Shallow is my mind
shallow are my thoughts
so shallow are my speech and my sight
I'd never walked down dusty dried paths
carrying a slate and chalk to learn in village shack
never had a whack from mallam for not learning my lines
never played under the moonlight as the owls hoot and swoop
never ran away in fright as the hunters with charms and cutlasses
walk through barbs and thickets carrying bush games on shoulders
never seen dead bodies laying bloated by the streams when flooded
never had my belly hungry looking for nuts locusts as mama cries

Shallow is my mind
shallow are my thoughts and ways
I drink the freshest milk and eat hot or cold
my life is dandy as I am handy with all my comforts
so i can sit in bliss and think about love and making out
I can get on my computer and write nonsense all day long
with no depth to me my vacuous mind has time to trawl crazily
I have it all yet I cannot see anything for there are nothing in me
fakers are all around me even my friends come easy and go so easy
I know physical love for that is all I see as my Pa left and Ma is busy with number three
oh hate envy and jealousy lives in me its all my mind can deal with