First Gong Vol. 8: Thrust FIRST GONG 8 THRUST

SCHOOL OF LIFE - Olamide Santos If only I could self-edit life This would be how my biography would go I was born to billionaire parents In a private jet hanging over the Bermuda triangle Home schooled because my brilliance is beyond class I find poverty irritating And religion a drug that gives Hope to those that need it By the time I'm 19 I'm richer than my parent So all I do is travel and party One of my favorite destination is… Last bus stop Oga. We done reash Ojuelgba Waking up from my transfixed daydream Hurriedly, I gathered myself and alighted Only when the bus had driven off did I remember My change… O boy, na to waka reach shitta so? I reach for my phone and earpiece Needing music to accompany my exodus After frisking myself and finding nothing I declared, 'Oh Lord, it is finished! Lagos does not discriminate class Everybody is a student in this school of life And every student has a story Those who pass through this school Are the brilliant ones And those who don’t will have to learn from those who did Olamide Santos 47

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