A SERVANT: A KING?
Here comes a mansa
Showing off all his majesty
The paraphenalia of his offices
All reflected in acted opulence
Smashing the wits of the citizenry
Here come the people
Not hiding their poverty
From distant and diverse homes
Their sovereignty reversed into homage
In the presence of a robed king
I shall convert your poverty to riches
Making urban areas which are rural
Giving you schools and hospitals
Taking electricity and water to your homes
Making power outage history
But you are the mansa
The one we serve as master
Being the owner of our things
The sole model for our thinking
Because you are the king
Since I took the scepter
I have honestly rendered my services
Giving paramountcy to your interests
Ensuring they impact my intents
To promote the common good
But we are mere beholders
Have we ever had such holdings
In the scale of things high
To measure yours in height
We believe you are the king
We must all stand united
And give strength to our union
To ward off our enemies
Who try to cause our end
In the name of patriotism
But where are all your reserves
You claimed to have endless reservoires
Of resources that come from high
Being the one at the helm
Things from their source must flow
I shall never tolerate subversives
In the ranks of my subjects
Who try to create alternatives
With the hope of bringing alterations
In the scheme of things here
The people stood bewildered
And jolted into the wilderness
By rampant shiftings in position
By the speaker on the podium
Claiming both servant and king
In a country along a river
Modern rites are performed in ancient robes
For there imposed is a diety
That presides over their days
Coming from their constrained thinking
The oracles of the country
Control all the council's themes
On some fake pedestals posed
Which form walls around their palaces
Keeping them in and the people out
BY: Omar Joof.
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