USA Africa Dialogue Series - Dis Good Luck Wahala (Nigerian Pidgin English Poem)

By Chidi Anthony Opara

 

I remember

Dat time for Naija

Wey be say

Everything we dey talk

Na good luck.

 

Musician dem

Dat time na good luck.

Write write people dem

Dat time na good luck.

Farmer  dem

Dat time na good luck.

Fisher dem

Dat time na good luck.

Even trader dem

Dat time na good luck.

I remember

How we take enter

Dis good wahala.

 

Now

Good luck don waka,

Bad luck don enter.

 

I remember

Dat time for Naija

Wey be say     

Everything we dey talk

Na good luck.

I remember

How we take enter

Dis good luck wahala.

 

 

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