You by Charly Boy

Article written by Charly Boy. Enjoy below...
My personal person, personally I know what you are
going through this season, these are crazy times, and
most of us are about to snap, life is really unpredictable
with its twisted sense of humour. I dey feel you die my
guy, I understand your pain, your hopelessness in an
environment that has promised so much but have given
so little. With this mass unemployment, consistent
frustration and stagnation, coupled with the anticipation
of who will lead you in 2015, how can you break this jinx
you ask? I represent you all in this wilderness in the
middle of nowhere. I know the frustration you face in
trying to carve a niche for yourself, a place to be rooted,
something to engage yourbeing with, and something to
make you look forward to tomorrow.
I am sure you want something to live for and find your way to
joy. My
person, I know e don tey wey your life dey waka anyhow, I
see how so
many of us have lost faith in this country with many more
convinced
that there can be no chance of a turn around, because they
see Naija
as a lost case.
Those that have power and are in power, are far too
comfortable to
notice the pain of those who suffer, and those who suffer
have no
power to speak the truth to power, on one hand are those
corrupted by
power, and on the other, are those corrupted by weakness and
foolish
fear(Worse still 2015 election brings no hope with it).
However
critical our situation is, it is time for exceptional Naijas to
rescue
us; no race ever made it this far without breaking away from
the
clutches of sycophants and narrow minded mindset. Germany
lost
Hitler; America released the slaves and let the plantation rot.
Great
Britain finally stopped trying to colonize everybody and beat a
wise
retreat into their own backyard. Egyptian youths have had
enough, even
Ghana called a spade a spade, and because they did, they are
doing
better. Name names, browse through the civilizations, you will
see
this painful rugged road stretch out ahead of mankind like a
mathematical formula surviving on the strength of its validity.
I must
confess that I have had periods of extended self-pity,
sometimes I
have felt conned by this country, some other times I wish I
was still
at the prime of my youth so I could really lash out physically
on all
those who have sold our future.
We have all ended up trusting nobody and believing in
nobody. Still,
I have faith that is why I will always believe in the
"exceptional"
few who I know can salvage what's left of our country. And
you may
just be one of them. It has been story, story, story for
decades now
as we commenced our fast forward descend. It is shameful, it
is
unbelievable that in a country packed full with more than a
few very
creative, progressive, hardworking intellectuals, we let riffraff,
scumbags, fraudsters, scavengers hold sway,
hummmmmmmm, what a mess.
From the East to the West, from the South to the North, from
the
senate to the executives all I see is the growing number of
scammers
and gangsters. Even this coming election na scam, but are we
just
going to sit and watch? My guy, this home grown
‘Demoncrazy’ is
turning into something worse than ‘kleptocracy’. For people
without
integrity we know that nothing else matters to them. My guy,
we cannot
afford to ignore our future and allow the privileged few to
extinguish
us.
Hummmmmm!!!! You are asking me what we should DO? My
guy, just be the
change YOU want to see first. The rot has gone way past
those at the
top.