“You have caused great sorrow You have caused great sorrow You, who killed the juvenile sparrow And denied it tomorrow” In August 2021, after one EP and several hit singles, I wrote about Mohbad. At the time, I was stuck on his song, ‘Feel Good’, which was an interesting sample…

The first time I heard a Seyi Vibez song was in 2020. I had stopped by Boboye’s hair saloon for a haircut somewhere in Oyo town. Boboye had been my barber for years and apart from being skilled at cutting hair, he was also passionate about music. As customers, we…

On 8th September 2022, the Queen of England passed on. Several reactions have trailed her life and legacy. But one that has been quite sensational is the comment from a Professor of Nigerian origin at an American University who wished the late Queen “excruciating” pain in her last moments. According…

Who is the perfect poet? I surely cannot be judge of that What is a perfect poem? Again, I am but a lowly thief of words incapable of literature beyond borrowed sentences The one thing I know is that beyond rhyme and rhythm, pun and metaphor the perfect poem holds a soul and while her body might defy logic this soul conveys intention like this rambling about words and weavers asking you to please have a drink with me?

You are not the most beautiful girl in the world You’re the most beautiful girl to me Now that’s a big fat lie Please forget all that talk about beauty and beholders It’s for people, not poets because all you need to do is walk into a room to fill it with magic So when you walk into a room full of people, not poets they’d make all that talk about beauty and beholders but it’s a big fat lie You’re not just the most beautiful girl to me You are the most beautiful girl in the world.

Tonight I go to sleep afraid to dream worried that trickles of reality would slip into fantasy and make a mockery of chaos because hope is the substance of dreams the fabric of fantasy but when days become dreaded nights once filled with color become gloomy black Tonight I go to sleep with one wish; to sleep.

Àkọlé àkọsilẹ yìí kò le ṣe àjèjì sí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ọmọ Yorùbá tóotọ́. Ọrọ náà jáde láti inú ewì J.F Ọdúnjọ; ọ̀mọ̀wé tí ó kọ ìwé Aláwiye, “Iṣẹ́ lóògùn ìṣẹ́”. Ewì yìí kún fún ọpọlọpọ ọgbọ́n ṣùgbọ́n apá yìí ni o ń sọ sími lọ́kàn. Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ìgbà ní a má n…

“…Alone, all alone Nobody, but nobody Can make it out here alone” Maya Angelou Maya, it’s harder to choose life with another when they don’t choose you.

Yesterday, a part of me got on an airplane in search of self, of meaning, of reason I ventured into the waters of uncertainty certain of one thing; nothing’s ever promised tomorrow