ONLY YOU

Only you understand the way I feel

Every day I carry burdens only you and I can see

I have been working so hard to achieve the things I have today

But without you it’s not worth a dime, I couldn’t have done it all alone

You encouraged me when hope had almost deserted me

You were beside me when nothing was working out for me

When I fell ill and so weak, I couldn’t take care of myself

You healed me without a dime; I was never admitted to the hospital

There was a time in my life when I lost hope of achieving anything

You sent someone to me and miraculously revived me

Nothing I do right now can attorn for the sacrifices you took because of me

I can only go on my knees and appreciate you for providing and protecting me

Enemies have been jealous, they marvel at the way you took care of me

Despite I am not wealthy; I have never one day lacked food on my table

You provided me a shelter I can call home

And you gave me the best a man desire and peace of mind

No amount of wealth in the world can procure your love for me

Yet you gave everything to me freely and I duly appreciate it

I will forever be grateful for given me a good life

And for making my life a testimony for your glory 

Thank you father for everything you've done for me

Thank you for making me the man I am today

Because of you I am not afraid to walk through the valley at dark

Your angels are all around me, I see them walk in front of me

Am so lucky I have you as you continue to bless me

Only you can make all this possible

Only you can change a man's destiny and take care of all his need

Because you are the king of kings and the lord of lords

EVERYDAY THAT PASSES BY

Am staring at each day that passes by
The silence you wear between us is making me nervous
I swear I am so confuse because I still love you
Been a while, we don’t talk more often as we used to on the phone
Though am still convinced that we will be together again somehow
And I really hope things will turnout right
It has been a miracle that we are still getting along
My heart keeps getting the feeling that it’s losing you everyday
You’re there and am still here, I do believe you love me more
But the distance between us is making me doubt my heart
Please, I need you to tell me if am letting you down
I promise to give it all I have got to make things work
If you can give me a chance
I will amend all the wrongs I have caused
Love you always and make everything right

LOVE HURTS

Love hurts when you care about someone

And the person finds it difficult to understand

Love hurts when you have been dating someone for years
He wakes up one morning and tells you
Sorry I don't love you anymore

Love hurts when you tell someone I love you
And the person looks back at you and takes you for a fool

Love hurts when you tell someone your dreams
The person goes behind your back to steal your dreams

Love hurts when you put up all you have into make a relationship work
The person breaks up with you because you are not good enough 

Love hurts when you need a friend's support in a difficult time
But the person keeps playing you around and avoiding you

Love hurts after you have been married for years with kids
One day you found out that your spouse is cheating on you

Love hurts when you have been assisting your family
When situations are hard and you needed aid
They all turned you down

Love hurts if you have been betrayed, deceived, neglected 
And have no one who believes or support your dreams

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HOPE

Hope is what you need to overcome any obstacles
Hope can help you overcome the things you're afraid of
You've got to keep fighting that feeling that says you can’t make it in life
Look up into the sky, as long as the clouds float over your head
You can achieve anything if you believe in yourself
Life is not meant for the brilliant, fastest or stronger man
You've got to determine if you want complete success over the things your dream of inside
Hope is abridged you can build to enable you to cross over toward a befitting life
No man knows his future, but he can predict certain success through hope by planning
Because he believes in himself and believes in his capabilities
Hope makes the things we wished for come to reality
We all work and we all plan for tomorrow
But can only achieve success in proportion to the things we hope for
Be yourself and believe in God that it’s going to work out right
In time you will look up and smile, and say to yourself that I have made it
Through thick and thin, I didn't give up because I have hope
And it has been working out for me

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HAVE YOU EVER DOUBT YOUR FEELINGS?

Do you have feelings in your heart you want to express to someone you love but can't seems to find the right words?

Have you ever loved someone so much but can't seem to spend all the time you have in the world with that special one?

Have you ever felt guilty and blamed yourself for not given your all to someone you loved to show how much you care?

I have, that’s why I am having these feelings in my heart right now

I want to make everything right by you

"I CARE"

I WAS LONELY YESTERDAY

Will you believe me if I had told you I was lonely yesterday?

I was lonely despite I was hanging out my with friends

There were thoughts I couldn't share with anyone beside you

Time was running slow, the day seems like it will never end

I wanted to pick up the phone to call

When I recalled I told you when you called that I was doing fine

Then the rain came pouring down

I just stood outside staring at the cloud

It’s getting late and I have used up my only chance of seeing you tonight

It was like spending a lifetime without you

I can never get used to spending my evening without you

Its okay I will get over it, I know you are smiling at me now

I have realized that I can’t spend a day without you

I just found out that I love you more than I think I do

Right now you are the most important thing to me

I wouldn't be lonely yesterday if you here with me

MANY DAYS I HAVE BEEN ON MY KNEEL

Many days I have been on my kneel

Praying to God to Help Change how I feel

About our Country Nigeria and what our leaders keep putting us through

Man has missed so much in life, yet they take him for a fool

I have never taught a man can lose his birth right

We keep telling ourselves that things are going to be fine

Every day we pretend that we are going to be alright

Believing in our leaders that they will someday make things right

Helplessly I have watched our world been turned around

Innocent soul shading tears, Dreams all lost, have we all sinned

Life was so pretty growing up as a kid

Had so much good memories, had help whenever one is in need

I still remember the looks in my eyes

I was so anxious to grow, wanted to make sure I live all my dreams

We could feel love all around us, there was no reasons to fight

I don’t remember if anyone back then were poor

Though what we had wasn’t much, but it was enough to make a man smile

You can call a friend a brother and a stranger a friend

Life wasn’t suicidal, I recall how I used to walk back home late with ease

But you can’t try that now without look over your shoulder

Many day I have been on my kneel

I keep praying for our leaders, maybe someday they will wake up

From the lost of money, power and selfishness that has blinded them so long

We must stop lighting candles and depending on generator

We all deserve a light while walking in the dark

We’ve all got to have a will to keeping fighting back

Especially the pain of living in a country without jobs

How can they expect a man feed his families if he doesn’t have a job?

I thought our leader have been reading the Bible

Or are they telling us they have just one choice?

To gamble with our life, our resources, our health and wealth

Our birth right and everything else be believed inside

How long are we going to keep putting this felling aside?

It’s tearing us down; it’s time we do something about this

Get this burden off our heart once and for all

Everybody know we have been hurt deep inside

They got to stop trading our feelings the way they want

If there is no star in our cloud, we can always create one

Today we’ve got to put an end to this betrayal and fight back

Everyman deserve a good life, Because it is our fundamental right

NAIJA ATMOSPHERE

People hustling every day to make pay

Nothing is forth coming at the end of the day

Man's still struggling to survive anyway

Why will Nigerians abroad wants to come back to stay

When women, children hawking and selling on the street everyday

Government count millions on budget every year

Wealth a do or die affair if you can dare

Poor man still suffering and they don't care

Been sober and watchful has he beware

Hoping and believing God because he care

How long will people leave in fear?

Developed country's citizens are living in cheer

While politicians in Nigeria embezzle monies on their chair

We need to fight back to clear the air

After this long from independence, it's not fair

For our generation needs a good atmosphere

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DEAR GOD

I have always appreciate all what you've done for me

You gave me parents that taught me

How perfect you created the world

You've been so good to me; you put my enemies to shame

You put food on my table and clothed me

You gave me a heart to love everyone around me

On stormy nights you gave me ease

Despite I have walked away from your words several occasion 

You still kept patient with me

You gave me chance over and over to make things right

Because you don’t forget your own

This is why you keep raising help anytime my hope is fragile

A man is a fool if he doesn't believe in you

Because a blind man can sense your presence

From the love, affection and helps he receives

From neighbors’, strangers and friends he meets everyday

Please give me a heart to always acknowledge when am wrong

Let me be a candle in someone’s dark life

Let me be evidence that you exist in the heart of man

And a brother to all 

GHETTO LOVE

Thinking of the days we used to fall in love

When I first meet you, you struck me like lightening

I was too shy to approach you

I was scared you were too good for me

But was astonish when you embraced me

Back then I used to get myself all dressed up

When or any time I want to come check up on you

Do you remember how I used to wait for you downstairs?

Whistle when I catch a glimpse of you at the balcony

So your dad wouldn't catch me waiting for you at the garden

I always brag about you when am with my friends

Some times when am waiting for you, I forget about my other ambitions

I concentrate all my feelings towards you

Then we never had phones, but somehow we find ways to communicate

I became keens with your neighbor’s kids

And more closer to your brothers so I can see you more often

Did you remember when your dad caught me one night?

He threaten hell out of me that night, he threaten to call the police

You were sobbing of your ordeal when he is done with me

I never told you my little secret that day

Though I was scared, but I wasn't scare because of your dad

Neither was scared of what he will do to me

I was scared that I might not see you again

I had a million flashes of what I went through for you

The sacrifices, the love and times I spent with you instead with friends

That I can’t afford to lose all that, not now nor ever

I wanted to write you a letter back immediately

To explain why we should stay strong for each other

But I didn't want you to have a quarrel with your dad

I have always wanted to see you happy and see you smile at all time

Am so discontent finding myself leaving all alone

Am doing well, but my wealth can’t give me back the love I had with you

That joy I had when I was spending time with you

Wherever you are right now, I hope that this letter finds you

I know you’ll probably be married right now

And if this letter finds you were ever you are

Can you do me a favor and keep this closer to your heart

And always remember that we once had a ghetto love    

LIFE’S JOURNEY

Life sometimes can be demanding

You’ve got to adapt to life situations as it keeps changing
The journey of life sometimes can be so rough
At times it can be smooth like driving 120km on the high way
Life always has a track laid ahead
Man's directed as he forges ahead
You will come across road blocks and sharp turns
Bridges or a straight road where you need no horns
To avoid accidents, the will to drive through
Your dexterity and skills in handling bumps
Will determine your progress in life

And the extend on how much success you will achieve in life
In achieving your purpose and aim in life
It affects how successful you will become
How rich you will be in obtaining life resources

Sober and relaxed with an assured achievable esteem

SHATTERED HOPE

I am despair with the way life is

Last night I was content despite I didn't have enough to go by

Hoping today’s expectations will be better

But I am staving like am lost in a desert

Friends can’t help because we all are in the same mess

Its 10:00 pm, I look outside the window

Everywhere seems lovely, calm and so peaceful

One would not imagine anything disdain about it

But I am, am so hungry and weary that I can’t think properly

My hopes are fading away and I don’t know what to do

Though I knew when there is life that there will always be hope

Still I find it difficult looking myself at the mirror     

Because the reflection I see looks different

Worms in my stomach reminds me of their presence

I pay no attention because there’s nothing I can do about it

I look up hoping manna will fall

I look at the world if I can make bread out of it

If I can’t today, then what about tomorrow?

Am perplexed and troubled on every side  

My mind is feeble and body is weak

I still exercise faith as a patient dog

Hoping I will eat the fattest bone someday

But how long will I hope and contemplate

What will happen if i can’t help it anymore?

AM SORRY I DIDN'T LOVE YOU AS I SHOULD

You Feel Your Heart With Love For Me
Desperate Risk You Took Within
Stormy Nights You Still Waited For Me
Out On The Cold You Stood By My Doorstep
You Held On When My Love For You Was Drifting
Though I Had Nothing To Give
Yet You Saved Your Love All For Me
Your Love Much More You Spared For Me
Always I Felt Nothing Good Could Come Out Of It
You Prove Me Wrong With Your Affections
I Have Tried To Call You Many Times To Say Am Sorry
I Have Tried To Tell You Sweet Things
I Have Also Tried To Tell You How Much You Have Changed My World
How Your Love Pierce Through My Heart
How It Watered The Droughts In My Heart
And Flourish The Seed Of Love In Me

I Never Knew Someone Can Love This Much
You Must Be An Angel In Disguise
Am Sorry For All I Put You Through
I Know I Can't Pay You All Back
But I Can Only Promise You One Thing
That You Will Never Shed Tears Again
I Don't Want You To Go Away
Can You Please Stay Close To Me
My World Will Never Be The Same Again
If I Wake One Day
And Don't Find You By My Side
Am Sorry I Didn't Love You The Way I Should
Am Guilty Right From Onset
Am Asking You To Please Accept my Appeal
So I Can Make You Day Bright Again

LONELY

I am so lonely and I have got no body

There is no one in my life since you left me

Last night when you saw me walking down the street

I pretend I was getting along fine

Deep within me, my whole world has been crashing down

Am like a sad king that has no used for his crown

You don’t know how much you meant to me

It’s wrong when you said you were leaving me

And it wrong, I was so stupid for letting you go

Am sorry I don’t have the right to hurt your feelings

But please can you pick up the phone and call me

I could have called but I don’t know what to say to you

I don’t seem to find the right words to say I am sorry

Please can you come back home tonight

We need to finish what we both started

Since you left, my heart has be discarded

I promise to treat you right, and make everything right

Am so lonely and I missed you badly

TOMORROW

Yesterday is gone; there is nothing you can do about it

If today don't work out for you, you've got another tomorrow

If you can fulfill your dreams today doesn't mean you should let go

You've got another tomorrow to start life anew

Tomorrow is a brand new day, you've unlimited time to make things right

Tomorrow, the stars can shine in your life

Don't hold back your opportunity because of yesterday

Yesterday is completely gone; you don't have to live in the past

Remember you can still make things work

Believe in yourself and the dreams you are carry in your heart

The sky can’t contain you if it’s your time to fly

You've got to believe in your tomorrow

That God always has a future plan for you

CHRISTIE

I Think Of You Every Seconds

I Wondered Where You Have Been All My Life
I Wondered How Someone As Passionate
As You Could Be Among Men
Cause You Are Angelic In Everything You Do
You Are One Reason A Man Will Always Be In Love
When I Saw You Last Night Approaching Me
I Felt Contentment, I Had No Reason To Be Lonely anymore
Your Smile Elicit The Bosom Of A Man
You Convey So Much Emotion And Love
A Man Will Be Damned If At First Sight
Sees You And Doesn't Fall In Love With You
Am Sorry If What I Feel About You Is Wrong
I Barely Know You, But I Know Am Not Hallucinating
If I Am Opportune To Make One Right Choice
It Will Be To Spend The Rest Of My Life With You
If It Were Possible Last Night
I Wouldn't Have Allowed You To Say Good Bye
Cause As Soon As You Left I Was Confronted
With An Emptiness Deep Within
I Stood Out In The Dark Twenty One Minutes
And Felt My Adrenalin Running Dry
I Content Myself Cause
Because I Knew I Will See You Again
And Knows that Someday You Will Take Away My Pains

TRUE LOVE

You have always been in my heart
You are my only true love, I will cherish every moment spent with you
Its true what they say that it's possible two hearts can live as one
When i look into my heart, I see a picture of you smiling
You're so unique, you brought out the best in me
You taught me everything I knew about love
I was imperfect, inpatient and untruthful
to you
I was acting like a kid, I was busy chasing shadows
You stroked my heart with the purity of your love
Way back I had nothing to offer to you, yet you believed in me
You made me to realize how important the word love means to a man
I remember how you used to buy me things
You dressed me all up and made me look so good
Your smile used to lit up the world around me
You are not bothered about what the world thinks about you and me
You stopped at nothing and give your all for our relationship to work
Every moment i think about you, I feel like am in heaven
I pictured you as an angel God picked to watch over me
I am lucky I meet you, because of you my life has changed
Thank you for your care, love and support
Thank you for been my true love

A TIME IN LIFE

 
There is a time in life you just can't help it not to think and ponder
A day when you sit down and reflect on life's journey so far
The pains you went through, the rejects and failures
The disappointments and betrayals by friends and love ones
The obstacles and challenges you've surpassed and life struggles everyday
Somehow you just find the strength and courage to hold on

Something in your heart keeps telling and hugging you not to let go
These deep voice in our heart as a driving force that has been keeping us going
Its the strength in our heart that's keeping our spirit high
These gives us the gut to face any obstacle thrown at us
And gives us the reason why the sun shine so bright everyday
And why the sky is so high above our head

God knows the reason why we are where we are today
He knows our strengths and weaknesses
He is right beside us, you've got nothing to be afraid off
He wants you to rely on him and believe in him
Because He is the only one that can see our tomorrows
And will never let you face the world all alone

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LIGHTS ON THE RUN WAY

You're like the light on the run way
you're the only one I have shown my feelings to
Without you am blind, I don't have  feelings for anyone but you
My heart is in your hands, you know that too
Always I want to keep in touch with you
I will lose my direction if a day I don't hear from you
You have light up my heart, that's why I keep thinking about you
I love you more everyday and I can't think of hurting you
You are the light on my runway and I will also always cherish you

LIKE THE MORNING DEW

Each day Gods love touches the earth 
It encompasses our heart and gives our soul praises to sing
He takes his time to ensure he provides all our needs
He is so faithful and forever forgiven irrespective of our sins
He is the reason the sun always sets on all our lives 
He gives life to the grasses and flowers and made our world beautiful
He feeds the poor, heals the sick and give hope to the hopeless
He fights for the helpless and keeps, us safe from harms way
Each morning as i get on my kneels to pray
I asked God to watch over you and I each new day
Unlike man, God doesn't need a reason to take care of our tomorrow
He is prone to bless us, I hoped you are prepared to received yours
The sun smiles each day on our lives because we have a God that cares
All he wants to know is if He can believe in you 

WHAT I HAVE LEFT

I want you to know I still love you

I know things have not been right between us

We can only see ourselves between a thin memory frames

I have been jealous ever since I meet you

Though at first I thought I was going insane

But I keep seeing the picture of you any time I close my eyes

I can still perceive the scent of the perfume you were wearing

Love is a feeling, a feeling to love and be loved

I know we can still be together

Because you are all I have left

I have always treasure the few time we spent together

You have always been my most treasured possession

You are the only candle that can light my dark memories

You are the only recipe that spice my savor heart

Without you I will be empty

Because I have invested all my love in you

I will be confused without you by my side

You are my pride, rubies and my sun flower

Without you my heart will wither away

Because you are all I have left

COME TAKE MY HANDS

Take my hands and walk with me
Down the nile by the waterfall
Sit with me as we watch the fishes swimming
Let you and I walk this path together
I will show you where the flowers are prettier
Where you can catch butterflies all day long 
Hold on and don't let go my hands
There's a tree grown in my heart watered for you
It grows a unique fruit that reflects the depth of my love for you
You are the reason I am feeling so strong
You are the reason I believed in love for so long
Sometimes I sit by the stream and watch the water flows by
It flows for eternity with a trace of life within 
This is how I keep feeling about you
Because my love for you is from the depth of my heart

I DON’T KNOW YOU ANYMORE

Am not sure I know you any more

Your smile used to comfort me

I have been so proud of having you

I have been so excited telling my friends about you

Always bragging of how special you are

Now, I look like a fool

I don’t know what to believe in anymore

Am kind of losing my mind

It’s so bad that I can barely sleep

Because your heart has been where I lay my head

Every second, minutes, hour and day, I hope to see you

Maybe we can be friends again

Cause am so helpless when am without you

I DON'T WANT TO BE LONELY

Please can you forget all the broken promises I have made
I want you to understand that I care so much about you
This is why I have always wanted us to be friends 
I have got a beautiful apartment and have a decent job 
I've got everything one could think off but I am lonely
I am lonely because you're not here with me
Everything I have dreamed off can not be complete without you
Please darlyn; I don't want to be lonely  anymore
I want you by my side, I will trade  2/3 of my life 
If that's what it will cost me to be with you
The rooms in my apartment are so quiet, I  have no one to talk to
I think I made a mistake when we first meet 
I would have told you everything about my feelings right away 
I love you, I hope you feel the same way I feel about you
I don't want to be lonely anymore like the few time we spend together
I am weary, I don't stand a chance without you in my life
Please can you forget all the broken promises, lets share our hearts together
I know I can find love in you, because my heart has forever been craving for you