Cool song. Love it. Weldone, Mr Abaga. More grease.

passionate88: get some 3D glasses and read it again... Then re-read it again..

lemme explain it... It begins with 'Instead it be them, let it be me/since i will die, inevitably'. Here M.I tries to show how hurt he is by the incident. He goes to say how he wishes to impact on others even in death (then let be said/when i'm dead/some other was free, some other was fed/some other not me/was able to see), how he hopes not to die a death that would go unnoticed. After the rap, he just talks... Notice he says 'It feels like I stood there watching. The pain and the brutal torture. And added my silence to the violent screams of burn and torture'. Here, he condemns the babaric act of the killers and those that stood watching, to whom life didnt mean a thing. Nowhere in the song did he ever imply he would have died for them... He just feels life should have more value, and the youths that have died (Chidi, Lloyd, Tekena, Ugonna, the adamawa students, and the two gals) shouldnt be forgotten just like that. You should learn to read between the lines. Its deeper than just words.

Oahray: lemme explain it... It begins with 'Instead it be them, let it be me/since i will die, inevitably'. Here M.I tries to show how hurt he is by the incident. He goes to say how he wishes to impact on others even in death (then let be said/when i'm dead/some mother was free, some mother was fed/some mother not me/was able to see), how he hopes not to die a death that would go unnoticed. After the rap, he just talks... Notice he says 'It feels like I stood there watching. The pain and the brutal torture. And added my silence to the violent screams of burn and torture'. Here, he condemns the babaric act of the killers and those that stood watching, to whom life didnt mean a thing. Nowhere in the song did he ever imply he would have died for them... He just feels life should have more value, and the youths that have died (Chidi, Lloyd, Tekena, Ugonna, the adamawa students, and the two gals) shouldnt be forgotten just like that. You should learn to read between the lines. Its deeper than just words.

Nice explaination. Please replace some mother above with some other.

uceee: Nice explaination. Please replace some mother above with some other.

thanks bro...

"The danger of hope is that every day we hope the country gets better and t6hat is the problem with hope. It cripples us and renders us inactive.
You, me , all of us who sit by hoping and doing nothing to change"

MI


Thanks MI



Cant hold back the tears.

Brilliant concept. Brutal and tragic realities like this brings out the art in our ''artiste''. That is when you know who is truly an artiste and Short Black Boi has just proven that he is one. To the lillies that are gone to the dust I say rest well and may your killers never find rest.

Oahray: lemme explain it... It begins with 'Instead it be them, let it be me/since i will die, inevitably'. Here M.I tries to show how hurt he is by the incident. He goes to say how he wishes to impact on others even in death (then let be said/when i'm dead/some other was free, some other was fed/some other not me/was able to see), how he hopes not to die a death that would go unnoticed. After the rap, he just talks... Notice he says 'It feels like I stood there watching. The pain and the brutal torture. And added my silence to the violent screams of burn and torture'. Here, he condemns the babaric act of the killers and those that stood watching, to whom life didnt mean a thing. Nowhere in the song did he ever imply he would have died for them... He just feels life should have more value, and the youths that have died (Chidi, Lloyd, Tekena, Ugonna, the adamawa students, and the two gals) shouldnt be forgotten just like that. You should learn to read between the lines. Its deeper than just words.

bolded... I said he (M.I) wouldn't have said anything if he was there (as an ORDINARY CITIZEN) among the crowd when those guys were being lynched....

passionate88: bolded... I said he (M.I) wouldn't have said anything if he was there (as an ORDINARY CITIZEN) among the crowd when those guys were being lynched....

How do u know that? Btw u should be more concerned with what YOU would have done if u were there. That is the whole point of the song.

passionate88: bolded... I said he (M.I) wouldn't have said anything if he was there (as an ORDINARY CITIZEN) among the crowd when those guys were being lynched....

*exasperated sigh* havnt you heard people say 'why wasnt it me?'. Its not because they wish to die. Its simply an exaggeration to show how much it hurts them. He isnt trying to paint himself a saviour, just showing he felt the horror of their deaths. That is pure poetry you see there. Stop hating on it.

Oahray: *exasperated sigh* havnt you heard people say 'why wasnt it me?'. Its not because they wish to die. Its simply an exaggeration to show how much it hurts them. He isnt trying to paint himself a saviour, just showing he felt the horror of their deaths. That is pure poetry you see there. Stop hating on it.

I ain't hating and I haven't heard anyone saying that... what I've heard people saying is "THANK GOD NO BE ME".

Oahray: *exasperated sigh* havnt you heard people say 'why wasnt it me?'. Its not because they wish to die. Its simply an exaggeration to show how much it hurts them. He isnt trying to paint himself a saviour, just showing he felt the horror of their deaths. That is pure poetry you see there. Stop hating on it.

Thank you my brother!!! You really did not waste your school fees, leave that guy alone, he's so biased.

kenono:

Thank you my brother!!! You really did not waste your school fees, leave that guy alone, he's so[b]biased[/b].

how?.

gud 1 broda