Half Man, Half Amazing...!!!!

Sage Hasson

Half Man, Half Amazing

Sunday May 26, 2013

Time is 2pm

Venue is LitCafe, 1st Floor, E-Center, Yaba, Lagos.

brought to you by

Unchained Voices

Puff, puff, pass (Spoken Word Poem by Ndukwe Onuoha)

Puff, puff, pass

Puff, puff, pass

Pain don’t last

‘Long as we got this grass

Puff, puff, pass

That’s all I hear

Yo; who’s that shawty

Over there?

My people excel on self-delusion

Puffing on this government-sanctioned infusion

Of misery and pain

Systematic degradation

Political polygamy laced with state oppression.

But that’s alright my friend,

Tonight we puff, puff, pass

Puff, puff, pass

Pain don’t last

‘Long as we got this grass.

Long as we got these lies

While still they ‘off’ our lives

Pain don’t last

‘Long as we got this grass.

My mom swears I was born into a good economy,

My dad says “screw it; the government’s a euphemism for sodomy”

My brother’s too busy working for the white man to pick up his phone

My sister goes “where?” when I ask if she’s coming back home

My cousin’s got a Shengen visa – says he’s going to husle

And back home Alex O’s lost the means to shuffle

‘E go beta’ – this too shall pass

‘Cos pain don’t last

‘Long as we got this grass

Jos is burning – your life’s not worth a penny, so lose it

Kidnapping is brown gold – there’s the fixed deposit account to prove it

The new ‘Joseph’ of our time is an ex-convict come from two years behind bars

But see, pain don’t last, ‘long as we got this grass.

‘Cos we will puff

We will pass

We will passWe will puff

‘Cos pain don’t last, ‘long as we got this grass.

So what if they keep kids off school, and on the streets ‘cos that’s cool?

So what if in the process they all turn to drugs?

Wouldn’t that be the perfect army for politicians in need of warlords?

Look, pain don’t last, ‘long as we got this grass!

So what if our mothers are kept in perpetual poverty?

Let’s keep making more laws that derail our own humanity,

While we allow our lawmakers corner the wealth of our nation

‘Cos pain don’t last, ‘long as we got this grass!

It doesn’t matter if our roads are another name for death traps;

And as long as no one says something, then perhaps

We can all get bye till the sweet bye and bye

‘Cos pain don’t last, ‘long as we got this grass!

So what if every mayhem is termed religious?

We might as well kill each other, for that might make us righteous,

‘Cos we know it’s election season, and the President won’t make a fuss.

Hey, pain don’t last, ‘long as we got this grass!

Anyone can aspire – as long as he has a godfather,

‘Cos they’re having a hard time making the votes of you and I matter,

And they’ll get top honours, even if they don’t pass class.

But pain don’t last, ‘long as we got this grass!

But.

What if we were to have a moment of rare clarity

And our eyes were opened to the grave calamity

Of our leaders’ unabashed vanity

A fostering collective insanity

A nation’s wasted opportunity

Seized by policies of clear-cut ambiguity?

Will we puff, puff, pass

Or will we pass to puff?

Will we ask for more,

Or will we say “enough”?

Will we stand for truth,

Or will we waste our youth?

Will we puff, puff, pass,

Or will we pass to puff?

by Ndukwe Onuoha

Spoken Word Poets & Soul Singers that rocked #WordUpVol2 November 17, 2012

Oyinkansola wowing us with her sonorous voice

The hottest poets in Naija, from left to right: Ivori, Efe Paul, Holyblaze, Donna K and Torpedo

Ivori - the African Poet, making our "minds go loco."

Bob Ekat, the energetic poet 

The U.K based Spoken Word Poet, Princeps

 

D Tone Martins the ever wonderful soul singer

Plumbline with his ever witty punchline
 - I'm not supposed to say this, but  I know how Richard Branson lost his virginity 

Torpedo Mascaw, best freestyle poet in Naija

Efe Paul  Azino - one of Naija's foremost Spoken Word Poet

Ndukwe Onuoha,
"you see, change may come somehow, or change may come someway,
or change may come someday, but that day,
is not Today!!!"

Lumynos, the fast rising soul singer, he got skills...!!!

Chinelo Renee, da diva and da poet

Soonest I Nathaniel, doing a poem titled, these children

Nini Efem, the designer and the poet
on the red carpet

Puff Puff Pass........(a Spoken Word Poetry Piece) by Ndukwe Onuoha

Puff Puff Pass, 

Puff Puff Pass,

the pain don't last as long as we got this grass.

Ndukwe Onuoha puffing and passing the poetic ish at 
Chill and Relax (September to Remember) 
Spoken Word and Performance Poetry open mic event
that held on September 9, 2012
in Gbagada, Lagos.

Pixs of Chill and Relax (September to Remember) an open mic Performance Poetry and Spoken Word Event

Chill and Relax (September to Remember)
an open mic 
Performance Poetry, Spoken Word 
and 
Soul Music Event 
held on September 9, 2012 in Gbagada, Lagos. 

Below are some of the pixs of the event.

Don Fabrino, Olulu and Yemi

Atilola displaying her Poetic Skills

Bob Ekat, Shola, a friend and Efe Paul

Yommy Bishop in action

Mercy Njoku clapping in poetic delight

from right to left

Ndukew Onuoha, Don Fabrino and Soonest

Efe Paul doing a poetic piece titled In Dignity We Labour.

Don Fabrino and Angelo

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Those that dazzled us at WORD UP (Spoken Word Poetry and Soul Music Event) August 2012

Bob Ekat doing what he knows how to do best, POETRY!!!!

D TONE serenading us with his sonorous voice!!!!!

Don Fabrino, da don nigga himself.

Donna K "snipped" us with poetic delight

DUVY.......we love you

Enigmatic Olumide aka Edimulo at his poetic best

Ivori making our mind go "LOCO"

Ndukwe Onuoh making us go BOOM!!!!

Olulu, the King not from Zulu

Plumbline and Donna K enjoying the "Poetic Dish" they were served.

Plumbline dazzling us with his classic, "E ba mi ki won."

Torpedo Mascaw asking us, why don't you love me?

Well, we do, poetically, that is.

Uche Nwadinachi showing his poetic creativity

Yeancah of SOUNDCITY showing her poetic prowess 

Mc Atte on the Red Carpet, he dazzled with his camera flashes

and all these pixs are courtesy of him :)