We Do not Die Once
Like all you Insta wizards, I didn’t pick my country of birth I was born in a culture where we shot dead our dreams everyday before we hit the bed Where dreams are traded for the job with the fattest paycheck Where our balls are crushed if we're honest Where religion is deadlier drug than crystal meth Where we prefer to pretend; too scared to offend Where we bow to elders even when they’re wrong Where girls are strangled when they’re born Where degrees are preferred over dreams Where silence is preferred over screams Where love is for the beautiful queens we see on the silver screen Where people can’t curse the country Even when its patriots are the terrorists Who kill on suspicion of eating cow's meat Where people rape kids & never go to jail Where people are slain for saying they are gay My dad was a narcissist drunk My mum’s life had million troubles But her heart was tough as diamonds For decades, she worked from dawn to