Oluyomi Ola-David Insights

Better silent Than in dragnet Of a noisy majority Better nameless Than in fame On a fizzy mount Better lockdown  Than in freedom At a crime fiesta Better tasteless Than a drunk On junk wine Better absent Than in count At a worry wagon Better fruitless Than in riches Of a lying brood Better naked Than in rags On a royal street  Better hopeless  Than in faith On an empty race Better ignorant  Than in awareness  Of a false knowledge  Better homeless Than in comfort On a wolf's couch Better foolish Than in classroom Of a greedy dog  Better jobless Than in peril Of a forced labour ...

This is how I love I supplicate and celebrate And I think good of you That's just my way This is how I live I give you room And just cheer you on That's just my way This is how I care I look forward to share And keep you satisfied That's just my way This is how I love I leave you alone And trust God to be near That's just my way This is how I teach I show you the way And hope you take the hint That's just my way This is how I help I reveal your ignorance And light up your mind That's just my way This is how I love I accept your humanity And display my divinity That's just my way This is how I travel I go on my narrow lane  And learn from other tracks That's just my way This is how I greet I speak peace to you And hope you are peaceful That's just my way This is how I love I accept my strengths And pray poverty away That's just my way This is how I party I create my own fun And pop my corn on the stove That's just my way  This is how I change