GHETTO

Life ain't easy growing up in the ghetto

People suffering, no foods, cloths or someone to turn to

Mama always told me to take life easy that she loves me

She hugs me every day as a reminder to love everyone around me

Son, she says, you've got to work hard to make a living

Going through college, getting a job wasn't easy from the beginning

So I went down on my knees and pray

God has a reason for watching over me

Every day I ask God for his plans towards me

I have been putting on the same clothes for years

Graduating out from college was only by his grace

The world doesn't regard me because of where I am from

I vowed in my life to do everything to prove the world wrong

I have got every right to leave a decent life

I used to trek the distance to hang out at my best friend's house

Every day my dreams grew stronger, I knew life can be as deserved

But I couldn't afford to take my girlfriend out,

For I wasn't able to give her the love she deserved

With holes in my shoes, I trend my way seeking for a job that's not lost

I read every book I could find, searching why life is difficult

I sat down one night crying and asked God what I have done

Why suffering for something I knew not when it occurred

I couldn't take care of mom and my little sister

But tried not to leave home without a smile in my hand

I had hope as a companion, only he knows where it hurt me most inside

My dreams are always around me, they remind me to put distractions aside

In the ghetto, we share everything we had together

Love was not scared for everyone was a brother

When it rains, I spent the whole night awake

Watching little drops find their way through my room in the dark

It's beautiful to have a dream, even when they are sometimes vogue

For out of this world, no man can breach the stars from shining above

For no matter what the world throws at me
In life someday the world is going to appreciate me

I am going to make it and fly so high

And look back at the world and smile

(c) Akan Udofia E. 2014

BLINDLY IN LOVE WITH YOU

The first time I met you seem like yesterday

I recall how pretty the pink dress looks on you

We were strangers from two different world

Yet we had a connection in our heart somehow

I couldn't helped not staring at you

Today I still can’t get used to you

I will still love you if someday the world passes away

For I fell like a child whenever with you

And can never get lost as long as I am around you

At a time when I didn't see you for months

I lost everything I had in the world within a month

Deep in my heart every day I prayed for a miracle

When I learnt you were back in town, I was so excited 

All of a sudden I noticed the weather was calm

I knew the sun was going to be brighter nowadays

For I had so much I wanted to tell you to forever stay

But time has is greedy; she rarely gives me the privilege

To show you the priceless portrait you drew in my heart

For it made the canvass forever beautiful in my heart 

© Akan Udofia E. 2014

EVERY NIGHT

Every night I lay down to sleep

I pray God send an angel my love for you to keep

You must have perceived my thoughts last night

That’s why you were smiling when you picked my call

I noticed you’re are like an angel in disguise

For my night always been with a smile

I feel so warm thinking about you

Did you notice the moon tonight?

It looks brighter and brand new like someone cast it a spell

Or maybe it’s because I fell in love with someone special

© Akan Udofia E. 2014