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 </div><p></p>How can I forget your love in a hurry?<br>
Your love firmer than the Ogbòmò<br>
With which you backed me when I was an Omòmò.<br>
You waited till my shaky legs gathered strength to walk thru’ life.
<p>Your thoughts are of me<br>
My well being your priority.<br>
You denied sleep entrance<br>
Whenever it came knocking at night.<br>
You made sure hunger didn’t break in<br>
When it was time for breakfast.</p>
<p>Blindfold my eyes and my tongue won’t mince words<br>
When it taste your sumptuous delicacies<br>
Prepared by those succulent hands<br>
That spanked me for my wrongs<br>
And patted me when I cried.</p>
<p>Mother Africa, you planted good manners in me<br>
It grew bit by bit.<br>
I never allowed it wither from my heart a bit<br>
Till it became an habit<br>
And now, it pumps as my heart beats.</p>
<p>* Ogbòmò is an Urhobo word for the Cloth used to back babies.<br>
* Omòmò is an Urhobo word for baby.</p>
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