The Paradox of A Nigerian Child (Ten days of March dayIX) ~ Mind and Space

Nnebe Chinonso Joshua known for his stage name N.C Joshua (D Wordiet) is an Abuja based Spoken Word Poet. He started writing in 2014 but never took it professionally till 2017.

In June 2019 he won An award of excellece at the PMB Oratory Contest in commemoration of Democracy Day Celebration.

NC Joshua through his spoken word YouTube videos seeks at making a positive impact and causing you to rethink.

The Nigerian Child has a name

But no identity

He swallows his pride

Just to raise his flag

The Nigeria Child has one true image

But disguised in different masks

He has many tongue but one voice

A voice that is never heard

He speaks yet no one listens

So he shuts up and let the elders talk

The Nigerian Child dreams but never sleep

And when he tries to snore

He is awaken by the nightmares that lie on his bed every night

He Eats but he's not fed

The Nigerian Child is hungry, poor and wretched

Yet he is very rich, rich in promises

Promises made by men with pot bellies

The Nigerian Child has aged with little maturity

Because Gray Hair still sits in positions of power

And the young blood are learning how to chew bone from men who have no teeth

The Nigerian Child is Born and Breed in a Blessed land

But he still finds it difficult to get a Kobo from his mother's hand

The Nigerian Child is Born free

With wings that can fly

Yet everywhere he goes

He is in chains caged by men with crooked sight

The Nigerian Child is told that his future is Bright

But right now he is being sold a present that has no light

The Nigerian Child is Configured for greatNESS

But the four walls has programmed him for a life of greatMESS

He is taught that the Constitution is supreme

But in times of test...

People still cheat using the law

So the Constitution is just a Book

“Don't judge it by its name"

The Nigerian Child swims

But still drowns in his own sweat

He looks in the mirror and smiles

Then suffering becomes his reflection

The Nigerian Child is a Hustler

But the fruit of his labour even when riped

Keeps hanging away from his family tree

The Nigerian Child lives in a house

He's been told that religion is his way out

Now he's finding a way out of religion

The Nigerian Child everywhere he goes

Is known for his accent

So whenever he speaks

People know that money will miss or has missed

So his tongue is like a razor blade

That cuts pockets

Without leaving holes

The Nigerian Child has been on drip right from birth

He is engaged to the Hospital bed

And like two young lovers

They are not breaking up anytime soon

The Nigerian Child has been

Diagnosed with a Lack of a national ideology, tribalism, disunity, insecurity,hunger,poverty, bad governance,hardship, unemployment,power outage, illiteracy, Injustice,brain drain, religious falsehood, corruption and poor social economic infrastructures.

The Nigerian Child is Sick

He is sick of being sick of being a Nigerian Child

In his last moments he wrote this

“With the least blood left in my vain

I bleed that you've not read these words in vain

Cause it will piss me off

We've been passed our past with so much pain

But rewriting our story now,will be of a greater gain,

And it starts with me and you"

My name is N.C Joshua

And unfortunately I am a Nigerian Child

But my generation is changing the narrative!!