
It may not make complete sense now, but please pray with me and pray for me
Cos I go always pray for you, you can’t be the bone of my bones, flesh of my flesh
And I won’t catch a grenade for you, na the work wey I dey do,
Just like how Christ went upon a tree to set us free
And believe me, even I inherit Bill Gate’s treasures
It is only the Lord that can will you to me as I have prayed and desired
I know I have found you, I know I have found a good thing
Now the blessings are flowing, can’t you see it, I see everything turning around
In our lives, his favor and blessings will forever abound
In the depths of the pain, in the heights of the joy
In the echoes of the emptiness and in the spillovers of the overflow
It will always be a love triangle
You! God and Me
So I ask of you today, will you marry me?
EnowithdH
Clips from my performance at 3.16 Lounge in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos.
Translations:
Aye mi temi bami – O my! Am in trouble!
O ja mi lara je – Am so pained to my bone marrow
But wait naa, shey my life no matter nii, – Please hold on, is it that my life doesn’t count?
as e com be say to find person wey go fit follow me journey this waka, – It has now become so hard to find someone worth walking down the isle with
com hard pass to find cure for cancer, Baba God abeg gimme answer – Even more than the cure for cancer, dear God please give me an answer