BEHIND EVERYTHING
BEHIND EVERYTHING
Behind the rich faces,
Are devils with two legs
With the act of darkness
But covered with innocence
Behind the wall of religion,
Are men and women with sins
With the act of murder and rape
But covered with the name of God
Behind a very good job for the lady
There is a manager with no shame
Taking away her dignity for the job
Not knowing how to live with it.
Behind the beautiful girl,
Living greatly with the step father,
Are sleepless nights as the father
Forces himself on her and shuts her up
Behind the smiles of a house wife
Is the brutal husband
Being hurt by him
Because she has nowhere to go
Behind the hatred from her own mother,
Is a horrible past she never forgets
She was raped and got pregnant
And he is the product and the victim
Behind the mad man walking around
Is a bad behaviour he engaged himself into
Trying to take away problems
He took away everything that makes a human
Behind the monster you see
Is the unexpected truth
That everyone walked away
When he needed them the most
Behind the death of albino’s
Is the untold story
Of the one who wants them dead
For no reason
Behind the degree he has
Without any knowledge
Is someone so hardworking
Only that he forged it
©Ancient
DEADLY SILENT BATTLES
We all have battles,
Silent like the calm sea
But to the grave loudly send us.
We walk with smiles wide,
Beneath lies heart piercing sorrow.
A great battle we can't easily share.
The world has become this
Giant beauty parlour, with make up
We make up a fake life to hide the spots we feel.
Perhaps, the only option left for us.
For if we come out,
A front page meme we become.
The walls are closing in.
The demons have awaken
We see no way out.
Drowning in depression and stress
Suicidal thoughts keeping us company.
The silent war in the mind never ending.
The world seem to be ending.
The fire in the head can't be
Quenched like the Door to Hell.
I look left and right
The world is impotent of care,
Pregnant with negativity and selfishness.
People more concerned with how
Much following they have than
Following the one falling deep in aloneness.
You may be drowning.
You may be choking at own blood.
You may feel a rope around your neck as only way out.
"Be still, stop worrying for minute
And know that I am who I am
I will fight for you, if you let me."
Such is His promise
Trust your worries to Him above.
Give up not, even unseen battles can be won.
@ChipoCM
IAWA ANTHEM
IAWA ANTHEM
VERSE1
From lands far and near
We congregate under the tree, IAWA
Uniting in words and songs
Rewriting Mama Africa's narratives
Made sacred and praised, archived from ancestral barns of wisdom
VERSE 2
Fish play hide and seek with fisherman
While crocodiles watch closely
In the Mighty rivers of Africa
In the thick forest legendary melodious echo
The light mirrors the beauty of its scars
Telling of life lived and life to come
High up the Kilimanjaro we stand
Looking at Africa's future
We see a continent full of hope
The erection of United States of Africa
Bringing the diaspora home
The land of honey and milk, not milk and honey
Yes, we do things differently here
CHORUS
IAWA changing the narrative
Let Mama Africa rise
Uniting in words and in song
IAWA changing the narrative
Let Mama Africa shine
Telling the tales of our land
Composed by:
Anaclet Msafiri - Namibia
Patrick Juma - Kenya
Tadala Nkanaunena- Malawi
Adama Zango - Burkina Faso
Donald Mushove - Zimbabwe
Munyal Markus Manunyi - Nigeria
Moustapha Cisse - Senegal
Juanita Graves - USA
Arranged and by:
Patience Gumbo - Zimbabwe
Mohamed Tarqui Jalloh- Sierra Leone
Sang by:
Patience Gumbo- Zimbabwe
Produced in Zimbabwe by:
Mr Antony Gasani,
Gart Media Production
