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They lied to you

Philip Asaya

I am an African
and they lied to you
they told you I was always hungry and with a heart that only longed for food and remedies... but they lied to you
they said I ran with cheetahs slept with goats and couldn't tell the difference between a socks and a coat... oh they lied to you
they said I was dumb and couldn't understand the potency of science and it's technologies and the skills behind it's discoveries
but now I'm rocking calculus to sleep with the tunes played from wisdom that is me...
finding the deferential values of quantities like picking a strand of beef from my teeth integrating them into larger domains and solving the probabilities hidden within every outcome of any name
screaming out to this deaf world
that I am an African and they lied to you

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Philip Asaya

A Nigerian poet born on the 1st day of April 1984... With a mind that can constructively merge words together bringing out their potency of becoming vividly clear as pictures before your eyes....this one writes and performs spoken word poetry... with most of his performances done in front of hundreds and thousands of people and with recorded pieces with over a thousand downloads. He also teaches the art of spoken word poetry writing and performance,this one also writes songs and stage plays... and added to his crown of talents is a concept developer for adverts and events in the field of electronic media and stage but the beauty of all of this is tied together by one thing and that is poetry....you can follow him on twitter @philipasaya or like his facebook page "Philip Asaya's Mannequin mode" more…

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