Be tenacious like the Gipsy King Fury
Believe in you right like Wilder
Duck and weave like Joshua
Wisdom is greater than strenght
Also, know when you're spent like the Klitschkos

Life is like a boxing ring
Who ever believed Ruiz would outclass AJ
Life will.always favour the prepared
He took his shot and overcame
Until you win, try again like Joshua

East or west, north or south
A golden fish has no hiding place
Starve your fears and feed your courage
That's the mindset of champs
And don't stop till you win

The Gipsy King was written off
He had succumbed to vices
Fell for the trappings of fame
But he came back strong
Let that thing go, before it downs you

Dear Friend,
The world is your stage
When you land those killer punches
You'll see nothing at the other side of fear
But success laced with joys

Above all, strive to leave legacies
Muhamed Ali is still the greatest
With his name in our history books
This legend will never be forgotten
When will your name become a brand?

Let me tell you about him
They call him "Iron Mike Tyson"
He still holds the bragging rights
The youngest heavyweight to date
He was a Gladiator

Like a Boy Scout, be prepared
Life will throw at you heavy punches
Pay the price for the prize
So you don't die a non-entity
Leave a mark

Never forget all your pitfalls
You'll need them to tell your story
When your glory shines
For you, failure is not an option
Friend, do you copy?

Shadow box with the best
They will show you your flaws
And show you the pathway
That leads to a glorious tomorrow

Don't say I didn't warn you
May this stand as a testament
Between you and I
That I tried to bring out your best
Stay positive!

Local man
Stay connected to your roots
Long after everything fails
Long after London bridge falls
There will be no place like home

Forget the myriad of challenges
Our problems are amplified
Far above our wins and discoveries
If you loose touch with home
You are already lost

Local man
Stay connected to your home
Wave the flag and raise it high
Our uniqueness is our identity
If you must tell a story
Tell them about your root

I have travelled across oceans
Even when they tried to brainwash me
Something in my yearns for home
Stay connected to your ancestors
That you may enjoy their goodwill

If you must my friend
Be patriotic from the distance
But whatever happens, please
Never forget your home
Only a foolish child
Points to his father's compound with a left

Every country with unique problems
We are not unaware of ours
But the rope that binds us is strong
Be part of the new generation
That is changing the narratives in your root
Because there will always be a place for you at home

No matter where the wind blows
I will always return home
The music, dance, food and life
Why play slave in another's country
When you have a palace in your root?

Before a Lion King wanders inwards
Travelling miles to find a game
That he may feed his clan
With ***** he marks his territory
And returns home with his spoils

With muscular legs and talons
A perfect beak for tearing preys apart
She descends far from the skies
Gliding against storms with swagger
Then she returns home, you too should

If everything were perfect
Migration will be needless
If you had everything you desired
You can be tempted to play God
Developed countries cannot claim perfection
Come, let's build our home together

With outstretched hands
And glamorous red carpet reception
Let us welcome our illustrious sons and daughters
But then, there is work to do
Together, let us make home worth living

Exercise like Billy Blanks
Then punch it like Anthony Joshua
Meander like Lionel Messi
Drive it like Chrisriano Ronaldo
Play around like Neymar da Silver Santos
Swim a d swim like Michael Phelps
Whatever you do?
Never loose your mojo like Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Eyes on the ball like Serena Williams
Hit it hard like Rafael Nadal
Or do you prefer Tiger woods?
Until you hear her sing like Beyonce Giselle Knowles
Twerk like Cardi B
Don't stop cruising like Michael Shumacher
Except you are in a hurry to meet your ancestors
No need for aphrodisiacs
When you have natural smoothies
Above is how to keep her
Repeat these lines over again
And she'll love you forever

I raved in agony
Unseen forces beckoning
They called my names in discordant tunes
They would not let me be
The call of my ancestors

Beckoning on me to come home
A place in the other side of life
Reluctant and sturbborn my spirit was
My time is not now I shouted
Not ready to cross the great divide

Drawn in a thin line
I only could see their faces
My only strength was hope
And that was just enough
I was this close, yet I live

Nobody endures pain
Like a mother trying to stay strong
That her kids may win
Once I saw a Gazzelle sacrifice her life
To two hungry Cheetahs
That her little one may live
That much is how strong mothers love is

No one endures pain like a mother
She spends extra time in the bathroom
That the droplets of water washes away her tears
She sheds them secretly
Making us think she is super human
Can you pause and say a prayer
God bless my Sweet Momma

Tell me, who loves more than a mother
She carried you in her womb
Breastfed you that you may have life
She fought everyone who stood against you
When you fix a mere electric bulb
She calls everyone to come see her Engineer

Tell me, who is it that sings you lullaby?
Tells you bedtime stories
Attends your parents meeting
Your Doctor when you fall ill
She is your behaviorial specialist
Goes hungry that you may be full
Your numero uno role model
There is no oracle lile your Momma

If you have neglected your Momma
You have committed sacrilege
Desecrated ecclessiastic laws
The mother of a Doctor is a Doctor
The mother of a Lawyer is a lawyer
She made you, don't neglect her now
Act right, love her, take care of her
This is the secret of sustainable success
Do the right thing, visit, dial that number now...

Those that sleeps, sleeps at night
Why should I sleep in the morning?
The Sun sets at the eastern horizon
And dissappears in the west
Why should my sun set at noonday?

From moonrise to moonlight
Everything has been perfected before time
Enfirement makes a star shine
So bright it illuminates our world
When hydrogen turns helium

I am a star, a covenant child
I'll leave when "It is finished"
But for now, God is taking me somewhere
And I am not there yet
Even the devil knows this

My sun will never set at noonday
I will never sleep in the morning
Surely, the road to success is plagued
But with Him by my side
I will soon turn a global giant

I'll deploy my gifts and talents
To His glory, for the benefit of mankind
Live to testify to His awesomeness
That's the covenant we both signed
If your Sun will not set at noonday
Please, join me, just say "Amen"

He grabbed his mother
From behind, by her waistline
She turned and looked at him
Lustfully he said, "You look beautiful Mum"
She huged him, planted a forehead kiss

He grabbed his sister
Exactly the way he did his Mum
She turned, spanked him
Their mother rebuked her
Heavens fell on her that day

He grabbed his teacher
You've got nice curves "He said"
Bewildered, confused, she slapped him
She was laid off, "He is just a kid"
The exact words of the Proprietress

Now, he grabbed a stranger
She didn't look at his age
She grabbed him back
Deposited him at the station
He will be sent to the Juvenile
He did the crime, he'll do the time
Tell me, who is to blame?

On that special day
In a blissfull atmosphere
I made out passionately
With my obssession
It was an intense session
Because it lacked supervision
After the seemless transfusion
Done with professional precision
With all the apprehension
Before the mating session
Now I have an undying ambition
With a very crazy compassion
With all the tension
To take you to the session
That will call for a love procession
To declare my obsession
And my conjugal mission
And that is my conclusion

A Poem: Stay Alive Brother (A Poem Against Domestic Violence On Men)

If you do the crime
You'll do the time
Stop killing your spouses
A man is naturally flirtatious
If he opens the bonnet of another
Why not check yourself

The boys are speaking out
Broken boys turn broken men
The men are now speaking out
Don't let her get to you
If you can't take it anymore
Please take a bow

With fire power you reign curses
Decapitate and maim them
You cut them in their prime
Just because of jealousy
No longer shall we be quiet
Guys, if you must, sign the dotted lines

I would rather be single
I would rather be a single Dad
Than be with you, an abusive partner
There is more at other side
Marriage is like admission
You desire Unilag and end up in Kogi

For better for best it is
Not for better for death
Wake up! My friend
Lest you want to answer from the other side
Stay alive brother
Report all domestic abuse

So, before you pop the question
Be sure to also ask
"Will you stab me?"
Never again shall a brother fall
To the uncontrollable anger of a spouse
You have been advised! Be wise!

Babatunde Raimi
Author/Life Coach/Poet
+2348178827380 & +2348035063895

Jumping out of a moving car ain't easy
But when he comes off
Tell me, where do you like it?
Do you like it in your ears?
When that rich milk oozes out
Some like it right inside the pudding
What about you, tell me, where?

It comes off boiling hot
Imagine you coming off same time
That is the zenith of ecstasy
Until you get to that level
You are merely scratching the surface
I love the feel, i love the vibration
Then she clutches the bedspread...

I can see your skin glowing as  a childs'
A healthy milk contains citric acid, free amino acids
It contains fructose, enzymes, phosphorylcholine
Prostaglandin, potassium, and zinc inclusive
If you like to gulp it all
You are the real VVIP
But before you gulp, make sure it is healthy.

Dear Admirer
Let me cuddle you
In the lines you feel
Let me be the artist
That paints you in words
Let me be your soft voice of comfort
When your hour comes
All flags will be flown high
Dear Admirer
Don't wait for me
Find me...

If we were merely seductive
It will be a small fry
We are torn in-between
This is the real ***** and Gomorah
A generation lost to ****** ecstasies
When was the last the red moon was sighted?
Virginity seems a curse than blessing
Our teens come prepared
With experience of a lifetime
Who is to blame?
A confused society
Or a lost Nation
The inlet is no longer satisfactory
We already created another
I can only but pray
That this generation makes heaven's gate

A little bit of cake
A little bit of grape
The sky is red
The temples are set
And the eyes, blurry

The maps shall be drawn
With the greatest ink of all
Pleasures without boarders
As they travel to Paris
Without flying to Paris

It is the season of agape
Not for ****** immoralities
It's just nine months
Cambridge result will be out
Save for those who played safe

The reason for the season is love
That which knows no bound
Dear Valentine
Please be kind
We are already over-populated

In the animal Kingdom
Where the Lion reigns Supremo
Sometimes he wears the garment of mercy
Have we not been admonished as humans
To learn from animals?
Especially under perrogative of mercy

All we need is a will
To do that which is right
Why did 106 countries abolish it?
Especially developed countries
How long will we remain savage
We say "No" to death sentence

From ashes to ashes
From dust to dust we shall return
But must we be the hangsmen?
A strand of hair we cannot create
Raise your voice, not your guns
Together, let's say "No" to blood for blood

If death penalty stops crime
The world will be free of crime
It is man's inhumanity to human
It is callous and ungodly
I support punishment for crime
But for corrective purposes

Let he who is sinless cast a stone
None will cast the stone
Thou shall not ****, thou shall not ****
Whoever kills in cold blood
Shall die in cold blood
Never again, love leads

If God killed for all our crime
Only Angels will dwell on earth
Maybe not even Angels
As satan was once a celestial Angel
Why play god without a heart
God at somepoint repented

Retaliatory punishment is not justice
Let us think restoration
An eye for an eye diminishes us as humans
As citizens of the world
Like slave trade, let death sentence stop
Every soul matters to Divinity

An eye for an eye is evil
Not all sentenced to death are guilty
Some appear guilty but innocent
Must we pay evil for evil?
Women that engage in abortion
Men that waste their seeds
Doctors who decides who lives and who doesn't
Shall we also sentence them to death?

Whether by hanging
Firing squad or lethal injections
It is a gross violation of right
Everyone deserves to live
Please, live and let live
And if you **** another deliberately
May your endings be sorrowful
But not like this...

Some call it "Allawee"
Compensation or gratuity
If you can it appreciation
And I call it "Thanks for coming"
Does it make less of a gamer?

What do you call it?
The money offered after ***
I heard they call it exchange
But everything "Prostitution noo ni"
*** allowance or sevice charge
It is a service you offered

The Easterners call it "Ego oil"
Sometimes they prefer "Ego ohu"
"Ego come next time"
Insurers call it premium
Bankers call it facility

It can come in phones
Cars, rent or school fees
Ilegality cannot legalise ilegality
The morale not withstanding
Because with postinor allowance
It's welcome to the league

Either way my dear
Prostitution comes in shades
They receive doses of tablets
Take you to the mountain top
All services fully paid for

The sugarcandy comes with a prize
But you've got to pay the prize
You receive the ink in  a funky plate
Get to Paris and back
Get laid and paid
You are officially a *** worker

*** for grade, grade for ***
*** for employment, *** for promotion
*** to close deals and gratification
My Dear, you are a *******
The oracle have spoken

When you are down; I am out
My world crumbles
I've become nomophobic
A chronic phone addiction
Until you are charged
My joy is lost
My happiness reclines
You are an integral part of me
Without which I am incomplete
I need you charged at all times
I'll walk miles, travel wide
Just to ensure you are charged
You are a god
That I unknowingly worship
When life threw darts at me
Suddenly I realised
I've been busy charging my phones
What I forgot
By whatever means, name
Was to charge my soul
Just the way i charge my phones
Maybe, my life will be more meaningful

"Ala Beke"
God's own country
What is the hype?
Fix your country
To reduce brain drain
**** corruption
Lest it kills us
We're tired of exodus
To a foreign land
Built by visionaries
Be advised
Once you get to "Ala Beke"
You are just another dude
With a funny accent
You become a second class
Let's fix our nation

Dress well
Add intelligence
Eat well
Look well
Be well
Get energised
Exercise often
Shave well
Cook well
Smell well
Cook naked
He is usually hungry
He might feel like eating
Just before eating
So, no room for slay Queens
It starts with you!

Listen, the world is muffled
My legs, numb with cold
Grief, anger envelops us
So, it is sadly true
We all know our date of birth
No one knows their date of death
How do you say "Goodnight"
When morning dawns
The world is still in jolted

Why, death why?
Why do bad things happen to the good
And good things happen to the bad
Someone please tell me why?
You have touched our soul
With so many moves
Written your name in our hearts
The basketball world tears for you and yours

My sockets, teary
My face, blurry
My life, you were my coach
You mentored me from afar
I share your drive and enthusiasm
And that it took Gianna
What a tragedy
A loss to the world

If you lived in Africa
We would ask questions
Who felled our Iroko tree?
Who set your sun at noonday?
Who was afraid of your shine?
We would have invoked our gods
But we can't ask questions
God knoweth...

Death surely comes
The only ineluctable enemy of humans
It will come when it will come
Prepare your house, write a will
Live a day at a time
It seems far, yet close
Start living, stop surviving
Start building legacies, not wealth

With 8 all-star selections,
An MVP award with 33,643 points
Already, you made 20 seasons
Inspired our generation
Your stardom cuts accross galaxies
I just want to look into the sky
The abode of our forefathers
And see you shine down on us

There are no words to express my pain
You are a legend
You live forever in our hearts Black Mamba
Gianna, the road stops here
Heaven is a continuance
We will remember you forever
Goodnight Kobe...Good night Gianna!

Babatunde Raimi
Author/Life Coach/Poet
08178827380 & 08035063895

What shall it profit you?
When you open a private arena
Your hallowed sanctum of decorum
And feed it to the dogs
For mere sensual ecstacies

With the latest gizmo
Delivered surreptitiously
You turn it on, and loud
Travel to a world of infinite pleasures
Attain ******, yet lonely

If it is not right, watch it
You are probably being filmed
You get laid and get paid
Your escapades hits the internet
Congrats!, you are now officially a **** star

Babatunde Raimi
Author/Life Coach/Poet
08178827380 & 08035063895

Music heals me
The ocean inspires me
But you see the stars,
It gives me hope
Hope that one day
My life will so shine
That it will inspire my world

I can love like a butterfly
If you hurt me
Things can change very fast
I'll still love you
Just not as you want it
Try not to push
It's possible I'll fall in love again

When I knew HE had the reings
I was still; yet I wait
I had peace like a river
In that peace is everlasting joy
An assurance of a better tomorrow
If the flower blossoms in its time
One day, my time will come

In all, in YOU I trust
The One that never fails
Take me, use me
Let me walk your walk
Let me talk your talk
Give me the courage to see
When others are looking
Above all, let me want what You want

A Poem: Pandora Box

Open the pandora box
Don't just shake the table
Break all the legs
I really hate what i don't like
There is a place called forgiveness
Only when repentance is genuine
Once again let me loud it
Open everything; the can of worms
I have conquered fear
Nothing scares a Leopard
Nothing scares me anymore
A woman's heart
A deep ocean of secrets
And a mans', filled with deep ****
Is this true?
But wait, before you let it out
Let me cry my cry
If this doesn't break us
Nothing else ever will
Now tell me, what is it?

You see that feeling
When we are together
It never goes away
You see the way i look at you
Each time you smile
It makes me feel alright

I tried always to get closer
That I became a monitoring spirit
Checking your whatsapp status makes me high
And i know you know it
I just can't say the words
Just because i am Lady

Just that you know
Until you pick my green light
In my mind, we are already dating
My heart yearns for yours
Why are men so blind!
Truth, I'll live and die for you

You are my only temptation
Now, I am more confused than ever
Your kind, with all that intellectual compostion
And a matching physicality
Very rare to find I tell you
But when I finally find one,
It's a very big "Yes" for me

With my beautiful eyes
I already undressed you
Call it lust or infactuation
But "Na from clap dem dey enter dance"
Like this, many found their soulmates
And changed the narratives
"Sistos", if you like him, say "Hi"

Right now, i am in a prison of your creation
And i do really love the feelings
If I were still in the world
I would have shot a straight bullet
I can't wait no more Sugar
Please come to Mama
Because In me also, is your addiction

They called us a ****-hole
But from these holes lies their wealth
They say we live in slums
But they jolly on our beautiful islands
We don't live on trees
Africa has got beautiful cities
The same other in your cities

They told you lies
And you believed them
How can the whole continent contact aids?
Whereaas our sons are scaling new heights
Teaching in your universities
Conquer your fears
Come! See!! Believe!!!

Africa is a country
who told you that?
We are a continent of fifty four countries
About four hundred thirty million of us speak
French
Cutting across twenty nine countries
While twenty four countries speak English
Know it also today that;
Most Africans speak more than one language

They will not tell you
How they looted our artifacts
Decorated their museums with stolen
masterpieces
They will not tell you about our weather
The best weather in the whole world
We don't live with animals in Africa
We love Animals

Next time you talk about Africa
Add some respect
I know they didn't tell you
Africa is the cradle of human civilization
We have our problems, especially bad leadership
Rooted in massive corruption
But from the bad ***, comes the white pap
Bottom line, they lied to you...

A Poem: A Dose Of Vanity

A dose of vanity
What you call vanity
Might not be vanity at all
What is poison to one
May be pleasure to another
How yummy and sweet it is
The sweetest of all pleasures

Come with me to sin city
Bring down the walls
When you come over
No need for hang-over
Just bend over
And I will take over
Afterwards, we can changeover

Give me a dose of vanity
Without any iota of sentimentality
Let us define our territoriality
With a sense of responsibility
Before we engage in vanity
That leads to ecstasy
Be advised, proceed with protection

Now, the moment has come
Before we "*** our ***"
Let us "talk the talk"
This moment is intended for pleasure
No doubt, the best form of exercise
Ours not intended for procreation

Did you sign an oath of celibacy?
Are you virile and adventurous?
Let's play with the oil that never dries
Let me give you a trip
To a city that never sleeps
Don't we all need a dose of vanity?

Slowly, lift up the veil
Start from the periphery
Input the play head
Twerk like Cardi B
And enjoy a dose of vanity
Before you get tipsy and engaged
But remember *** is real
Have you been tested?
Spread the news, not the virus

Babatunde Raimi
Author/Life Coach/Poet
08178827380 & 08035063895

No going back
We will defend our pride
Our heritage
Our fatherland
Not with guns, powder nor machetes
Not with armoured carriers
But with powers ancestral

We will visit Egungun Oya
The god of divination
We will invoke Mawu
The god of the Sun and Moon
Have you heard about Babalu aiye?
The god of infectious diseases
Let the games begin

Omoluabi oooo! Omoluabi oh!!
"Bo ba d'ogun; ko d'ogun"
Where is Sango, the god of thunder?
"Gunugu ni oruko, ti an pe Ifa?"
"Okalamagbo ni oruko ti an pe awon Iya oshoronga"
"Abiamo ki gbo ekun omo re",
"Ki o ma ta si were"
"Oya, Amotekun oooo"

When the walls of Jericho fell
How many bullets were shot?
They stood on their father's faith
How was Judah and Jerusalem taken?
The red sea parted by the word
We too, shall speak the word
But now, the words our Ancestors

When the centre can no longer hold
Surely, things will fall apart
"Omo Yoruba, ronu"
Enough! No longer shall our lands be desecreted
Cast the cowries in the calabash
Let us inquire of our gods
Shall we pursue and reclaim?
Ready, set, "Amotekun dee"

Babatunde Raimi
Author/Life Coach/Poet
08178827380 & 08035063895

If I behave unstable
It is not intentional
I blame it on you
Yes, on your narratives
That boys don't cry

You say men shouldn't cry
You see crying men as weaklings
Why shouldn't I cry my cry
Even Lions cry, so why not?
We have all been mis-schooled

Depression comes in different  shades
Crying is soothingly therapeutic
So, let me cry my cry in peace
Or is it your cry?
One day, your time will come

If I sink into depression
Because I am being a man
When depression leads to death
Will you take care of my loved ones?
Can you legalise your promise?

I vented my anger on drinks
I became a chronic drunk
I laced it with womanising
I became nymphomaniac

I am first human, then a man
All you need do is ask nicely
Maybe we can be good friends
That we may cry and win together

Stand up for the boy child
Tell them it's okay to fall and cry
How do you cope with a falling grade?

I am single and unmarried
Married and unhappy
Do you have a nagging partner?
"Every Mallam to his kettle" please
Don't add if you can't help

I have a right to cry
It is not a weakness
It is a display of emotion
Ask women, they cry in sorrow and gladness
Stop the emotional blackmail

There is a child in every man
A tear in every gland
Boys lives matters too
Let me heal and cry in peace
Spread the news...

Do you know my story?
If you know my past
You will appreciate my pain
Then my praise
Boys needs help too

Failure is but school, learn
Suicide is not an option
Marriage is not by force
Singleness is not a curse
If you are hurt, cry your cry

When a breadwinner dies
A wife looses a husband
A child loses a father
A family looses a sibling
It's okay to cry, so cry...

Don't vent it on addictives
If you have ever been told
"Man up; boys don't cry"
You have been abused
Gather here, let's cry together

How Should I Propose?
I see in her everything I desire
Maybe In the middle of the sea
On a very fine boat
And just slide it in?
Like we slid it in...

Is it best when she is asleep?
Breakfast on bed
One knee on the ground
Kiss her and pop the question?
Will you be mine?
I can't wait anylonger

Maybe she'll like it private
I'll keep it short and simple
No drama, no paparazzi
Then we go see her family
I guess she will say "Yes"
What if she says "No"?

She once mentioned "Ayelala"
Before a god in my village
What if the sun rises?
And she is not to the rescue
This is not an option
But I want her to be mine

I'll take her out
On a beautiful weekend
While the birds sings
And ***** crow at dawn
I will sing her favourite song
And slid in the rings

With a car filled with beautiful balloons
Escorted by beautiful maidens
With escorts from the royal guards
Making beautiful rendition
Then I will shout to the world
"Marry Me" Honey!

Love is beautiful
When you catch the feel
You'll just know
You want to rush in
But be careful my friend
So you don't rush out

If I do it in a store
And she says "No"
As I watch in Nollywood
I'll just collect my ring
Sell it back to them and case closed "Mbok"

Can I take her to Paris?
The city of love
Buy her a diamond crested ring
And say my vows
In that city of love
Shall we make the trip?
Will she say "No?"

Take me to Mama Folu
Let me buy her hot Amala
Or take me to Effurun market
There is a woman that sells there
Hot banga soup with starch
Just add all the living things
And pop the question

The hour has come
To do the needful
Please say a prayer for me
As I take a lifelong decision
Into a journey unknown...
And she said, "Yes"

Babatunde Raimi
Author/Life Coach/Poet
08178827380 & 08035063895

For the want of miracles
My people have become gullible
Muscled and brainwashed by fake oracles
Masters of psychology and "wash wash" miracles
Robbing them of their wealth and bangles

How long shall we be susceptible
To the charades of these scientists
Who masquerade as holier than Jesus
Poverty stricken scam artists
Who pose as Deputy Jesus

HE has ears, HE can hear
HE has hands, HE can save
Heaven and earth is HIS
the earth and the fullness therein
Why ask a creation, when you can ask the Creator?

Your mother is a witch
Your inlaws flies in the night
Until you **** them, no peace
I pity your condition
Be careful who counsels you
Lest they cancek you out of life

Give me, give me is how babies pray
What must I do, the lines of Kings
Until you settle with the word
You will never cross to the other side

Stop rubbishing your education
So many herberlist are now prophets
All they require is to say the words
You automatically becomes their "Maga"

The Spirit of Jah is in all men
My Pastor said, my Daddy said
That is how many marriages got destroyed
Blood transfusion is a curse
By it so many stars were murdered
By brainwashed and murderous parents

Sit with the word like Paul
Fast and pray like a true discipline
Seek Him in truth and in spirit
Then praise Him like David
Let me see that challenge that will stand

He is an open handed God
He allows His children make choices
If you return to Him genuinely
The world will soon  gather to celebrate you
Enough of Religious Scam, "Mbok"

I love your *******
It makes me drip
If that is heavens road
Then, my mission is complete

I love your breast
Especially the roughages
That surrounds the juice
If I can only but grasp

I love your dimple
Even though they are simple
Each time you smile
I just feel a tickle

Let me be your barber
With exclusive services
That I may help you shave yonder
And give it a fine design

I almost touched that tattoo
Beautifully carved on your cleavage
When we bathed together
But bathing together is not consent  

Although you were silent
Consent for one
Is not consent for all
When we downed a bottle of passport
You were weak, I was your strength

Once we wanted to make out
You said "Yes", then "No"
But I made sure the sun didn't rise
For the moon was not set

I'll be ready when you are
In a blissful atmosphere
Under the "Udala" tree
With a sealed mutual oath

If you went it
Before she said "Yes"
If you shaged her
Before she was eighteen
You are officially a ******

This is not just a poem
It is the story of my Kimberly
And yet,
Still I wait...

Babatunde Raimi
Author/Life Coach/Poet
08178827380 & 08035063895

If you laugh at my stupid acts
Still pull me aside to guide me
You never threw me to the Lions
You correct me in love
Like a loving mother
To a suckling child
Then you are my best friend

If you are miles away
And your thoughts still makes me smile
If your absence makes me cry
Tears of joy; that I miss you
If I shout on you for everything
And you still give me that  smile and hug
You are my best friend

If you've crossed to the great divine
Dining with the Angels
Sited at God's right hand
And I still think about you
The sweet memories we shared
If I still look at the stars and see you
You are my best friend

If I ever lied to by loved ones
To spend time with my Bae
To mingle with my guys
Or our usual ladies night out
If I told you what none ever knew
Run to you for advice
You are my best friend

If you ever sent me recharge cards
Bought me perfumes and souvenirs
Bought me food when I was hungry
Drinks that we may be merry
Just know that I miss you
And right now, I am thinking about us
Because I miss my best friend

You can make that call now
The next time my phone rings
I wish you will be one
My acts might not show it
I might have a funny way of communicating
But I think I love you
Because you are my best friend

If you've ever flown
Carry bottled water about
Charter Uber or Taxify
Usually don't finish your drinks
Leave droplets of food at restaurants
Congrats, you made it!

If you are a Soldier's wife
A Lawyer or a Doctor
You use i-phone 32
Ever snapped "pinshure" with "Whity"
Or attended private university
Congrats, you made it!

You are in charge of party food
Borrow a car to pick your date
Snapped inside a car for Facebook and Instagram
If you love to sit in front of danfo
Or work as a Marketer
Congrats, you made it!

If you are course representative
An MD in any firm
Your brother is a politician  
Snapped inside a Airplane
Or fair like the daughters of Job
Just add it to your resume
You already made it!

If you wear gold Romanian curls
Would you rather do Brazilian or Indian hair
You already look like Khardashian
Or have "Arsenal" like Cardi B
Can I get your autograph?
You are already a star

If you have a customized plate
A double chief in your village
You love ******* and foursome
You abuse siren as an ordinary Spy Police
You are already a big boy!

However, if you are street smart
You have a skill set with your education
If you went to a finishing school
You never allow pride overwhelm you
If you are your own Boss
And you pay salaries
You are the real VIP

Many are victims of identity
Living in prisons of their imagination
Forming Slay Queens and Marlians
If you don't mind yourself now
Your future might be a repeat of the past
Don't be poor and proud!
It is highly cancerous...

Babatunde Raimi
Author/Life Coach/Poet
08178827380 & 08035063895

At the mention of DNA test
Some softwares trip
Cool child runs within them
None is ever sure of a firing
Afterall, sharp shooters still miss fire
If you aren't afraid of scans
To determine our child's sexuality
What is the ruse about DNA test?

Not all women are infidels
There are evil practitioners
Intentionally they swap babies
Like guys swap girlfriends
What makes you so sure
That you are your father's  child
This table is not only shaking
I hope to break the legs

When my ***** travels through the epididymis
Direct into the vas deferens
From the seminiferous tubules
Am I even sure it is *****?
It could be mere "Ogi"
How do you impregnate a software?
While you are plagued with erectile dysfunction?
Ladies beware, impotent men abound

Wait, don't go nowhere
"I never finish with you"
When your arteries are plagued
You can never "Do The Do"
It is called atherosclerosis
*** is intended for pleasure
And for procreation my friend
Don't be called Daddy by another's child
Let us all seek full medical check up

When married women slay
They turn real side chicks
Especially the married but single
Even Solomon in his prime
Cannot match their ******
They drive in their cars
And just flash you twice
If you can decipher the code
"You go just dey clean the playhead"
While real Oga hussles for the family

No time to check time
One month after birth
Conduct proper DNA test
Let us settle this thing once
But be sure of your generator of generations
That it is working in full capacity
To avoid stories that touches the heart
Don't say i didn't warn you

That goodbye *** with your ex
The night vigils with loud loans
With "Ekwueme" at the background
The client you shagged for the cheque
The MD you seduced for that account
The "thing" might have entered
Don't give it to another man
It is pure evil
A day of reckoning looms

Terrible days are here
The devil was once a saint
If you already said "Yes"
Please honour your vows
Infidelity is now a norm
Moral decadence on both sides
Married women are now real side babes
Behind that beauty may be a Delilah

If you ever discover the smoke screen
Please be magnanimous...
Your escapades with your colleagues
Your secretaries and personal assistants
Your time-out with church and mosque workers
Your sins might have visited
This time, though your wife
Whatever you sow, you reap
Karma is very real

With the rapid wave of technology
DNA will soon be like BVN
Just like the XYZ test in government hospitals
It will be made compulsory
And help us demystify this mystery
But if you are very sure
That your father is your father
Am I really sure?
That my child is child?
DNA Test, are you sure you are the Daddy?

I need to confess my sins
That all my prayers be answered
With a fitting open cleave front
Hair covered with agenda
The opening separated me from him
He is every woman's want
My prayer just got answered
Even before confession started

Who is she?
He ruminated on this for weeks?
Until my phone rang
With a request to prepare soup
I made my best banga soup
Right in his kitchen
I raised up my legs
On his kneels, I went to heaven

No mortal ever touched me like that
The words came slowly
"Touch your toe", he said
Then he played the opera
It was "waoh", I went wild
Right then and then
I vowed, "May this never end"

If this be a sin
We will go to hell fire together
The way he touched my *******
I wondered where he got experience
He is supposed to be celibate
I looked straight in his eyes
Have you ever done this?
"I watch adults he said"

He turned me over
Legs raised like a pole vault
The sunset in between his legs
For a moment I lost my sanity
Slowly I muttered, "Marry me"
This is sacrilege I know
But may this never end
My Priest got great stunts

Never have I felt so young
Nor been to heaven and back
My young lovers could not match his dexterity
He pounded me like a Lion
Seeing him makes me wet
I had to change my place of worship
But it was a fairy tale...

We desecrated the altar
Abused the holy annointing
For moments of pleasure evermore
Each time I see him
Adorned in his ecclesiastic robe
I see a **** star, my love
If only he will abandon the call
But he said "No", because Mama said so
True love is just not fair
Why did I fall in love with a Priest

The worse happened
I got really served
Who gets pregnant for a Priest?
When he moved to sin city
He realised he wanted a legacy
He wanted the child
A product of our sacrilege
Against his will, I flushed it
Our child was gone
I lost him forever
Only then did I truly realise
"Anamachikwanu" is not a love song

Why call me African Giant
When my people live below poverty level
Less than two dollars a day
I cry for my country Nigeria
A people suffering and smiling
A land plenty in poverty

If we top Africa's oil production
Shouldn't our social security be world class?
Shouldn't our senior citizens be tended with class
Why the massive exodus abroad?
Brain drain and capital flight
Increase in crime wave
I cry for my nation

How can a man marry a wife
And another rapes her with impunity
Collects all the goodness deposited in her
Who should be the first partaker of the fruit?
Tell me, a stranger or the groom?
Who cursed Africa?

Who owns our oil wells?
How many indigenous companies?
Stupidity is killing a bush Rat
Selling it to the refiner cheap
And gathering with your cohorts
Drinking pepper soup with same bush Rat
At an exorbitant price

We lost our middle class
In Africa's supposed largest economy
You are either rich or very poor
This is more like the animal kingdom
Where the winner takes it all
What am I even saying?
Are we not all animals!

Who is talking about gold?
Agriculture and minerals
Who is talking about our human resource?
Schooled with employability mentality
We have to change the narratives
This change begins with you
Stop sitting on the fence

If we keep servicing debts
Supporting lavish lawmakers lifestyles
It won't be long before famine sets in
A re-enactmant of Genesis 41
What happened to infrastructural development?
Human and capacity development
Great nation, indeed!

Where do all our oil money go?
You cannot be a player and referee same time
Who benefits from our collective wealth
Definitely not the Niger Deltans
You should be ashamed as a leader
We chose you, but you failed...

Don't think we are fools
We are only acting the fool
Just to fool you fool
That thinks you are fooling us
A new generation of activists are born
Not with guns and powders
We will fight you with the greatest weapon
A pen, mightier than the sword
With the people on our side

I pay my taxes and abhor capital flight
If you under-report your earnings
Or surreptitiously evade tax
Are you different from them?
Play your part, keep hands clean
Very soon, their sins will visit them
Publicly, they will be put to shame
That Africa may be great

If he sends you roses
Buys you money
Takes you on vacation
If be sings you lullaby
Gets you Romanian hair
Mongolian wig and Egyptian curls
If he says "I love you"
Just say "Yes"

If he takes you shopping
Buys you Hermes & Gucci
Shoes you public display of affection
Takes a bullet for you
If he calls you "Honey"
With lots of money
Just say "Yes"

If your girls hate him
For reasons yet untold
Protect your investment
They have a thing for him
If he gives you unexpectedly
Good with sixty nine
Cuddles like a baby
Husband material in view
Just say "Yes"

If he looks into your eyes
And says "Adore moi"
Helps you change your pads
Knows how to hook and unhook
Discusses his future with you
You just got lucky
Just say "Yes"

If he cleans the house
While you just wish to relax
Allows you wipe your tears
On his new Marks and Spencer
If he makes you laugh
Buys you pantless and beltless suit
Take him to Mama
Just say "Yes"

If he raises a hand on you
And calls it a mistake
Spies on you like a monitoring spirit
Hacks your phone
Sees you as an asset
Other than a partner
If he is egocentric and loud
And not proud to show you off
Run away, "jappaa"
You have been advised

Mfonobong Ituen

Now, you got my attention
My perfect distraction
Private are privates
Lest I become an instant celebrity
On the pages of social media

If you seek beyond
Let's go to yonder place
And just talk the talk
Maybe lace it with actions
But I fear for me
Lest you too say...
"Welcome to fatherhood"
Smiles

Truth is
Time never stops
And it never ends
Life is a continuum
Yes, you got heart broken
But love never ends
You find it in weird places
With beautiful hearts
Strangers turned friends
Friends turned lovers
And then, we start again
Until we get it right
And live happily ever after
Until then, just like time
Never stop finding love
You are closer than you think!

She layed cool from the mute
As beautiful as the river goddess
Her smile still looked beautiful
But she is now a star
Sitting in the galaxy of the greats
She crossed to the other side
Where the grass is greener
And the water purer
As she layed cool from the mute
She smiled like a diva
For the first time since the news broke
I released droplets of tears
Then I smiled...
She knows I love her
But who am I to query the Creator
Who has chosen to take His creation
She got to her final abode
Done and dusted, she bowed
Afterall, legends don't die
They translate
Join me celebrate my icon
The one whose vehicle I rode to earth
From dust to dust she slept
Yet, so beautiful
Adieu Mama!

A Poem: Revolution Africa*

All hail the Lion King
King Flair Simasiku
A certified change agent
You seem calm, cool and collected
How did you overcome fear
Dining with the king of the jungle
You even spoke their language
When you say "Roar", they roar
When you say "Walk", they walk

Where is Rafiki?
Did he give you the pass code
How did you surmount the insurmountable
"This is not a small something oh"
Success is not for Lilly hearts
But brave heart like you
They said real shekels lays in their mouth
Can you help demystify this mystery?

Tell me King Simasiku
How did you overcome your fears?
How did you win their hearts?
Was Rafiki instrumental
For he is the mouthpiece of the gods
He is the most popular Monkey on earth
Plesse say a word for us

Tell us King of the Jungle
How can we posses a Lion heart
When our leaders coveted the Lion share
They **** our national assets with impunity
Tell me King Simasiku
How do we blaze the trail
Just like you did
The whole world will hear your name
Be kind, take us to your Kingdom
Far away in Namibia
From you, we seek true knowledge

You inspire us King Simasiku
We are a people suffering and smiling
But if you teach us your ways
That we might be bold as a Lion
Then we can face our fears
And make 2020 count
Just like the Eagle Fola
She already raised the bar
And you, you killed it with this exposure

Brace up for impact
This is no PowerPoint
This is no Photoshop
Not even paint or corel draw
This is reality, get close at your peril
The morale behind this
Face your fears or die trying
Even if you perish
The world will remember you
Do it not for yourself
But for your Simba
That they may enjoy tomorrow

There are Scars lurking around
But we will always run to Rafiki
The just and Only Wise One
We refuse to be manipulated
And flee to return like Simba
We will fight for the glory of Africa
And chase every Mufasa out
Wake up Africa!
The hour to liberate her has come
Just say the word my King
And we will follow
Revolution Africa!

There is a time to be born
Then you suckle her succulent breast
Get a ride on her back
Like a mother Baboon to her Baby
This is a season of growth
We all passed through it

There is a time to crawl
A time to fall, stand and walk
Just like a new hen
In a new environment
With one leg at a time
She studies her environment
Then she begins to fly
Looks for trouble and says
"I will tell my Mummt for you"

There is a time to be schooled
Not just formally these days
To survive the current economic realities
You need skill based education
This, your sure bet to financial freedom
Afterall, "Who certificate help"

None can survive without "Mama thank you"
Without which you will be history
From the days of John the Baptist
We have been eating "Mama Thank You"
Our sweet Mother
Our comfort in times of war...

She fought many unseen battles
That you and I may live
She tolerated concubines and new wives
Even when father said her wine was stale
She even served them food
So that we will not be poisoned
"If you know you know"
Especially if you survived polygamy like me

What can we do without our mother?
A God in human form
She could have left the union
But what will people say?
"What will happen to her children?"
She weathered the storm
The tempest storms from family
Her love was pure agape
When was the last you told her "I love you?"

She sold fishes that you be educated
She believed in your ability to succeed
You were her greatest investment
Yet, she never stopped serving  you
And all you say is "Mama Thank You"
Do you know that thunder is real?
And she didn't take postinor
When you were conceived...

At Age thirty, you are still home
Struggling with her scarce resources
Competing for space with siblings
Still eating "Mama Thank You"
Of what value is your education?
Has it made you independent
Or a non-entity?

If our parents took loans
To finance our education
With you still eating "Mama Thank You"
After successfully completing NYSC
How can you pay them back?
Would it be okay to mortgage you
Just as a collateral
Afterall you spent the money

Wake up my friend!
This is not a poem
This is a clarion call to do right
Before you buy i-phone 12
Have you honoured your parents?
Before you pay your Girlfriend's house rent
Have you paid your parents'?

No one takes oranges
And takes the seed alongside
In your meagre earnings is a seed
And if you are not earning
After all your education
You are just a lazy youth
You still want to eat "Mama Thank You"
"Mama Thank You Kee You Dia"

This is a clarion call
Before you call your girlfriends
Or your Sugar "Zaddies"
Have a meeting with yourself
Have you been financially good to Mummy?
What about your Superman, your Daddy?
Do you even know their account number?
If you don't, make that call
And place them on monthly stipends

Sometimes in life
To unlock the golden door
That your heaven may open
You don't need fasting and prayers
You don't need prayers from spiritualist
All you need is to act right
Go back to your root
Honour the god that poured blood on you
Especially from your wallet

Little hinges swings great doors
Little drops makes mighty oceans
You mustn't engage in Yahoo plus
Or corporate "Olosho" in whatever guise
You too can play in the big leagues
If only you honour your parents
That it shall be well with you
That they too may say
"Thank You My Pikin"
You have been advised!

Babatunde Raimi
Author/Life Coach/Poet
08178827380/08035063895

Just that you know
I wrote you a special song
Wait! Hold up! Not what you think
It wasn't easy my Dearest
But I prayed for the grace
The grace of goodbye

I am finally over you
For the emotional blackmails
Assaults in different shades
I finally got the *****
I heard all you said about me
I forgive you already

In you I saw tomorrow
A tomorrow that now will never come
Don't worry about me
I will cry for a while
But I'll be strong
You just became history
A story of once upon a time

Who says men are men
Men have emotions too
Truth is, we tear too
We just do it differently
Behind those smiles  
Lays buckets of water
Only legends can identify with this

I tried alcohol and cigarettes
But hangover got the lot of me
The problem never left
I tried painting and singing
But I could only hear myself
All these meant nothing
To what loosing you meant to me

Why do we hurt the ones we love most?
I've been acting like a ****
But this tragedy will pass
And my sun will rise again
Because I am an incurable optimist
I know I will fall again

When you stopped calling daily
When you stopped dropping by
And cut off emotional support
Like algebraic permutations
I knew you were done like done
But life abhores vacuum
An Angel will fill that void

A Lanister always keeps his words
I promise you I will rise again
But just that you know
The music doesn't sound the same
The walk now seem lonely
For all its worth
The food has become tastelessly tasteless

If you have ever been dumped
By the one you truly love
I've got bottles of beer
With Kenny G at the background
Please gather here my friends
Let's cry together
Love hurts...

The Lion may rule the jungle
But it must never forget the Tiger
Once the king becomes complacent
His vulnerability is exposed
No man rules the jungle alone
Because many trees makes a forest
And brotherhood makes us stronger
Where you see yourself as Lord Supremo
Without bending like a fool
To fool the fools fooling you
You will never be as wise as the Tortoise
Who can lead a coup d'etat
With mere proverbial bullets
To rule your world sweatlessly
Strategise; corporate and collaborate
Only then can you win wars
Without throwing a stone
Be wise!

You are free to leave
If you want to
You obviously can't take a bullet for me
Let alone die for me
The road is not smooth
One day you will realise
How unfair you have been to me
That day will surely come
Then you will understand love
In its purest form
But it will be too late
When I think of us
I think of the beachside
Sipping margarita together
But not anymore
You know what?
You are my greatest regret
I curse the day our path crossed
I wish you never were
Truth is, right now, I need a hug...

Hold me, kiss me, touch me
My ******* yearns for your touch
My derriere desires your squeeze
Come partake of my sweetness
The one that comes from beneath
Wind and grind like a monster
Until I release breathes of satisfaction
If you make me scream
And make me forget my name
If you make me a woman
And make me wrap my legs around you
Then I will be your Queen
All you got to do is just ask
And I will be right there
To ride on that roller coaster
That exudes tingling sensation
And makes happiness go round
This, the secret desire of every woman
That only legends understands
Take me to the moon and back
I want you in there
My adrenaline is high
I just need you to complete the highness
Until we fade into slumber
I love you already...

When you fall in love with a poet
Open your heart and just smile
Their poetic lines are subtle
Therapeutic and reassuring
Yet enchanting and poisonous
Beautiful poison that makes you cringe

When you fall in love with a poet
Most times they just want you to listen
To the rants from their heart
Which is music to your soul
Beyond lustful desires and libidos
Their lines, sweater than ***

Whenever your heart is on fire
Simmer into some poetic lines
Your hormones will come alive
As you relish the beautiful poison
Hidden behind fine lines
Therein lays desires yet unmet
Like Juliet, drink the lines, that you may ******

When you fall in love with a poet
Just don't read the lines
Eat and be ensnared
They are not your regular type
Their call, text and missives
All these just makes you wet
With wishful and lustful desires
That often cannot be met...

I don't know where this boat will dock
I don't know where it is taking us
But surely my dear
Ours is not to know tomorrow
If we take it one paddle per time
Living one day at a time
The tide might sway us aright
To a life of bliss
I guarantee there will tempest storms
The type in the days of Noah
Give me your heart my dear
Sail with me in this lonely journey
For in oneness we are strong
Only then can be berth safely
On this journey called love

Mr. Digger, weldone
Like a miner you dig deep
Looking for what is not missing
You visit every angle
Digging in and out of every hole
Then you rest to continue after a while
To commence your marathon findings
Continue, Minister of research
What a world, chasing after mundane things
You'll reap what you sow
Continue!

You want a make out
Without a ring on it
You call it attractive
I call it infactuation
They call it seductive spirit
They just want the pudding
Bunch of irresponsibles

This kind goeth not away
But by fasting and prayer
A generation of sadomasochists
Bunch of nymphonaniacs
Do I look like a loose ball?
Even if I wanted to play
"Shoe get size, 'mbok'"

Open your legs at your peril
When it's time to settle down
Men look beyond beauty
Character and intelligence tops the list
Even love is not enough
When he is ready to "ring it"
Don't say I didn't tell

When you advertise your wares
Frontally and from behind
You attract what you represent
Men don't like exposed wares
If you cover it very well
They will pay fire to posses it
Trust me, I speak from experience

Queens of the night
Their office opens at night
Adorned in skimpy gowns, no brassiere
Sometimes, with their nieces knickers
Exposing all exposables
You attract what you are
You get what you desire

Do you have a banging body
With seductive shape
All you get is a one night stand
No one wants to marry an empty barrel
Before you open your legs
Please, open your sense
Do you understand?

Before I drop my pen
Please repeat after me
Lord, Jesus, I come to you today
As my personal Lord and saviour
Deliver me from seductive spirit
That I might be made whole
Write my name in the book of life
Thank you for saving me. Amen!

If you produce
Please provide
The universe contains electrons
Neutrons, protons and morons
The last typifies those
Who connect to every network
With their wifi
Responsibility is the key
Be responsible for your actions
You have been advised