One Street One Beat

Sonibare Bose 2000 (Nigeria)



In the street of the world
   With only one familiar beat
   Walking up and down the world
   Over and over again with the same beat

   With obnoxious lyrics on screen
   You wonder who gave the idea to them
   Happy follies ready to display to be seen
   With such keen interest they watch them

   Who will deliver us from unpleasant
   Sound that fills the air with unrest?
   Who will deliver us from the evil
   Passed to the juvenile from the devil?

   Let the world street experience a new beat
   Not with obnoxious lyrics but pleasant
   Lyrics that heals , edifys , encourages the soul
   That we may lay to rest our soul.
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Submitted on February 23, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CDCD EXFF BEGG
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 619
Words 109
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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