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Tekno’s song “Yawa” got me back in Love.

Tekno’s song “Yawa” got me back in Love. Every true relationship has ‘true’ fights. Not necessarily physical violence and abuse (I would never do that or condone such) but horrible emotional reactions leading to disagreements and crazy outcomes. This story is one of a flawless love affair that turned cold...ice-cold because I got to a point where the affection suddenly went dead like an electrocuted situation. From the start of my love with my woman (I call her  ‘shuga’ ), our love was all perfect with the electromagnetic elements of attraction and positive energy like two live wires blowing things up all over the place. Then one day, boom! I just stopped talking to her. She tried with multiple attempts to get us back strong but I just refused to have ‘that’ conversation. It has been over a year now. I will not say here that I just realise my folly. No. I always knew the road to perdition was somewhere across the street of a lost love. All the time bridges were burning

Dear Mama: Using 2pac’s rap lines to appreciate my mother.

My personal resolve to staunchly rank 2pac one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time isrooted in my passion for great literary content and the use of powerful words to communicate deep emotional realities in stories that have past, present and future effects around my world. True love and affection is effectively depicted in the relationship between a mother and a child.  All other things being equal, without any of the negative and absurd circumstances of birth and living standards, parental love, care, affection and commitment is perfect. Am connected to this song passionately because the very first few words directly speak of my own experiences growing up “when I was young me and my mama had beef” consistent misunderstandings and disagreements were all part of my childhood. My mother tried to raise me good but my revolting nature was something else. A family of three boys, me, the boy in the middle, always wanted to take a position, prove a po