In the bleak future of the State
When there is nothing good at stake
Many are the present culprits
Many leave their fingerprints
Printed on the rotten State
Many have dug footprints
Into the sand of the National mess
Hear from the favourite man among men
“I’m favoured among men
I’m from the first as well as the second generations
A progeny’s progeny
A progeny of the potent incumbent
An incumbent who wields power
An incumbent’s power to hire and to fire
An incumbent looking for an incompetent to hire
An incumbent with no fire to fire
I was hired over competence
I was hired never to be fired
For I am still a progeny of the incumbent
An incumbent whose power never sways
Power to empower the veritable progeny anyways
I was born into the norm
The norm of normal rule of work
I report late for work
But I leave so long before work
So traffic on the highway doesn’t run me late
On my way to meet my date
I work at my own pace
Slow pace
On lazy days
From a moody Monday
Through a whining Wednesday
To a friendly Friday
This is the story of old
So I was told
It’s Aban Edwuma
So I was told
It was here before I was old
It will be here after I am old
So I was told
Ain’t worth lifting it high
High up on my shoulder
Lift it no higher
No higher than my thigh could shoulder
It’s Aban Edwuma
When I was born into it
When I walked into it
I was full of work
Ready to work
Alas
My zeal for work suffered a shocking berth
My zeal was sentenced to a stillbirth
For all pretended to work
It’s Aban Edwuma
Take a bite, only a bite
No deep bite
Leave a bite for some others to have a bite
When it’s their turn to take a bite
I boast
Not about my competence
I boast
Now about my worthlessness
Oh I work at…
Ghana Broadband of Corruption
Ministry of Mediocrity
Department of no Results
Institute of Complacency
I boast
About my fat pay cheque
I am the second and the third in command
See me or see no one
See me or nothing gets done
On a whim I withdraw my services
I tell the whole world I am on strike
I command the one with the people’s purse
Pay me or else!
Meet my attorney in court
But you will surely see me on pay day”
