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SEMPER GRATUS (ALWAYS THANKFUL) - Olamide Santos
They thought I was finished
But I came back playing the phoenix
Dust to dust they chanted
Ashes to life I replied
I have been around
And I know life is a game
I have seen quite a score and more
A decade of enlightenment
Those who can interpret my words
May not believe the meaning
And for that I am grateful
No thankful Deo optimo maximo
I am thankful to Gaia
As she affects my world
For enduring till the end
To see I came out first
I the first of the seventh anno Domini
A gate keeper of the second half
I have been around
I have had my shares of life’s sweet bitterness
I have survived beautiful conflicts
I am not unscathed
But my scars are testimonies
And for that I am thankful
All thanks to God.
But the best thanks are yet to come
Deo volente the world will sing my fame
And remember me when they look to the stars
Olamide Santos
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