Clarion Camp

I came to this state with a straight face 

Raw sad mind with a sour taste 

I hated the travel 

Poor thoughts of a belated graduate 

Things my eyes beheld are none of these 

Exposed to a new world in caged walls 

Likes of a prison yard

Fields, blocks and gymnasium 

Uniforms, guards and numbers 

Like prison numbers 

Row calls 

Like prison row calls 

Meals, poor meals  

Like prison meals 

Khaki of green and boots of orange 

Instructed by illiterates 

Threats by the military 

Is this discipline or intimidation? 

No use of this 

SAED and their insults 

Killing your white collar dreams 

With blue collar nightmares 

Early morning parades 

Girls with their Nasty habits 

Cliques and cliques of girls 

Calibers and Classes 

Drills and drills and false alarms 

Elite comic hostel mates 

Elders of old age with false birth certs 

Every moment was a blast 

Everybody wanted to be noticed 

The broke went unnoticed 

Platoon one to ten 

Everyday we wondered what next 

Ebola scare and tear drops 

Masks and federal ambulances 

Local platoon leader 

Corrupt camp commander 

Girls for everyone 

Even the man o war gets laid 

The love for the RSM  

Learned camp director 

The fear of tattered Muslims 

And the love for the sexy ones 

Nigeria wakes by six 

Her citizens way before that 

Nigeria sleeps by six 

Her citizens way after that 

A lazy country 

Cock crows as the flag rises 

Bats flies as it goes to rest 

Cult gangs reunion 

There are brothers in jungle 

OBS and their poor presentation 

Mami booms 

Drunk boys every night 

Girls theft every morning 

You can never be ready enough 

You can never have too much money 

Gang signs and hand Shakes 

Foreigners with fake names 

Secret agents steady snooping 

Camouflaged as corp members 

Tales from diverse schools 

The tales are never boring 

Love will happen 

Lust will be sighted 

The hunt of southern girls 

The north is a turn off 

But not the girls in the sexy hijab 

Allowee is a blessing 

But the queue a curse 

Couples in pairs 

Mean examples and bad demos 

Looking forward to the rain to skip parades 

Red Cross got fine members 

Mean clinic attendants 

Dirty corps on disgusting whites 

Some should have never worn white 

Tales of a new city 

Dos and Don'ts 

Warning of plagues 

The snare of kpekpeye 

Cheap food but bad cooks 

Banana in abundance 

Hot corn hot moi moi 

Charging costs some fifty bucks 

Damp and swampy paths 

One mosque and two churches 

Are Catholics not Christians 

Worship is fun 

Love in the tabernacle 

Meal ticket plain 

Skips of general meals 

No tribalism or racism 

All tribes united 

This is one Nigeria 

Well until we leave these walls 

It's we against the world 

Feels good to be paid 

Paid by the federal government 

Yeah for the first time 

Revolt against the soldiers 

Told them to free corpers  

Trusted to be on the forefront 

Marked by soldiers to be punished later 

Camp fugitive and sneaks 

Turned down smiles 

Beat down frowns 

Ways of a graduate 

Lifestyle of a youth 

Brains of a student 

Decisions of an adult 

Away from comfort 

The regular is out of reach 

New friends and adopted family 

Rules and regulations 

Joys of education 

Experience of a rugged Nigerian 

Vibes of tough times to come 

Confident to face the world 

Challenges to come 

Auto correct of errors a myth 

Knowledge is bliss 

Past heros failed and forgiven 

Mantel handed over 

Leaders of tomorrow camping today 

Marathon to success 

Dreams of colour and gray shades 

Certificate in boxes 

Files and folders 

Lots of signature 

Smiles on passport photographs 

Drinks and music 

Camp fire night 

Cozy cuddles within confident couples 

Cooking competition 

Rigged pageantries 

Roots are still corrupt 

The nation still cries 

Citizens still suffer 

Fixing costs less that spoils 

What we came for 

Gone too far away from home 

Learning a solution 

Minds of patriots 

Love for our country 

The country we will fix 

That's what we came for 

That what we are camped for 

Camping for the good of the nation 

Camping in unity 

Camping to fix the ills 

Ills of a broken nation 

Not for a selfish end 

Making of heros present 

To correct the mistakes of the heros past 

Using the available resources at hand 

More than enough 

No material gain 

A purpose to live Nigerian

The clarion call calling 

Many are called, few are chosen

Many will camp, few rebranded 

Rebranded to rebrand 

Rebrand the nation 

Rebrand for good 

It starts from this camp 

The clarion camp  

 

-Spiritual Wickedness In High Places