Lagos the land of Alternatives and Contrast

 

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From mainland to island,

3rd mainland to Lekki- Ikoyi Link Bridge,

Alausa to marina,

Balogun to yaba,

Unilag to Lasu,

Whatever you are looking for in Lagos,

It exists trust me.

 

You can move around in your own car or an Uber,

Or a bus (yellow or white), pick your choice,

Danfo or korope, bike or keke,

Do you see what I am talking about?

Best you think about your peace of mind,

When weighing your options.

 

Some party aristocrat while others are more democratic,

Just island axis, no mainland please,

Some of us have been robbed,

Chased down a bus wearing suit,

Just for this Lagos life,

But we don’t mind,

It is the life that we chose.

 

It is the lagos life, but the dream is for London living,

Big corporations, multinationals,

I mean Silicon Valley style,

Or 30k job that requires you to wear suit upandown,

Eko o ni baje o, keep lagos clean!

But the city is dirty, even the pacesetter state is cleaner.

 

Some live rent free, while others pay ridiculous amounts yearly,

There’s usually no space under bridge cos of the many homeless lagosians,

And whenever it rains, we become the river lands.

Some people have gotten to Abuja before we got to our house,

From the airport, all in this Lagos,

But  it is the hustle, it is the vibe, the endless possibilities,

that drives us.

 

We are all here together in this city,

The 9-5ers, the hustlers, the fraudsters,

The agberos, the politicians, commercial policemen and women,

The market women, yaba left people, oniduro banana island people,

Lagos Twitter, Igbo traders, youth corpers,

We are not the same kinds of people,

But we are all what makes Lagos the center of commerce.

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