DON’T FORGET

DON’T FORGET

Don't For Once Forget

The "Why" You Started

How We Wore Torn Clothes to School

Barefooted With Nylon as School Bag

How the Whole Street Knew Us

Coz We Were The Errand Kids

How We Were So Loyal To Them

Coz Lunch Would Come From Them

How the Whole House Ate At the Same Time

Just To Save Soup

How They Couldn't Mingle With Us

Coz We Were From the Slum

How We Watched TV in Turns

Through A Hole in the Window

With One Eye Closed

How We Didn't Stay Far Away

From The House That's Cooking

How We Cried To Bed Hungry and Knowing

We Would Wake Up To an Empty Pot

How We Were On the Expressway

Selecting Cars We Would Buy When Rich

How We Practically Sold Our Right

For A Plate of Rice

On A Sunday Afternoon

I Remembered All These,

I Cried

Recall That the Fight Was Against Poverty

And Not the Next Brother

Remember the Loyal Squad Beside You

Through These Days,

Make Sure You're All Bosses

Y'all Go Back To Then Slum

And Pull Up Some Stumps

GIVE BACK

Remember To Keep The Goal In Check...

But Nevertheless

Should You In Anyway Rise From Poverty to Wealth

At The Expense Of Another Man

Remember To Keep Hold of the "Golden Rule"

While You Thrive Through This Stormy and Difficult Lane

Remember To Give To the Next Man

Who Needs the Help You Have In Bulk

For Sure It Will All Make Sense,

Maybe Not Yet

But At the End of It All

Eventually...