IFE

                                               
SOME PEOPLE CALL IFE A NAME
OTHERS THINK IT IS A PLACE
A FANTASY THEY SAY
A MYSTERY THEY KEEP
A JOURNEY THAT NEVER NO END
IS WHAT IFE HAS TO  OFFER
THE CRAVING FOR IFE,
HAS MADE THE YOUNG IN HEART TREMBLE.
THE WANTS TO KEEP IFE,
KEEP THE  LOVEBIRDS AT PEACE
THE SORROW OF IFE,
SHUT THE DOOR AT THE BEES.
IFE! ENIYAN LUST AFTER YOUR PROSPERITY,
OMO-EDA WORSHIP YOUR DIETY
ASIKO CANNOT STOP YOUR ACTIVITY
ERANKO CANNOT AFFORD,
TO MISS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
IFE IS NOT AT HOME
IFE IS NOT AT SCHOOL
IFE IS NOT AT WORK
IFE IS NOT LIVING CLOSE TO MY DOOR
IFE IS IN MY HEART
DEATH CAN SEPERATE THE LOVERS
IFE WILL KEEP THEM FOREVER
IFE! JUST LIKE LIFE YOU SOUND
LIKE THE SHADY TREES YOU LOOK
LIKE THE MORNING DEW YOU STAY
LIKE THE ROSE FLOWERS YOU SHINE
IFE! I SEARCHED FOR YOU AT ILE-IFE
YOU WERE NOT EVEN IN ILE-EFE
YOU REFUSED TO SAY HELLO TO OFE
YOU NOW KEEP ME IN THE STATE OF AKOKO
MAKING ME TO FEEL
AS IF I AM NOT LOVED
IFE! SO SMALL BUT MIGHTY
EJI-OWURO YOU STOLE FROM IRAWO
YOU NOW MAKE OSAN
TO FEEL SO HORRIBLE
ALE BECAME EBORA-ORU
BECAUSE OF YOU
IFE! YOU TURNED ILE-ISE
INTO ILE-ESE
IFA EVEN HAS A CRUSH ON YOU
ESU LOVES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU
ALARINA KEEPS YOUR ANGEL
AT THE VALLEYS OF OKUKU
IFE! ALAGBARA HAS ONCE FALLEN
FOR YOUR SAKE
OLOGBON HAS ONCE BEEN A SLAVE TO YOU
OLOYE WORSHIP YOUR DYNASTY
OLODODO MAKES YOU THE MAJESTY
ON THE ALTAR OF DIVINITY
IFEKUFE LOVES TO SHARE
THE GLORY WITH IFE
BUT YOU CAN ONLY BE CONTROLLED
BY THE OLODU-OMO-ARE
HE IS ALSO MY CREATOR
AND THE CONTROLLER OF MY WORLD
WRITEN BY:OJAJUNI EMMANUEL 

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