Pita Nuba

Dear God who lives in the heavens
I hope none sees this, not even ravens
My heart is heavy, my soul is black
I look around me but can't see a thing, everywhere is dark
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Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief
I saw you briefly but I saw you leave
Without joy or beauty or hope
I knew I'll be the only one you know
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A peep into heaven yester
Life flashed and on a roller
A Man I saw prayed
My soul filled with hate
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The angel lost her grace,
As mascara ran down her face.
She forgot love, remembered hate.
She no longer had her faith.
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A wise man once told me the story of monkeys on a tree and the fish in the river below...

The monkeys watched in sheer disbelief and pity, the 'suffering' fish 'drowning' in the river. For them monkeys, anything in a pool of water can never survive.
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Oh man!
Show me your heart
Take this coal to the hearth
Its cold...
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Sometimes!
I just wanna close my eyes
Life's hard and the sky is high
Rough patches always
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To love or not to love, to hate with passion and to deceive another man?
Would you want to wear his shoes?
Would you want to be deceived?
You promised milk and gave nothing...?
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I'm very hungry
Like a starved donkey
No money
Woke up this morning
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Yes, they think this is where it ends
Do they know we started as friends?
Remember when you come by just to hold hands?
We will lie in the grass and hear each other rant
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Always, I remember Emeka's sojourn
Back in the 90's before he became a surgeon
He told me stories of time past
Stories and tales that left me aghast
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Tell me about her
Tell me all you have heard of her
A rare woman, truly virtuous
Disciplined and pious
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