INSANITY 19 – LIVE AND LET LIVE BY E.T.H…AINA

INSANITY 19 – LIVE AND LET LIVE BY E.T.H…AINA

To a friend

who recently returned from a saner clime.

In our country
When our friends in black uniform stop you
You’ll hear,
Stop! Stop!! Stop!!!
Stop there!
Do not fidget
But do not forget
to be bold and calm.

My friend,
When an argument ensues,
Do not speak ‘big big English’
They hate it.
Do not talk about fundamental human rights
With them you do not have rights
Do not say ‘you know who I be?’
For our friends in black uniform will become an angry bee.
Then they’ll say,
‘Who you be
You know who I be
I go waste your life and nothing go happen.’
At this stage,
My friend,
Be courteous,
Be aware of how quickly
your hand moves to your pockets
for wallet or ID
and even more aware of how quickly
our friends’ hands move to gun.

My friend,
You are not a criminal and
Our friends are not rogues but
Our friends have a price.

Dear friend,
Bargain with our friends,
pay and smile like nothing happened
If you don’t pay
You may be killed
If you are not killed
You maybe implicated and
You will rot in jail.
That’s how we do in our country.

So, my friend,
Live and let live.