Toyon Temitope Sevezun
A place in your heart that is indispensable
A part that will tell if you’ll be acceptable
A part that in the long run will show if you’re capable
Capable to stand among those who stand strong or stumble
A part of you that will tell if you’ll become a brand new sapphire or a marble
A part that will determine if you’ll end up like John Bull
John Bull my son who I sent to school and his name, he manages to mumble.
The place of your seriousness should be taken as a commission
A commission that will pay off if handled with dedication
Seriousness is the only spice that gives taste to education
Be it a private or a public institution
The place of your seriousness should be handled with determination
Knowing fully well that it will yield great admiration
When others are looking for job through connection
Your seriousness in times past would become your motivation.
Even when you’re faced with fiery oppositions
Dear friend, I tell you, don’t bother
Cause you studied hard and listened to the admonitions
The admonitions of the lecturers, who were like mothers and fathers
Who put you through a gold-furnace operation
Now making you xerophytes that scale through every weather
Even the sky will no longer be a limitation
And you’ll boldly say, “Khaki wasn’t leather”
Cause your success is a confirmation.