Thursday, January 20, 2011

I met this girl who could really see (Unedited)



So i met this girl today that can really see, see further than anybody can, we started chatting and it was interesting because i realized she could even tell me my past,see backward into memories lost,those buried dark secrets, events and happenings we'd rather forget than recall and now she got me writing again,she got me talking again, she got me looking back into that part of me that's almost dead and buried, that part of me that sometimes want to be left undisturbed and never touched, that part of me that will and should make me thick and that's just talking about my past,then there is the issue of my now, today,my present. Just because she is here seems like a fairy tale, my now seems like a present presented to someone living a dream. Have you ever had that feeling, where it seems like you are floating? or the one where it seems like you are not the one living,like you are watching a real life drama of yourself,acting it all out,making things happen? that's exactly what she makes me feel like, like am living in a dream,nothing is ever wrong or rather nothing seems to be wrong even when nothing is right,its magical,i have a feeling if man would ever grow wings and fly,this is what it will feel like, i am flying, really flying. 

And then to the part where i know everyone has a fear for, the fear of tomorrow is what makes a man steal and kill,its the same reason people commit suicide and so am eager to know,i want some of her bliss especially reserved for that time of my future,that uncertain tomorrow,i want it settled now.So we began my quest for tomorrow on her timeline,she-the leader,me-the humble follower oblivious to the fact that what we are seeing really is not my future,it is the future we will have if i follow her but follow her i did at least for the reason that i wanted to know what my future hold and so we started out,woman and man-not yet man and wife or husband and wife as many will call it,slowly we crossed mountains of problems,temptation and despair but because i am in a capsule of bliss,i can't even feel a thing,we raced with wild horses and took a dive in ocean filled with deadly sharks but yet a hair on my head never lost its root, it was the best time of my life, even though am in a limbo, it feels like am Di Caprio living the inception story in full throttle, almost could not tell which is my real life from my unreal one,it was a daze and still is every time i recall the moment,i never want this feeling to end,i want this bliss forever. 

And so we came to a junction,nothing remarkable about it all,it was the plainest i have ever seen in my life, no spectacular feature, nothing at all to make it seem like a dream,it is a junction nonetheless and we must decide, not we, she must decide which way we go.So to keep in line with my role as the follower,i was ready to do the bidding of the leader and let her know i am here for as long as it takes,or it took as the case may be, to me it was a simple decision,as simple as a Yes and a No,if she turns right,i follow in her steps,if she goes left,there i am behind her. So i was all set,ready to go but suddenly the music in her voice ceased,the expression on her face was one of worry, like a mother whose child has just be taken from her, it looked to me like a sane person wearing the appearance insane person, like a mad man putting on tie,looking as corporate as can be,ever seen that? And it was the scariest moment of my life,seeing a win-win situation toppled on its head like that,no man can is built to withstand that. While still searching within myself for the next step of this wonderful journey,she spoke to me for the first time.Yes the first time since we began this journey,it didn't feel strange though,all she has been doing before now was to show me,make me see,make me live, but now she spoke and with the most sonorous voice ever,it was like hearing a harp talk,it's like a grand piano with the voice of lucifer, it was spell casting and of course bounding too so you can imagine how relieved i was,maybe things are not as bad as her expression says,maybe she is just acting,wanting to be sure of my commitment. So a new hope built up within me but it didn't live long because the next words i heard was, 'make your pick',those three words, that number three, words that could have been 'i love you','i want you','i dig you','i claim you',any positive action word that can stand between i and you but that was not to be,what i heard was 'make your pick',plain and simple,like the junction and like the two roads that leads to an end. I was scared, i don't want to on any of the paths alone,i wanted to be with her but it was clear,her words made it clear i had to make a choice, alone.  

At this point, my whole life depended on this junction, the two path that leads out of it, my concerns where plain for her to see, will she go where i go or will she go the other way? This journey that i was enjoying at the beginning was almost developing into a nightmarish tale and deep down in my heart i know i couldn't do anything to change her mind so i did what could be done in the situation, pick one and hope she picks the same,i headed for the left for no reason that i can explain at all,i just got on the trail and started moving,praying deep in my heart for her to follow in my step and restore my bliss,i was waiting for that angelic voice to speak to me again,this time telling me 'i love you' or maybe she is not a talker,anything she says is bound to hurt,so she could just show me,continue to show me and make me fly again but nothing,i waited,i listened for a voice,for a step but i heard nothing, no voice,no footsteps, no new vision and then i realised she choose the right path. 

The right path? why didn't i think of that,why didn't i just go the right path just because that is what it is,the right path as the name implies? but i choose the left path and she left me, not a word, not a step or even a glimpse of my future to spare, i was scared of turning around, i was scared to face the fear of losing her, of really confirming the truth of what i already know,that she is gone so i kept on going, never looking back, sure that my path is set before me, me to the left, she to the right.

So i met a girl that showed me something i would love to have forever,an ability to fly,soar into higher skies, into a new world yet unknown. I met a girl that changed my life with a vision. I met a girl that made me fly. But she choose the right path and i the left. I met a girl today who could really see.

Sporting activities are overrated


From Football, soccer in some culture to basketball, baseball, hockey, golf, tennis and the loads of many more sporting activities that many of us partake in as a means of livelihood, for pleasure, leisure and the many other reasons we have for practising or following a particular sport, i dare say that the hype associated with these sports is too much, all of them are overrated. 

What does any of these sporting activity do for us?, yes us, who for no good reason rush to the stadiums and buy season long tickets of our favourite team, go to their games, get a rush when they win and a high blood pressure when they loss, what does it do for us? What do we gain? Absolutely nothing than a feeling of belonging that can be said to be the same feeling a young boy gets after his first smoke. And what does it do for them, yes them, the machos who could not get into school by the power of their brain but takes the shortest cut to fame, as the world pours it at their feet like a scene from ‘Spartacus’, them who could have just settled for 30 minutes in the gym daily and take up a job working for a construction company and use that energy, the one they so overzealously waste (for good money though) to build low income houses for third world nations, one issue that is underrated.

Much as we all enjoy these activities, either as a sports-person or just as an onlooker, the truth remains that they do not play an important role in the life of the majority of the populace other than that one moment rush that it gives and satisfy the win or loss diatribe that our whole human race seems to be a sucker for.
Without trying to be extra critical about the issue, sporting activities are good, they are a form of release and they add to us in some way (that i cannot explain now) not in the way that reading a good book or having a sound sleep does, they are a simple game of logic, somebody wins, someone else losses and we know this from the get go and it bothers me, that even while we know this, sporting activities are rated highly, much more above some more important human endeavours like farming, teaching and even healthcare while know we might not survive for long without these other activities.

Stop the overrating now! By the way, who do you think will win the Premiership? Legoooo Arsenal!

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

NOT-SO-ME STATE OF MIND!



Am trying to find words, string sentences together to express what it is like been me some days. Those days when it seems like the whole idea of been myself is messed up. Like i should just hood-up and act like Jay-Z for the whole day,white tees and a big jeans,timberland boots and stride along like a real gee or act out all my arrogance like am Kanye West (and from the West,that can help), simple dress sense matched up with the most arrogant behavior this side of the universe has ever seen (and will still see more of if nobody puts up a fight for the position) and put it all in the world's face like it is none of my business or maybe be a fresh prince like the one Will Smith, become laid back and watch as my family blossom and eventually become a dynasty in the entertainment industry.

On these days, it might just pay to be a ganja planter like Terry G,scatter my 'dada' for no sane reason and mix up beat with no cohesion while waxing some lyrical jargons i will never be able to explain, ever!. Maybe a Kelly Hansome attitude is what i need, do a diss song for the fun of it and call every body including M.I Abaga a maga just to keep me relevant and my ebbing flame from going off so somebody in the generations can say i stood up for a generation (in my mind). But then even the life(s) of these celebrities am trying to be on a not-so-me day will thorough fail because even if i act it all up like am Jay-Z, i would not have all the money he has and neither will i become Mr Beyonce or even own a studio in Hawaii like Kanye does and neither will i have a Jada Pinket to watch my family ‘blow’ with. Neither will a Terry G state of mind really kick in cause i cannot even roll up a rizla and light some puff ups even if i try kanaku (weed rolled with ordinary paper), it might just been the end of me, hence no day to talk about per say and we all know the Kelly Hansome person will never be complete without some form of ‘Yahooism’ being in play, God help me if EFCC’s red eagle eye is alert on that day, its another day of not been me ending my world like it is the movie 2012.

Boy, is it not just better to be me even on a not-so-me day? try all i can to merge the not-so-me in me and I together and see what mix it gives? It might even be the birth of a new swag and i can form a new alliance, become the head of a new breed called ‘the not-so-me in me’ and even have a rock band to go with it, have collabos with the greats and the not so great, make music that is totally senseless but gets me 5 Grammies nominations and i actually win them all! Okay stop, end of day dream. But the truth is even on my not-so-me day i am still me. Yes, i know it is funny and the words are tongue twisting at times but on a not-so-me day i will try to still stay me.

It is better imagined than lived is what i conclude after all, been them- the celebrities, i mean cannot be all the fun that we all make it out to be ‘jare’. I think even on some days they will prefer been me for a change, a role reversal, become the one being that they do not want to live like the whole of their life. How many people will give up day to just become Mr Bean but then ask them to be that man for the rest of their life, no way sir!

It is what it is-my life, like the two sides of a coin, though simple on some days and complicated on some but then, i will still remain the same insignificant me,yes you heard right,that insignificant me and remember it is just on days like this, the not-so-me days that i feel irrelevant, on my own day, even Jay-Z will jerk my style.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

LIFE through my eyes: WHEN I FAST, I PRAY

LIFE through my eyes: WHEN I FAST, I PRAY: "As the year winds to an end, its easy to start beating yourself up for goals that have not yet come to reality. You may feel disappointed ..."

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

O-DAZZLE: Darey - 'Ba Ni Kidi'

O-DAZZLE: Darey - 'Ba Ni Kidi': "Obviously this is a diversion from the Dare Art Alade that we all know to a more energetic (& in d words Nigerian Artists) and swagg..."

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Me and My friend Just gisting 9ja....The Issues and our sensitive situation!

Eddy: hi
galeed: hey man
Eddy: wassup
galeed: I dey
galeed: u see the invite i send you for wordpress..
galeed: check out this test page for enaijanow.wordpress.com
BUZZ!!!
Eddy: yeah i see am
galeed: wat u feel...
galeed: i never even work on the site much man
Eddy: its good but i got much info for you
galeed: cos my connection just expire..i dey find money make i connect back
Eddy: How about launching our own channel on the Internet
galeed: Ok share with me the infos man
Eddy: we fit even program the station to dey play videos certain hours
Eddy: hoe long you go dey online?
galeed: wow...that's nice man
galeed: not for too long cos na my friend system..say 1 hr
Eddy: Kehny make i give you ideas of you getting paid doing this stuff from naija
galeed: ok
Eddy: You need to advertise for small companies and places like night club
galeed: na so...but wey d bar man
Eddy: na small small,start with small videos first
galeed: Na so
Eddy: I hear say una president don come back
galeed: Yes o...na wetin full Nigeria news today b that...everywhere is under tension....lol
Eddy: i bet you na trouble dey come so
Eddy: Kehny,a quick info
Eddy: Why not recore peoples opinion to this new
Eddy: Men go Ikeja bus stop and become an independent reporter
galeed: lol
galeed: That's good o..
galeed: I go try am..na just dis my connecttion wey no dey work fine again
Eddy: no joking,this is how Saharareporter started and him dey get like 700000 clicks a month
galeed: na so...no be lie..
galeed: think big..start small!
Eddy: i tell you
Eddy: someone fit just like this self report and him go give you link
galeed: Na so...
Eddy: Ol boy abeg go do self reporter now and put am for your blog
galeed: Ok...I go find camera fone use do that one sharply so people go see say na Raw news
Eddy: Kehny as soon as i get stable work, i go employ yyou for many things men
galeed: but na just 3g media limit wordpress gimme
galeed: lol
galeed: i go like employment o..
Eddy: how i wish say i fit orgnise my kind of phone for you
galeed: what kinda fone u dey use?
Eddy: N97 mini
galeed: Hmmm...wetin b d pixel size
Eddy: the video na HD
galeed: Oh nice...
Eddy: dunno know but na cool one
galeed: good
galeed: i go find am here
galeed: althouhg if i get money..many things dey to do than buy fone now o...
Eddy: yeah
Eddy: you need a phone with good camera for unexpected videos
galeed: Na so my friend
Eddy: So Kehny do small interview bi see money go day ut why or naija if security dey na Tourism
galeed: i no understand wetin u type o
Eddy: I mean money dey tourism business ,if security of people dey
galeed: i dey check out ur fone online and e be like one cool tool man...u fit help me buy second hand for there..make i hussle money send to you?
Eddy: if i see second hand,i go let youknow
galeed: Ok baba...but how much b new one?
Eddy: 519Euro
galeed: that's how much in naira
Eddy: you and me know as Lagos boy,i would never pay so much
Eddy: 108k
galeed: 108k....how much u pay get urs?
Eddy: 350
galeed: Oh...so u go fit help me get for that rate...
Eddy: e dey come sometimes
galeed: make we no too talk abt am b4 i dey obsessed with am....lol
Eddy: the guy still dey keep me waiting since i bought mine
Eddy: yes, lets leave am Kehny,if ie come or any better one,i go holla you cos i no you need am
galeed: Ok o...
Eddy: By next week i go send you places of interest,where you go video for me
galeed: Ok cool...no wahala
galeed: as long as i fit go there...i mean mobility..
Eddy: i know
galeed: and that address wey u say make i help u check
galeed: e dey exist o!
Eddy: the company dey physically?
galeed: Yeah e be like
Eddy: e be like?> you o see th company
galeed: the company dey d address if that's what u mean
Eddy: i wanted to know,if the company dey really exsit
galeed: Ok
Eddy: cos some na 419
galeed: since the comp dey the address wey u gimme...means it does
galeed: na true u talk
Eddy: Kehny e fit even get sign bord there and e go still be fake
galeed: na true..
Eddy: so i wan know,if na fake or not
galeed: call CAC to find out
galeed: lol
Eddy: maybe na wetin i go do
galeed: e suppose dey their directory
Eddy: but them dey online?
galeed: check am now
Eddy: ok
Eddy: so still tell me more of wetin you wan feature for your site?
galeed: na just entertainment and youth oriented stuff
Eddy: ok
Eddy: like how much be 24hrs internet for naija?
galeed: like for MTN na 10k..
galeed: but starcomms na 15k..
Eddy: ok
galeed: but na MTN modem i get
Eddy: but this wey light no even constant
galeed: so na fuel 24/7 o...even d fuel self scarce
Eddy: giant of africa
Eddy: giant my foot
galeed: lol
Eddy: men if you go naija forums people go dey talk say,its better to stay and work in naija than to travel out
Eddy: men i go just dey laff die
Eddy: nothing dey constant for naija,e fit cos madness, i swear
galeed: no be like...na idleness i dey dey without lite o...e dey bore me die
Eddy: so if someone dey talk that shit above i just laf
galeed: lol
Eddy: na like only 25 percent of people wey get net for office dey come online
galeed: na so
Eddy: 75% for house no even get light and noo to talk of connecting for 24.7
Eddy: things just dey go bad
galeed: we dey pray for beta days my friend..
galeed: but still some people dey make am o even for this hard times..
galeed: so na wetin we dey hope say our story go be b dat
Eddy: Kehny people dey make am ,i agree but not all
galeed: we go make am by God's grace
Eddy: 79% dey suffer,how you wan use enjoy yourself,if you dey fear of Area boys for Ikeja
Eddy: Tell me
galeed: lol
galeed: na to do pay ur way true man...lol
Eddy: so you see my point
galeed: i see..
Eddy: i know but hefear still
Eddy: dey
galeed: everything u dey talk..u get point but make we just dey optimistic
Eddy: Kehny hre you must not be rich to survive but in naija na another story
Eddy: i know but things are bad,thats all i want us to agree
galeed: gimme ur blog address again
galeed: e bad no be lie
Eddy: http://eddyokonta.blogspot.com/
Eddy: Kehny let me give you 2 things i enjoy here
Eddy: Health system and Security
Eddy: Men i dey bring out my dustbin 3am without fear
Eddy: If i faint now,someone call Ambulance dey must come but naija is "you are on your own"
Eddy: gimme you view
Eddy: As our President return,what is going to happen next?
galeed: lol
Eddy: *Sack
Eddy: *Coup
Eddy: *Nothing
galeed: when Condolisa Rice and Bush with Tony Blair dey 9ja abt 5 days ago...
Eddy: yes
galeed: our info minister say we get problem and we knw d solution and how to do am but why dem no dey do am...?
galeed: na only Lag even get some semblance of wetin u mention...
galeed: health care...but everywhere else....we b like cave people
Eddy: sure
Eddy: Kehny let me tell you something,as long as bush and Blair and Condi visit naija ,the notherners are doomed
Eddy: Name the last supper to divide naija na him dem come for
galeed: lol...no see am like that...i feel like a fear has gripped us...its like they came for Peace meeting b4 Yaradua come
galeed: Its a very sensitive period i our history as a country...the past 90 days and what the next 90 holds
Eddy: Kehny mark my words,those guys no like muslim for once and them only dey interested in South co sof Resources
Eddy: the next 90 days Yardua go die by june 12 and VP go become presido
Eddy: I hope so,so that it would really test our constitution
galeed: lol
Eddy: believe me
galeed: that's really a Pesimist view
Eddy: we need am as notherners feel sayPresidency na thier papa house to rule anytime
Eddy: so if he die, them no go get excuse for senate or FEC meeting to swore VP in
Eddy: if he no die the country go remain stagnant till 2011 ?June
Eddy: No forget say buhari dey around the corner with his boys to strike anytime
galeed: Na so o baba...u really have a view...is that how people in Europe see this whole issue?
Eddy: Kehny i can tell you many informed people her overseas know so much about naija political system than ordinary people in the street of lagos
Eddy: As long as you have any computer in every govt offices, small secondary scool children dey use different govt website outsite there country hack and learn about networking
galeed: I understand the North and South thing but this old fools suppose don realise say Nigerians can read the politics now
Eddy: from there they know all the stuff going down
Eddy: http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5531463-146/live_updates_-_yaraduas_return_.csp
Eddy: read this latest update
Eddy: Kehny let me tell you one mistake nigerian government refuse to accept
Eddy: MEND is in Nigeria and Niger Delta to stay forever
Eddy: If they fuck up Niger deltans, ?Mend go use all the oil installation do fireworks for FREE
galeed: lol
Eddy: serious but govt think say them dey joke
galeed: na so...u see why i say na sensitive period for our polity
Eddy: Kehny according to thier structure,this na just the beginning
galeed: but how u knw say dem no dey joke urself....lol
galeed: I go publish this chat for my FB note make people read...e dey interesting...lol
Eddy: Kehny accoring to eye witness report,all those parading themselves are criminal,the real one are just waiting for the right time to call it quit with Nigeria
galeed: No wahala...make we dey wait and see o baba
Eddy: If US can predit naijas fall,then e go happen cos them talk am cos e go benefit them
galeed: lol
galeed: so u mean say US dey back south south to go to war....that's a huge accusation my friend
Eddy: my guy i no accuse them but them say with the way things are going we no go last as a country
Eddy: but if you look at it,do you think we would last?
Eddy: no, Kehny,if we think say things go continue this way, by the time naija would be 100 years na slavery go dey rule from southern naija
Eddy: So if we need to make OUR future better,something must be done
galeed: I don't think so..I think we should havemake we do listened to those men wey say make we do govt on national conference..where every zone is rep
Eddy: Now you are talking
Eddy: Gani said it,SNC we need it to decide
Eddy: But Kehny if any president should organise SNC (Souvereign National Conference) he would surly be the last president
Eddy: you know why?
galeed: tell me
Eddy: Where they organise the conference,they would start the fight there
Eddy: lol
Eddy: Cos the south would object to One Nigeria
Eddy: Ibo had been waiting since 1967,Delta since 1995 (Ken Saro wiwa and 9 others) You
galeed: Me i don dey wait since begining of 2009...lol
Eddy: Yoruba are realising after Obj left presidence and the notherners start taking over all bank cos they are afraid of Southerners overtaking the nigerian Banking system
Eddy: Cos with the banking system,people like Dangote would look like beggers,if they should tell him his money is gone
galeed: na so ...no be lie...dem think say na south money dem sponsor the war for 9ja delta
Eddy: So if you look the system, its like no one is happy about the other being on top
Eddy: thats why sanusi dey raid all the banks
Eddy: My own view,Notherners think naija belong to them
Eddy: but naija belong to Africans in generals
Eddy: Kehny Italian Passport cot 89 Euro naija Passport is 500 Euros with lot of problems associating with it like
galeed: Na true word u just yarn now...Nigeria belongs to us all...
Eddy: Police harrasment in Airport any anywhere you bring am out
Eddy: Kehny,let me tell you a small story of someone i met last week
Eddy: He's ITalian Gani Fawehimi
galeed: shoot
galeed: lol
Eddy: You know why?
galeed: is he Nigerian?
galeed: why?
Eddy: Italian
galeed: oh ok....so why is Gani there?
Eddy: he's like Gani here
Eddy: I mean Gani like
Eddy: He knows so much about the government corruption in Italy,thet he is not allowed to give any decleration on Tv
Eddy: you got me?
galeed: Yes
BUZZ!!!
Eddy: Hes name is Beppe Grillo
Eddy: When they took Tv away from him ,you know what he did, he switched to Net and today his blog is among top 10 most visited site in the world
Eddy: Believe me,i shake hand with the man to let his spirit flow in me and also i take Picture with am
Eddy: I would say my city dey shocked cos e dey rare for a black guy to dey interested in Politics
galeed: lol
Eddy: lol
galeed: U are the man then...i should sake hands with u too make the power flow
Eddy: wait i go show you the pic,if you get time
galeed: a little more time
Eddy: Sure, men Kehny i dey live here but its not my country,so i no see why i no go contribute to my countrys development
Eddy: Things dey work here cos some people sacrifice for am
galeed: na so..
galeed: there's going to be a revolution...we just dey hope say e no go be bloody one...but e dey tend to that path everyday man
Eddy: Kehny bloody or not its inevitable
Eddy: read the history of all this top country,them burst people head one certain time
Eddy: Kehny i fit tell you say some people dey plan am as we dey talk
galeed: i dey think say 1993 e go end...i mean that time..wey pple die for democracy..
galeed: but e be like say more go happen
Eddy: sure, one more to come
Eddy: http://beppegrillo.it/
Eddy: abeg visit his blog for inspiration
galeed: Ok baba...will do
galeed: Ok battery low...no light
galeed: make i waka..
Eddy: ok,Kehny
Eddy: hope to see you for night
galeed: Ok baba..Take care
galeed: Nice talking

Sunday, November 1, 2009

You there, Me here!



Dances are like a Jewel u wear on
Your smile and your "Shyness" i adore
For your smile pierces the inner me
Turning my heart alive even when am inert
Your "shyness" keeps me stunned
Keeps me wondering how much a queen you could become
How fine a Crown i can make to fit you
How profound the Love i could give to adore you

Even in my sleep it was you
Like morning dew without a trace of rain, you appear
With toothful smiles radiating and cordless
Passion flowing, emotions uncontrollable
A Joyful Pulses running through us
Like we are one ‘wire’ from the same power pole
Sparks everywhere, electricity surging through

"Can we go on” I ask
Naive as i am, but a youth
The picture of you and I clouding my senses till i almost went senseless
You and i hand in hand
Young, its exuberance and vigor
Expectations, continuity, a never ending story


Into our old age
Almost hairless, grey!
With squeezed up faces like we are used oranges
Even toothless, yet the smile endless
And our grandchildren all about us
The joys of our life, never ending

But then i woke up
It was but a dream
You and I, two rivers flowing parallel each other
Never to meet, you to the south, me to the north
Our Paths already before us to flow

A page in the others story
That time ticked off
You there, Me here, a Long shot!