Blues For The Nigerian Senate New York[RR]USA–A brave new bill is stirring. In the chamber of our Senate Hear? A brave new law is stirring In the belly of our Senate Self-serving, repulsive, utterly senseless, Another sick sign of a lawless state. A lifetime bonanza for the Senate King, His paramount peers and other parasites, […]
Blues For The Nigerian Senate
New York[RR]USA–A brave new bill is stirring. In the chamber of our Senate Hear? A brave new law is stirring In the belly of our Senate Self-serving, repulsive, utterly senseless, Another sick sign of a lawless state. A lifetime bonanza for the Senate King, His paramount peers and other parasites, Yes, lifetime bonanza for the Senate King, His paramount peers and other parasites Maggots who fatten on our nation’s corpse, They vow it’s all part of their royal rights Scoundrels, nation-wreckers, venal warriors Spawns of Nigeria’s triumphant Kleptocracy Agbaga!*, scoundrels, cut-throats, venal warriors Criminal spawns of our triumphant Kleptocracy. They steal our votes, purloin our prospects. In their noble service to our ‘New Democracy’
Lifetime perks for the Senate King and his Chiefs And from their serial criminalities, an absolute immunity Haba, lifetime pay for the Senate King and his Chiefs And from their serial criminalities, an absolute immunity. A super sanction-buster bestrides our sorry streets. The kabiyesi of crimes, the Grand Imuniti. Beyond Shame, allergic to Honour, Our lawless lawmakers and their countless crimes Alas, beyond Shame, allergic to Honour Our lawless lawmakers and their countless crimes The nation wails beneath their yoke, Reeling through the turmoil of these confounding times Onward, brave legislators, Indulge your greed, unhinge the Nation I say, onward, brave legislators Indulge your greed, kill the Nation Forge the rules, immunify your crimes
It’s all so in tune with your lofty station And WE THE PEOPLE are the absent factor Bought, sold, disdainfully discarded Again, I say, WE THE PEOPLE are the absent factor Bought, sold, disdainfully discarded Servile servants of mindless masters We forgo our right to be well regarded Agbaga: Alas; horror of horrors!
Kabiyesi: The-one-that-will-challenge-him-is-not-yet-born Imuniti: Un-arrestability or beyond arrest. Yoruba pun on ‘immunity’.
Credit: Niyi Osundare
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