S.O.S

(By Paul Word)

To the ones that stay in the creek

to those that reek of poverty to them i say SOS

when I say SOS, I don’t just mean Save Our Soul

but lets Save Our Selves

We're tired of this Shitty Operating System

where young female adult can keep their jobs as long as they play along the Sex Or Sack policy,

we reside within a society where guys exalt Sex Over Sanctity,

this same society that practice System Of Suit

suiting alone the rich and not the poor

so please SOS, Save Our Society.

They've made us Survive On Scraps

leaving us hungry within the plentiful of our land

making our lives look like a Swim Or Sink affair,

we're tired of this Same Old Situation

our soldiers no longer Shoot On Sight

cause their vision has been impaired

no food to make them fit and prepared

can't you read the Sign Of Stress written on their forehead

so please, SOS Support Our Soldier.

Our students no longer know the Strength Of Schedule

they waste their time on Facebook updating

pointless status that won't raise their Status Over Self

stat like "missing my boo"

but I hope one day I’ll see a "K" after the "boo",

we need a Structure Operating System

where our students can understand the importance of Service Over Self

and not Strawberries On Shortcakes

so please SOS, Save Our Students

They'll continue to Suck Our Savings

if we don’t see pass this Smoke Obscuring Screen

so please let’s start Something Of Significance

cause this Poli-Trick-Cian

are Sadist On Seat

more like Sons Of Satan,

they created this System Of Suit to suit themselves

so let’s Stand On Stones and Send Our Signal

to correct this System Of Suit

so please SOS, Save Our System.

Silent Or Scream?

Sit Or Stand?

Stagnation Or Speed?

Which one would you pick

When you're confronted with the right to keep silent

so let's Stand Over Sin and Set Our Sight on this truth

and Sail Our Ship to that ass-hole rock

and rock them with the truth,

so when next they hear us say SOS

they'll know we don’t just mean

Save Our Souls but let Save Ourselves.

EDITORS’ NOTE:

This was Paul Word’s award winning  spoken word piece, performed at WarofWords Season 4 Slam Poetry Competition organized by King Olulu’s i2x Media (2014)

To see more of Paul Words' performance, you may check:

PAUL WORD - SOS
http://wordupnaija.tv/s-o-s-by-paul-word-winner-of-war-of-words-season-4/

PAUL WORD - INVESTMENT @WOW4
http://wordupnaija.tv/why-invest-in-education-by-paul-word/

PAUL WORD PERFORMS DEMONCRACY AT CPM - GREATER GLORY CONFERENCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrIh1pBrKAo

PAUL WORD AND IFEANYI BERNARD - DEATH AND DREAMS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qARr2lJO2O8