“A
child is a joy to the father, A son is a pride of the family”
My
name s son o the m high my father rules the world He gave me authority to command
bind and lose. They say I am heir to the throne. How did I become one?
My
like yours has being in stages, each with its own special theme;
I was once known to. wean a, drink milk. I giggle at intervals and cried when I
saw a strange face. The following chapter I became the child who ate bread and
played around in panties (I was not ashamed, they were my best outfit)
In
the next chapter, I had become the boy conscious of the environment but still
did not understand why something’s were the way they were, I would quickly
dispel my thoughts by rolling rims (tyre).
Then
I moved on to the stage where i appreciated myself and every other creature
like me. I could tell which person looks attractive and otherwise. I constantly
gamed with the thought of who to impress and who to ignore. For the first time
the opposite sex attracted my attention and every time I dressed well, it was
because I thought someone had been noticing me. This was the stage when I
thought I knew all and would not take to corrections. I had moved to the
chapter of the BIG BOYZ.
The
carrot that used to be my favorite fruit became my most cherished outfits; my
best friends were those that wore bum short. I wanted the best of everything
and less of the serious things. Every day I dream of holidays in Miami, summer
tour in Hawaii, daily shopping in Dubai, fat pay cheque minus tax, I wanted to
be like Jay Z, I wished I was Tiger Woods, I would love to be nominated for
Grammys, be like OBAMA, play like MESSI (all at the same time) I thought life
was to sleep 9pm and wake by 10 am by the sweet scent of Spanish brewed coffee.
That was the chapter of media fantasy, television life and Hollywood wedding.
Alas!
Life itself took me to the next chapter and events wrote themselves out in
plain legible letters. My fantasies ended on the bed, reality began to stare
me
sternly in the face, I realized life was more than the music videos and
television jingles.
The topics I was thought includes:
NO FOOD FOR LAZY MAN,
EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE. A LITTLE SLEEP, A LITTLE SLUMBER, A LITTLE FOLDING
OF THE HANDS TO SLEEP... SO SHALL THY POVERTY COME WINNERS NEVER QUIT (SO KEEP
TRYING EVEN IF YOU FAIL A MILLION TIMES) WHEN THERE IS LIFE THERE IS HOPE. IF
YOU DON’T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY YOU WILL DIE A LIABILITY AND A BILLION DOLLAR
MULTIPLIED BY ZERO = ZERO.
Life
in this chapter will give you a test before the lesson, I would sleep on empty
stomach with no hope of a course the next day yet I would gladly say “I am
waiting on the lord”... Until someone told me “welcome to real life... are you
ready to become a man?”
Quickly,
I changed gear, stopped eating bread and fish, started feeding on fish bones,
graduated to chicken bones and finally elephant tusk.
Friends
don’t you think it’s time to grow up and become the man? Are you still waiting
to be spoon fed? Do your parent still declare bed time and change nappies for
you? Do you have a secret place or you still do things in secret? Please don’t
be a late starter, don’t wait for the eleventh hour you may die at 10:30.
A
revelation at fifty is an accident, a fool at thirty is a waste, and if you
still do not have a goal at twenty then you will never score? (if you don’t
score you will never win) if you are still being inspired by Terry-G then you
need deliverance.
Though
I did not have much power over my physical growth, but my mental and spiritual
depth were functions of my decision to become the man.
Do
you know you might be the change Nigeria has been waiting for? You are meant to
be a history maker? What if the destiny of a million people rest on your
shoulder? (Even the boy Merlin had to grow. Start being productive. (JUMONG
won’t help) Don’t start thinking of joining the millions of job seeker, we have
too many already
The
earnest expectation of the creature waits for the manifestation of the sons...
Lastly,
if you were to tell a story of your life what would you point out as an
achievement? It better not be your JAMB score or University G.P. Grow up and become THE MAN