Yes, They Slap Court Judges In The Land Of Honour-Part1 By Niyi Osundare. They slap Court Judges In the “Land of Honour” Eewo*! Yes, they slap Court Judges In the “Land of Honour” The sin-phony from falling blows Tunes up to a harsh and ominous tenor Ayodele Fayose led thugs to beat up judges in Ekiti They beat up the Law And loot his pocket Yes, they beat up the Law And loot his pocket Then club Court Clerks And burn their docket Ah, rogbodiyan**! The Temple of Justice In such profane disarray Rogbodiyan! The Temple of Justice In such profane disarray Fleeing lawyers have lost their wigs, The “Land of Honour” its noble way With absolute confidence and full command The Rabble-Rouser, Chief Ass in this Assault Yes o, in absolute confidence and full command The Rabble-Rouser, Chief Ass in this Assault Emperor-in-Waiting with a sleazy sway Whose very presence is a mortal insult My way, my way, or NO way, NO way! His usual song, his usual story Say, My way, my way, or NO way, NO way! His usual song, his usual story The mob who contrived his crown Will surely face the future’s fury * Abomination! ** Turmoil Part 2 Slam shut the gate The Barbarians are here again Say, slam shut the gate The Barbarians are here again Their Stone Age shrieks and dumb insight Lend a tune to our air of running pain Behold this Medieval darkness So soon after our rousing Renaissance Hah, this Medieval darkness So soon after our rousing Renaissance Painful irony now, the “Land-of-Honour” tag The news never comes today without its newsance Days of dread, nights of terror Shivering streets enslaved by fever Alas, days of dread, nights of terror Shivering streets enslaved by fever The Id of Amin is out with its cannibal Ego Dissident skulls in his capacious freezer The people went to the market They forgot their mind at home Yes, the people went to the market They left their minds at home The gold which claimed their fortune Is nothing more than a tinsel chrome Here once again our season of shame The Fountain of Knowledge a cesspool of weeds Agbaga*!, here once again, our season of shame The Fountain of Knowledge a cesspool of weeds A rabid thug is back in the saddle Another vulgar ride on our precious name *Alas Part 3 They slap Court Judges In the “Land of Honour” Eewo*! Yes, they slap Court Judges In the “Land of Honour” And the Hero who wrought the feat Is on his way to a national honour Lawless country, unruly rulers Primal jungle, mindless muddle Haba, lawless country, unruly rulers Primal jungle, mindless muddle Shambling, shambling from error to error Between the pit and the perilous puddle In its stone castle near the desert Abuja sees nothing, hears nothing Say, somewhere near the desert Abuja sees nothing, hears nothing But who doesn’t know the mob magnate down south Commits all his crime at Abuja’s imperial bidding? This house is falling Our rulers say it’s only swaying Alas, this house is falling But our rulers say it’s only swaying The hyena laugh from the throne of power Has kept the wise forever wondering Impunity mates Immunity And the union begat Imuniti* Say, Impunity mated Immunity And the union begat Imuniti The land writhes in the stranglehold Of those who handle our fate with levity * Unarrestability, beyond arrest; unaccountability Niyi Osundare
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