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Welcome to Liberia

By: Korpo M. Selay


Day na break again

Gbanna man neh and stry girl neh on lay run again

Welcome to Liberia

Where man neh can act like women

And woman neh can act like men

Where politicians neh can come to us when lay want our votes

But lay can giray after we give them our votes


Welcome to Liberia

This time na, social media is what we live for

Taking sell pay on things we know we can't pay for

This is Liberia too

Where everyone lives two by two

Without much thought about what their neighbor is going through

But rather thinks "If everybody na geh time for him den ayy na my beyney too".


Welcome to Liberia

Lay call lay place "Sweet Land of Liberty"

But actually we na geh freedom and we living in poverty

When we talk lay call us noisy minority

Saying so because they are the majority


This too is Liberia

Where teachers say " You either comply or complain"

And you comply, cause you know if you fail, lay oldma will give you sufficient pain

Welcome to Mama Liberia

Lay country geh plenty resources neh

But lay politicians and pen robbers finish calay neh


Welcome to Mama LIB

All lay pruh and big sis them wearing long sleeve

Thinking that it'll give them money even when they are asleep

Where children neh can leave la houses of comfort

Just to end up in lay street with so much discomfort

Fathers neglect their children at childhood

Then reappear in their lives at adulthood


Welcome to Liberia

Where even though we have so many reasons to be sad

We still light up our faces with smiles

And where when some brabi and big sis neh see lay thing

They'll smile and say lay girl know lay thing

Welcome...This too is Liberia!


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