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Puff, puff, pass.Puff, puff, passPuff, puff, passPain don‟t last „Long as we got this grass

Puff, puff, passThat‟s all I hear  Yo; who‟s that shawtyOver there?

My people excel in self-delusion

Puffing on this government-sanctioned infusionOf misery and painSystematic degradationPolitical polygamy laced with state oppression.But that‟s alright my friend, Tonight we puff, puff, passPuff, puff, pass

Pain don‟t last  „Long as we got this grass. 

Long as we got these liesWhile still they „off‟ our lives Pain don‟t last  „Long as we got this grass. 

My mom swears I was born into a good economy,My dad says “screw it; the government‟s a euphemism for sodomy”  My brother‟s too busy working for the white man to pick up his phone  

My sister goes “where?” when I ask if she‟s coming back home  My cousin‟s got a Shengen visa – says he‟s going to hustle

 And back home Alex O‟s lost the means to shuffle  „E go beta‟ – this too shall pass „Cos pain don‟t last  „Long as we got this grass 

Jos is burning – your life‟s not worth a penny, so lose it  Kidnapping is brown gold – there‟s the fixed deposit account to prove it

The new „Joseph‟ of our time is an ex-convict come from two years behind barsBut see, pain don‟t last, „long as we got this grass.  

 „Cos we will puff  We will passWe will puff 

We will pass „Cos pain don‟t last, „long as we got this grass.  

So what if they keep kids off school, and on the streets „cos that‟s cool?  So what if in the process they all turn to drugs?Wouldn‟t that be the perfect army for politicians in need of warlords?  Look, pain don‟t last, „long as we got this grass! 

So what if our mothers are kept in perpetual poverty?Let‟s keep making more laws that derail our own humanity, While we allow our lawmakers corner the wealth of our nation „Cos pain don‟t last, „long as we got this grass!  

It doesn‟t matter if our roads are another name for death traps; And as long as no one says something, then perhaps

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We can all get bye till the sweet bye and bye „Cos pain don‟t last, „long as we got this grass!  

So what if every mayhem is termed religious?We might as well kill each other, for that might make us righteous,

 „Cos we know it‟s election season, and the President won‟t make a fuss.  

Hey, pain don‟t last, „long as we got this grass! 

 Anyone can aspire – as long as he has a godfather, „Cos they‟re having a hard time making the votes of you and I matter, And they‟ll get top honours, even if they don‟t pass class.  But pain don‟t last, „long as we got this grass!  

But.

What if we were to have a moment of rare clarity And our eyes were opened to the grave calamityOf our leaders‟ unabashed vanity A fostering collective insanity

 A nation‟s wasted opportunity Seized by policies of clear-cut ambiguity?

Will we puff, puff, passOr will we pass to puff?Will we ask for more,Or will we say “enough”? Will we stand for truth,

Or will we waste our youth?Will we puff, puff, pass,Or will we pass to puff?

13/3/2011 (finally!).