At Eke-Akpa in Owukpa I met you face to face At Eke-Akpa we ate from the same plates, pots You wanted a lady, we gave you two A cow we got in return
Deep inside the bush you had your tent And we shared the same market In exchange of the love, you gave me a Fulani girl
At that rite we danced Fulani dance At the rite our man was flogged to test his manhood and you nodded Maria left with you Zainab left with me
The memory of that nunu remains The fura still smells around me The yam you took was the biggest tuber But since then hunger has set in
All yams have finished from the ban Your cows have devoured all Straining our friendship The cows we all rared have now turned lions
And you a beast We are now your preys who pray daily We pray to escape your predatory night coming You are the nightfall like in the far city of Soweto
Our darkest night you have become Did I make any mistake that night? That blunder of the night almost irreversible This marriage gone sour can’t be annulled
You have taken away my land And insisting on force marriage You have taken away my peace Claiming this marriage is forever
But we have now reached this point A point we say yes I do or simply no, I don’t A point we all must agree on human marriage Or is it animal marriage?
I want to run, you demand I stay I stay, you butcher me I hide, you come for me at night I love, you hate, I hate, you hate
This marriage is not working Return Maria, take zainab We can part in peace If we can’t stay in peace Safe journey my brother
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