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“THE SACRED COWS OF THE FULA”



Culture is of no doubt; unique
It also spells out life’s nitty gritty
But the peculiarity of same must be taken into consideration
Before some men wipe out our whole generation

Though the Fula man lives for his cows
Please let him also know that other men live for their farms
No one weed can make a bush
Nor can a drop of water make a brook.

Before the legalization of bazookas for the sake of guarding the sacred meat
What will be the fate of those who own the munching teeth?
Cows for feast, a necessary pay by the bride, and show of might
Are the fuels that drive the marauding quest of the fula man,

I thought your dane guns and swords where for marauding wolves and intruders
Instead you point and slash them on communities of settled farmers
Leaving them in unwarranted stretch of trauma
And in excruciating drama

Well, least you slain us all and eat your meat; so your meat eats you
The hands with the staff of authority hold the cane but they can’t even beat you
Rather than returning us to the era of intolerance
I think there is a need to sit us down
So you and they can understand that it doesn’t pay to wipe us out because of the sacred meat.

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