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MY BIRTHDAY


I’M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE BUT HERE I AM

I’M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ALIVE BUT I AM

I’M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HEALTHY BUT I AM

I’M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN SCHOOL BUT I AM

I’M NOT SUPPOSED…

I’M SUPPOSED TO SEE ANOTHER YEAR BUT I DID



LIFE ON ITS OWN GAVE ME THE SWEET VENOM

LACK AND WANT SET ME MELTING

LIKE THE CANDLE WAX IN THE HEAT OF FIRE

INSUFFICIENCY GAVE ME PRIDE

BUT HERE I AM STILL ALIVE.



BORN WITH A WOODEN SPOON

SILVER  WENT TO THE MARKET

GOLDEN WAS NOT WILLING TO HELP

LEFT WITH NO INHERITANCE

BUT AM STILL ALIVE



DEATH HAS SMILED AT MY DOOR

AT 5 FROM A TREE I KISSED THE FLOOR

THROUGH MY ANUS I LEAKED THE BLOOD

LIFE AT ITS BEST

ON THE MOUNTAIN IS SWEET

DOWN HERE IN THE VALLEY

THINGS CHANGED

DEATH SMILED ALWAYS AND OVER AGAIN

BUT HERE I AM STILL HEALTHY



MY COLLEGUE HAVE GONE

IN THE WORLD BEYOND

WHO CAN FATHOM

THEIR BLESSED MEMORIES FROM THE WORLD BEYOND.

HERE I AM IN THE WORLD NOW.



I HAVE GOT NO QUALIFICATION

WHO I’M I THAT I BOAST OF LIFE

YET NO QUALIFICATIONS

PEACE AND JOY ALWAYS I ENJOY

YET NO QUALIFICATIONS

LOVE AND KINDNESS

YET NO QUALIFICATION

TRANQUILITY AND HAPPINESS

GAVE ME WARMTH AT THE HEART

OF THE HOTEST TEMPEST

YET NO QUALIFICATIONS.



OH!! IN MEMORIES I REMEMBER

THE WASTED DAYS

THE WASTED TALENTS

	THE FLYING LIVES	

WE STARTED FROM THE SAME PACE

THE SAME TIME

THE SAME RESOURCES

THE SAME… THE SAME… THE SAME…

AND NOW EVERYTHING HAS GONE IN SANE

I CAN’T HELP BUT RECALL THEM NOW

SHALL THE  BREATH OF DEATH PUSH THEM DOWN?

SHALL WE FOREVER NOT SEE THEM NOW?

SHALL WE REMAIN IN REGRETS AND MEMORIES OF THE SORROWS PAST?


OHH THE BEAUTIFUL OLD DAYS

IN MEMORIES I REMEMBER

IN MEMORIES I REMEMBER

THE YOUNG OLD DEATH

THE CUREL FOOLISH DEATH

THE BASTARD NEW DEATH

HOW COME YOU CHANGED OVER NIGHT

MY FRIEND HOW COME YOU CHANGED?

SO SUDDEN!

PROMISES UNKEPT

LOVE YET UNTOLD!

OH THIS DAY IN MEMORIES I REMEMBER.




I CAN SAY IT OVER AGAIN

I’M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE YET I AM

THE TREES

THE SIMBALS

THE DRUMS

THE TRUMPETS

THE GUITARS AND ALL

ATUNED TO THE BEAT OF THE BREEZE

WHIPPING AWAY MY OLD REJECTED MEMORIES



IT’S MY BIRTHDAY

IT’S MY BIRTHDAY

HOPES REVIVED

LOVE REKINDLED

PARAAAM!! PARAAM!!

THE TRUMPET CRIED

DUUM!! DUUM!! KA! 

DUUM!! KA!!

THE DRUM BELOWED

THE LEAVES OF HUMANS DANCING

BALLONS REJOINCING IN THE WAITLESS AIR

FEATUS POPING THE BLOOD WATER OF ITS MOTHER



IT’S MY BIRTHDAY

WOOO!! 

WOO!!

FROM NORTH TO SOUTH

FROM EAST TO WEST

THE IROKO TREE DANCED IN APPRASAL TO THE CREATOR

A DAY SO SPECIAL…
 
SO SAITH THE SUN

I NEEDED TO BRIGHTEN IT UP

IN LAUGHTER I REJOICE


MY SMILE KEPT ME GOING

MY SMILES KEPT ME YOUNGER

MY SMILES KEPT ME JUMPING

MY SMILE KEPT ME ATTRACTIVE

THE MAKER DID IT BEFORE

THE MAKER HAS DONE IT AGAIN

HE WILL CONTINUE AGAIN AND AGAIN



I MIGHT NOT LEAVE AS METHUSSELA

I MAY NOT BE TAKEN AS ENOCH

I MAY NOT BE AS STRONG AS SAMPSON

AS MIGHTY AS GIDEON

AS SKILLFUL AS DAVID

AS CUNNY AS JACOB

YET MY MARK WILL BE SEEN

YET THEY WILL BE FELT

YET THE TEST OF TIME WILL KEEP THEM TILL AGES



FROM AFAR BUSH

WAIT…

LISTEN…

WHAT…? 

WHAT’S THAT NOISE FOR?

CAN YOU HERE THAT?

YES…

I CAN…

WHAT’S IT FOR?

IT SAYS HURRAY!!

IT A NEW DAWN

THE LORD MADE YOU

REJOICE IN JOY 

PERFECT IN PEACE

LOVABLE IN LOVE 

FORGIVING IN FORGIVENESS

SMILLING IN SMILES

MAKE THE DAY COUNT AND LEAVE A FOOT PRINT

SAID THEY FROM AFAR…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY