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 </div><p></p>148 not just a number<br>
Not the winning vote of Nigeria<br>
Or the lotto grand prize<br>
But lives that depart the nation I so much treasure<br>
The gone numbers<br>
The lost futures
<p>148 litres of my blood<br>
Would send me to grave<br>
148 strands of my hair<br>
make a difference on my head<br>
148 lost futures in Kenya……..<br>
Can we ever recover?<br>
148 not just a number<br>
But its our future<br>
Our destiny</p>
<p>We are human before we met religion<br>
Why would men allow religion blind the sight of love<br>
Why would men let the thirst for blood overcome their feeling of love and unity<br>
Love and freedom preach in the name of religion become a shackle of death<br>
And when I remember 148<br>
Religion taste like bile<br>
Religion become a bondage<br>
I don’t have a choice to throw it all away<br>
And hold unto my believe<br>
That all men have a choice<br>
Only one love bind us together<br>
148……………..<br>
A curse!</p>
<p>Heaven must witness against this<br>
The wail of these blood must not be silence till eternity<br>
let the peace of the bloody hands rest with our child<br>
As we suffer loss<br>
148………<br>
Not a number<br>
148…………<br>
Lost black diamond</p>
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