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Put my heart on my sleeves  I bleed  For love, lust and greed  Emotions are endless  Priceless and timeless  When you believe  But the mutuality being duality  makes me understand, that doubt is a cloud that covers  Like leaves Cells work together to form body tissue  But when men come to work together  Ideology becomes an issue  It's not a thing of ego and pride  It's a thing of letting emotions decide  Self worth becomes a road block  When people fail to put their valuation aside  I think Africa when I see a story, telling the story of a divide. The fact that we elect people who widen the gap, rather than arrest the slump  A continent blessed with priceless jewels,gradually becoming the barren lands dump  Looking at Barren land and applauding their advancement, wanting to leave our treasures behind,  Because inevitably those who lead have sold our lands and valuables to the barren lands, which has left us left behind. I have more to say but I'd stop here now. The gold that drops from my brain is more valuable than that of majority of our leaders have.

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