TO ALAAFIN

Kaabiesi ooo our Alaafin privileged,
Agbagba Ijoyes you're acknowledged.
Remember you're not 'Ogbanjes' of knowledge
less privileged also drank from the college.

Ifa chose, awo spoke, people merge,
before them you knelt and pledge,
Akoko was there and the verge
prayers shower before you emerge.

walk by your people's passage
see souls you manage,
hope in shackles , see oro aje in bondage.

yesterday flood swept our village...
trees begot not orange
Barn famished of yam storage
gone is our days of oil yam porridge.

Are we no the jewel baggage
 That Olodumare instructed you manage

fly this eagle out of fear in bondage 
inhale this poetic adage
this is the heaven's message.

NOTE :
Kaabiesi ooo: paying homage to the king
Agbagba Ijoye: high chiefs
Ogbanje: spirit possessed child
Ifa : Diviner 
Awo : chief priest 
Akoko : symbolic leaf for king installation
Oro aje : Economy
Olodumare : God