Tears no go save
All face go shame
Choppers go bi chopped
Like Lapeewa
Ghanaians de suffer
Wey you guys dey steal
Abeg ooo, na who talk you say
Make you steal money
Wey no dey reach?
Poor men’s money
Dey have
plenty eyes
If for say we no do
You notin mpo a
I know say your face
No go fit campaign
Yeryer faces, make una dey hoot yourself
You don finish be dat
Tiif tifs una don done
Abeg, make u come down from
Our seats now.
Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Just a simple Ghanaian trying to find the best in our society. I may be fun, I may be interesting, I may be funny, I may even be foolish or intelligent, but it is all based on the mood in which you find yourself. I believe our minds make us who we are. Know that, pain, no matter its 'unbearability', is transient. Unburden or delight yourself for a while in my writings please. And all corrections, advice and opinions are welcome. Know that you are the king, queen or royal on this blog. :)
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4 replies on “SHAME DON GAS”
I’m not certain if my translation of ‘poor men’s money have plenty of eyes’ is more literal than metaphorical, but I think it is captivating.
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Inttentional, could’ve used symbolism, but I prefer to be blunt. Do you know that the Ghanaian football association has been uncovered for fraudulent behaviours? For something they paid 500 dollars, They claim they paid close to ten thousand dollars. People are hungry in villages, we can’t afford city living as payment of utility bills soar by the day and they steal from our coffers like robbers.
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Football is fraud at every level. And politics is too bleak to think about.
There’s a pillow to a poem. An honest place to rest a head.
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True, but these heinous revelations push ’emoticoms’ which tampers with judgement sometimes. We are humans after all.
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