I know corruption is everywhere

but where there is an extremacy

in the selling of the conscience of men,

there is problem

righteousness goes downhill,

when cedis or dollars or pounds

my fall into the palms of wolves

to achieve freedom of some kind

This is the deceit of money

the extreme lust of financial freedom

catalyses greed in the eyes of many

which narrows them an abuse of pride

There shall be no repentance in these schemes,

like I said, wolves in the shadow of Africa,

fangs of injustice,

biting innocence and spiting the venom

of social degradation into the system,

there is financial death,

a lame will say, poverty

My duty is to say the truth loud and clear

with the microphone of literature,

but like they say money is the root of all evil,

poverty has choked many into unrighteousness,

so bribery is the next option

to gain some oxygen,

I call it an economic gasp for air,

that it all it is.

                              By Kakraba Afful

Listen to the laughter of sin

and you'll know what I'm taking about

this is what happens in the lair of Africa,

nothing much,

but you are compelled to dance

to the rhythm of corruption

If you want something,

a few bellies must broaden,

the repulsion of salary

is another thing defacing uprightness

in the system

In Africa, you will notice the

grim muscle of money,

lifting men behind the scenes

and causing the fall of others

In politics, it is only a game,

but does it not bring enough devastation

to a weeping system

to make ignorant members of high position

to wake up from their sleep

of exploitation

Well, corruption is the master,

bribery is the sister

and ignorance the brother

of all this social mess.

                                   By Kakraba Afful

This is what I call leaping

towards the fangs of an adder;

the language of wealth

is sometimes mistaken,

excuse me, many times

Just a few notes and the tongues

of many can twist with amazing

talent of save the situation

to such a point that not even

documents, paper with printed ink

can even tell the truth

I'm the walking the mirror,

let me show you what I am talking about

there are so many controversies in this

world, many of them, we can do nothing about;

You're at the Hogi Yogi spot in UVU,

as you walk across the place,

you see all kinds of smiles,

some real some as fake as a reflection

some, real though

I know that sometimes hypocrisy is necessary

to hide true feelings in order not to hurt

the feelings of a friend,

by doing that you are being a friend right?

Let me continue,

assuming a friend of yours comes to

school without brushing his teeth

and comes to talk to you?

are you going to tell him straight

in the face, in front of a whole crowd

that he has bad breath and make him feel bad,

no, you will smile with him for a while,

then advice him later,

this controversy we can do nothing about.

Tell me one human being that is not a hypocrite,

and I'll show you a human being who doesn't not eat

or one that does not excrete,

these controversies are part of all human beings,

ALL.

                                              By Kakraba Afful

Sometimes this colour distinction

egotisticity punches me in the face,

not only me, but my African friends

I must admit some white people

are really nice, but some to are just impossible

I offer to help one of them

with homework and she looks at me

like I'm some monster from the unfortunate

DNA of Africa, HOW?

Africa is a blessed continent,

I offer a handshake to one guy,

a he stares at me like I'm some demon,

you know what I think of

this rigid perception?

Well most racist have been injected

with the syrum of wrong knowledge,

black does not mean inferiority,

black does not mean evil,

black is beauty,

black is the talisman of the south

and if you come to America,

you will see the black talisman and flying snow,

catalyses of success,

differences are not meant for division,

differences make us strong,

so quit racism!

Please throw away this ideology

the symbol of inferiority and superiority

because friendship is the similarity

in the differences,

we might be different from each other,

but that does not mean we cannot

be one,

we can still work together for a better future,

throw away this wrong knowledge

and quit racism!

It seems this instance,

puts us Africans in the boxing rings

where some of the white people

punch us with rude comments

well, all I am saying is it is a cyanide

to unity,

let's be one,

quit racism!

                     By Kakraba Afful