For here??

Maka Oginni?

We cannot fail ooo

We cannot fail

There is too much at stake

Too many dreams at stake

Too much hope at stake

Too much overnights to account for

Too much sleep-by-11pm-wake-by-6am days to account for.

We cannot fail, my dear

We cannot fail

Remember the promise we made to our parents

Not the ones said out loud

The ones said on quiet nights

On rainy, the-world-wants-to-drain-me-alive nights

On sunny Omo-na-this-person-Dey-inspire-me-but-where-I-wan-take-start-from? nights

The promises we made when we saw our mothers hunching backwards because they’re getting old

Or our fathers counting on us to teach them how to use WhatsApp updates

Or our younger ones growing up too fast before our eyes

Or those cousins looking at us like the “big aunties and uncles” they admire

Or our very own children who will one day call us “momma and dada”…

If for some reason, you begin to lose your drive again

Remember this:

You cannot fail. You cannot fail. There is too much at stake. So keep your head in the game. Carry God like God’s your Endgame, then face the world one step at a time, one mile at a mine, one inch at a time.

song for tonight: