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MY AFRIKA

a reality that all those who choose It is impossible to di- the future. Each child who is born is
not to collaborate with the pathways stamped with an unholy seal of debt
of the corrupt have to factor into vorce corruption on to his name that he knew nothing of
their decisions to face down the any scale or wicked- in the womb, else he may have asked
evils in their society. As is death by the Lord to return him back to the
assassination of character, finance ness and cruelty or peace of heaven.
and social access… not to mention nepotism from the in-
imprisonment. One of the reasons For those reluctant to fight – this is
why corruption has had such free dividual. It is either by the reality you embrace. For those
reign is that the consequences can the choice of or com- who say we will never break out of
be dire for the ones who are willing it – this is the system that you are
to take up the mantle to fight against pliance and compla- voting to sustain. For those who
it. But the cost of corruption if far cency of the individual say the fight is not worth it – this
worse – far worse for every individ- is the bed you apathetically lie in.
ual who initiates, supports, conceals that the rot takes root For those who say it’s not worth the
and sustains corruption in their and spreads. risk – this is the burden you accept
society. It brings upon a society a for yourself and the generations to
darkness far worse than the death of come. For the one who is willing
those who choose to stand up and to push with all their might until
fight. another day. The nation ceases to something gives – this is what you
grow as all life is choked out of it. are fighting to overcome.
It brings a type of living death to a It exists from the cesspool of its
society. Liberty is choked out of the own making in an anaerobic state We must commit ourselves to it and
nation that embraces corruption as a where only the slimy can rise to the raise generations who see the value
norm. Individuals are forced to face top, the unwilling are condemned in it and are committed to it if we
the option of compliance or being to a life of a form of slavery where are ever to overcome the rot. The
ostracized and oppressed, thereby their labors sustain a dying system. revolution of the mind that comes
suppressing and obliterating any Labors of futility where not one about by one taking an honest look
form of truth, rightness and justice soul, not even the most corrupt who at the state of affairs and choos-
in a society. Individuals cannot may be at the top of the pile, will ing the path of light instead of
speak up for fear of being targeted ever attain their fullest potential. the one of darkness. The one that
they tend towards sycophancy; they NEVER. puts them and their family in grave
raise families that are experts at tip- danger because they do not desire
toeing around the system or blatant- Obsequious individuals pandering to have their potential and their
ly aligning with its corrupt practices. to the sick nature of the vile can family’s potential rot in the grave of
never carry a nation to greatness. corruption but would rather fight
Honor is trampled underfoot as lies The financial cost is too high for and die than live in rot… that is
and manipulations take hold of ev- any society to manage as well, with the true revolution that will bring
erything from government to private each loan taken, portions of it are Afrika to her fullest potential – or at
sector. Honest enterprise is crushed siphoned off into the accounts of least hold back the darkness while
brutally and honest business people every greedy, fawning sustainer of the next generation of warriors of
are confronted with the option of the corrupt system until only coins light are raised. Providing them with
closing down or cooperating with are left for the original intended sufficient room to grow in the light
their prison guards. Initiative and purpose (intended, at least on paper) and to come to an awareness of its
innovation shrink or a done in a to be carried out. The outcome is a necessity. Choosing to take up their
concealed manner by those who cycle of evil that is unbearable. mantles to push back the darkness.
do not want to have their efforts Guns are useless against it and the
corrupted and grabbed… or it is The nation loaned, goes for more, is revolution that is fought with guns
done in a manner that is designed to given more stringent terms, pays off is useless without it… because once
ingratiate the inventor with the one its evil minions, scrapes some of the the guns fall silent – if the hearts of
who controls the power… in that money into the debt account and the people have not been trans-
way even art is corrupted by a desire puts the burden of the terms onto formed, the darkness will creep in
to cover one’s behind and survive its people to carry generations into yet again.

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