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This Force

Light me up a smoke darling  Oh,  The somber appeal in your eyes Its threatening my conscience Arrghh,  Don't you worry I'll quit tomorrow We'd be happy again In a home without heady clouds In her mind she knows  Tomorrow isn't promised  And promises are fickle So when the day breaks again  And neither is dead She'd light up a couple  Watch him puff hot smoke into the air  Then he'd look into her teary eyes Whilst acting as if it does matter  Stroke a side of her face  Then promise tomorrow again  And when the day breaks  And no one is dead  He'd beckon again  That life you see- is on repeat Because of the strongest force known to human  The force called Love

On The Streets Of Lagos - C

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  Unsplash "Your papa, he find you come". "I no know say e bin dey come, na you he find come o!"  She went on about how Ajepe had been in the room earlier where he had come to talk to her about a scheme. Seven-Seven they called it. But one of her customers had hinted on it being a scam and she had no interest. She had vehemently told this to Ajepe and asked him to leave. He raised his voice saying she must be on board and brought out a knife. She thought she could handle the knife but as she made a run for it, he pinned her to a side of the room and pressed the knife to her side. With the knife to her side, he tore he clothes with the clear intentions of making her a prey to his selfish desires. It was at that an intruder came calling, one neither of them expected. He struggled with Ajepe who succeeded in driving the knife through his belly, sent him tumbling backwards and smashed his head in with a wooden structure.   He then broke bottles the old crate just be