But when your goals seeking truth, inside is where the road lies
I’m starting with questioning, beliefs that I’ve held
Like happiness is only found through increasing your wealth
See it’s the love for money that turns people to beasts
As long as war equals profits we aint seeing no peace
But I feel trapped, seeking freedoms like futility still
Coz I got to make cash to pay utility bills
It’s unfair from the start how the way the board is set
A man will play by your rules if you trap him in debt
That means I’d take a job and get minimum wage
Just to pay, for some things that I don’t need anyway
Consumerism is the prison and my people are caged
What fuels greed is the screen on which the image displays
Its brainwashing and they say it passively
Your life won’t be complete without the latest gadgetry
Don’t get me wrong, I aint saying that I don’t like nice things
But a child’s smile carries more joy than that ice brings
Aint no prosperity if nothing is left for posterity
Trying to find finite resources got them drafting war strategies
There’s more tragedies going on ignored
Got me wondering, what I should use my poetry for
Advertising products and getting endorsed
Perpetuating misconceptions about my people of course
Too many times I got to defend this art as my own
But if its borrowed stories in my poems then I’m only a clone
I bring it home to the streets where the people are strong
And the situations drove many breadwinners from homes
Raising kids over the phone, with western union codes
While small bricks of lack of touch steady grew into walls
We are soul survivors, its true coz I feel it
Came out the wombs of queens with entrepreneurial spirits
But I’m not just Zimbabwean I’m a global citizen
My pen drips the stories of the world they got me living in
Using company bandwidth downloading revolutions
Jasmine to Wall Street we all searching for solutions
Pain is the bastard child when the planet is raped
As we await for recognition of the Palestine state
Ima find a cause that gives strength to my voice
With 7 billion books to read ignorance is a choice
When I was younger, I studied to acquire a paper
The University of Life gives a qualification that’s greater
Like learning to love and showing creation respect
In each clay vessel something amazing is kept
I’m tracing the steps of those who sought a higher cause
Fought noble wars, and with the side effect of inspired souls
From the child who dreamt and became the leader who rose
To the small shaking voice that left evil exposed
To those who sought justice for every person
And in the face of mad oppression stayed fervently searching
For a truth that unifies instead of divides
It’s you who decides whether you’ll be remembered in life
By the stories you inspired, and the smiles that you midwifed
Eternity is going to be crafted by how you live life
Which is the reason why I am trying to awaken
Learning without ceasing, in season inspire a nation
Or just a single soul, their story may be greater than mine
But they may reach their destination, coz I stand as a sign
In my hands I only have the time I was given
But I am glad to say; now I am finally living
Finding a reason to stretch my imagination, shaping
My legacy, so my kids are content with the world that I gave them
So I am careful what I’m taking in, this world make you hate your skin
There’s grace in every day you’re in, this is my awakening
At you pace, it’s not a race to win, so even when you face the wind
Find grace in very day you’re in, may this be your awakening