{"id":690,"date":"2012-10-25T18:02:07","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T18:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/?p=690"},"modified":"2012-10-25T18:02:07","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T18:02:07","slug":"when-we-are-all-ashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/?p=690","title":{"rendered":"When we are all ashes…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Still on the fight for justice. God bless everyone who has, in one way or the other, built a system that would get our voices heard. The #Aluu4 tweet-a-thon has made its impact on twitter and other social networks today. God bless Okechukwu Ofili for that movement online.<\/span><\/p>\n

And MI, the incredible MI has given words and a song to our collective pain concerning the deaths of those young men \u2013 Chidiaka, Tekena, Ugonna, and Lloyd. In a track he just released titled ashes,<\/em><\/strong> MI struggles with the pain of accepting this tragedy amongst us. I listened to the song and I am reminded of how distraught I was for weeks when it happened. How I would stay awake unable to sleep, how I continued to put myself in their shoes to feel their pain \u2013 how vicious and confusing it all must have been for them! One minute they were laughing and alive, the next minute they were looking into the eyes of their murderers!<\/span><\/p>\n

It cannot go away! The pain refuses to go away until something is done so that we can be free of this inhumanity! God bless you, MI! Always different, always true to what is right, forever a star!<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the link to MI\u2019s site: http:\/\/miabaga.com\/p\/ashes\/<\/a> and below are the lyrics to the song…<\/p>\n

Lyrics.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We were down a sandy beach,<\/em>
\nAll night talking to your mouth\u2019s words.<\/em>
\nTell me where you would like to be.<\/em>
\nTonight don\u2019t be afraid to dream.
\n<\/a>Lean on the fire for a while.<\/em>
\nCause in the morning it\u2019ll all just be ashes on the ground<\/em><\/p>\n

Instead it be them, let it be me.
\nSince I will die inevitably,
\nThen let it be, that it be said
\nWhen I am dead: some other was free, some other was fed
\nSome other, not me, was able to see
\nThat long as we live inside a country where no one is safe,
\nNo one is safe.
\nWe only evade, try to escape
\nThe imminent doom
\nBut closer the date looms.
\nIt comes for all.
\nIf we must go, then at least,
\nWhen we fall\u2026<\/p>\n

When we\u2019re all ashes\u2026<\/em>
\nIf I am slain, let them forever remember the name
\nSome other should gain.<\/p>\n

When we\u2019re all ashes\u2026<\/em>
\nBecause of my pain. Because of my tears because of my scars
\nSome other should gain.<\/p>\n

When we\u2019re all ashes\u2026<\/em>
\nThe reason I\u2019m gone. Let it be told, let it be known, and turned into song<\/p>\n

When we\u2019re all ashes\u2026<\/em>
\nIf I die alone. Let it be more than dying alone, the reason I\u2019m gone.
\nThe reason I\u2019m gone.<\/p>\n

Instead it be sleep.
\nLet it be hate, let it degrade.
\nLet it be deep.
\nSome other should weep
\nSome other should keep
\nThe memory of
\nThe way that I died
\nMaybe a change, some other can try<\/p>\n

At least we can lie. At least we can hope
\nAt least we can say
\ntomorrow is better, it wont be today
\nSome other can pray
\nSome other can fight
\nThe wrong done to me some other can right.
\nThen maybe my death can save some other life
\nFor then I would gladly give another life<\/p>\n

When we\u2019re all ashes\u2026<\/em>
\nLet it be worth
\nLet it be so some other can live. Let it be birth.<\/p>\n

When we\u2019re all ashes\u2026<\/em>
\nAs I am hurt
\nAs I pass, let it be last, let it be first<\/p>\n

When we\u2019re all ashes\u2026<\/em>
\nDon\u2019t let them forget
\nThe only regret is that we relent. We all should repent..<\/p>\n

When we\u2019re all ashes\u2026<\/em>
\nIf I die alone,
\nLet it be more than dying alone. The reason I\u2019m gone
\nThe reason I\u2019m gone<\/p>\n

Feels like I stood there watching,<\/em>
\nthe pain the brutal torture<\/em>
\nAnd added my silence to the violent screams<\/em>
\nOf: Burn and torch em.<\/em>
\nHow do you earn misfortune?<\/em>
\nOr does it come unbidden?<\/em>
\nIf life\u2019s a painted portrait,<\/em>
\nWho puts dark colors in them?<\/em>
\nIf there\u2019s a God in heaven,<\/em>
\nSurely he\u2019s weeping now.<\/em>
\nAs all the blood is shedding<\/em>
\nAs all His people drown.<\/em><\/p>\n

God help us all.<\/p>\n

Rest in peace Chidi.
\nRest in peace Lloyd
\nRest in Peace Tekena
\nRest in Peace Ugonna<\/p>\n

Rest in peace to the Students murdered in Adamawa state.<\/p>\n

Rest in peace to those two young girls.<\/p>\n

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Still on the fight for justice. God bless everyone who has, in one way or the other, built a system that would get our voices heard. The #Aluu4 tweet-a-thon has made its impact on twitter and other social networks today. God bless Okechukwu Ofili for that movement online. And MI, the incredible MI has given words and a song to our collective pain concerning the deaths of those young men \u2013 Chidiaka, Tekena, Ugonna, and Lloyd. In a track he just released titled ashes, MI struggles with the pain of accepting this tragedy amongst us. I listened to the song and I am reminded of how distraught I was for weeks when it happened. How I would stay awake unable to sleep, how I continued to put myself in their shoes to feel their pain \u2013 how vicious and confusing it all must have been for them! One minute they were laughing and alive, the next minute they were looking into the eyes of their murderers! It cannot go away! The pain refuses to go away until something is done so that we can be free of this inhumanity! God bless you, MI! Always different, always true to what is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-stephs-lounge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=690"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":693,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690\/revisions\/693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}