Or unproudly Nigerian.
Really who cares?
Can I just get through my day?
Without being dogged by the mob
for not being "Nigerian" enough?
Proudly Nigerian, or unproudly Nigerian?
Again, what is your point here?
I don't see you
taking a page out of your book
to selflessly serve your country.
Oh? No?
Discussing the country's problems, over
trendy over-priced drinks in the most recent over-hyped bar
that claims 'exclusivity' with zero to nil parking, suits you better eh?
I'm getting you.
Or wait let me guess,
as long as you can fly out
every three weeks to your
other home, flashing your
other colored passport
just to 'get away' from it all,
*flicks hair*
you are living the Nigerian dream eh?
Indeed.
Or would it be the occasional 'charity' event
to convince us all, of the desperate love
that your heart bleeds for the country?
Right.
Proudly Nigerian
or unproudly Nigerian.
I came, I saw, I didn't conquer.
Now can I just get through
my already-hard-to-navigate-life
filled with the persistent frustrations of surviving in this area code,
without your hypocritical ass
getting in my way?
Thanks.
Have a nice life.
Proudly Nigerian. Still.
xxx
Fabulo-la
Really who cares?
Can I just get through my day?
Without being dogged by the mob
for not being "Nigerian" enough?
Proudly Nigerian, or unproudly Nigerian?
Again, what is your point here?
I don't see you
taking a page out of your book
to selflessly serve your country.
Oh? No?
Discussing the country's problems, over
trendy over-priced drinks in the most recent over-hyped bar
that claims 'exclusivity' with zero to nil parking, suits you better eh?
I'm getting you.
Or wait let me guess,
as long as you can fly out
every three weeks to your
other home, flashing your
other colored passport
just to 'get away' from it all,
*flicks hair*
you are living the Nigerian dream eh?
Indeed.
Or would it be the occasional 'charity' event
to convince us all, of the desperate love
that your heart bleeds for the country?
Right.
Proudly Nigerian
or unproudly Nigerian.
I came, I saw, I didn't conquer.
Now can I just get through
my already-hard-to-navigate-life
filled with the persistent frustrations of surviving in this area code,
without your hypocritical ass
getting in my way?
Thanks.
Have a nice life.
Proudly Nigerian. Still.
xxx
Fabulo-la
3/03/2013 |
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Comments (5)
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
I actually laughed after reading this, sounds like a convo we've had before.
LOL!
We probably did.
A variation of it maybe even.
I suspect these are conversations we all have had, a few times too many too...
Each to his own coping mechanism, I guess...
Proudly Nigerian....
We conquer when we live to our own (set personal) standards (& not the thots and or opinions of others).
Folks would ask me often
"Where are you originally from"
I'd laugh and coyly tell 'em
Naija. Same place I still AM from.
-Mancee