Upward Mobility

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Ama keep holding on

Cause I believe in love

I'm pressing forward

Forgetting the past, I run

Towards the goals before my eyes

Till I wrap my fingers around

The Mark of the Prize,

I'm holding faith down

I've set my eyes on my High Calling

And I'm keeping up my upward mobility.

Akpan

Killer Current

 

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Raw passion consumed by a fierce loyalty

An obsessive commitment to humanity

Deep like an underwater river with

A killer current that spurts from within. 

Akpan 

We Took The Long Way Home

We took the long way home

It’s been tough losing sight

Of where we’re wandering from

Tougher to keep home in sight

We are not losing a war

To the horrors that gut us

But in very generation

Race of man must make a decision

To keep the faith

And rebuff the woos of fate

We may get so used to love

That we take it for granted

We forget what it cost us

To get mankind educated

On love on compassion n’ kindness

On mutual dependence and pursuit of happiness

We have been stripped bare

Shrouded things have been made aware

In a way

The dilemma which plague

Our race goes to show

We took the long way home.

Akpan

Shake The Dead

Shake the dead

In their shrouds

Blaze their bed

Provoke a crowd

Burn the memoir

Of a revolutionaire

It shall rewrite

Itself on the walls of your mind

Publish the podcast

Go forth with a blast

Raise a riot

Wake the bigot

Punch down walls

Till duplicity falls

March on pompous grass

Rout the pampered crass

If you get knocked down

Stand up downside up

Until up is down

And down is up.

Akpan

This Is The Day

This is the day

When I take this body

And squeeze it into change

And make a life flourish

This is the day

When my story n’ glory

Get the lowdown on my faith

And translate my chemistry

This is the day

That I will remake

As I take the sun

And reverse its course

This is the day

That I seal my fate

And I’ll run the race

And maintain in grace

This is the day

That I raise a mountain

From a grain of sand

And make my entrance grand

Akpan

I'm Good

What does it matter

if things go wrong

I'll push it harder

and lift up a song

I know where drama lives

and I was born to breathe

I'll cut raw courage loose

and hit that rendezvous

rearrange stress and dress

it down for good

I'm good.

Akpan

R U Done?

Let me know when you're done

Believe me I can wait.

You can stall for so long

Cause it's fish or cut bait.

Don't wanna make excuses

All this jive just confuses.

But I'm not letting myself down

I'll get this or go underground

You give me a runaround

Make me feel I'm from downtown.

No matter what it takes

Ama bend it or break.

So let me know what's up

And I will fill my cup.

Akpan

Mr. Maybe I Can

Maybe I'll buy a rose

Hang it down by a hose

Maybe I'll play host

To so many ghosts

Maybe I'll raise a toast

To bodies burned to roast.

Maybe I'll walk a mile

It just might make you smile

Maybe I'll cross the line

And watch the shapes align

Maybe I'll bide my time

And thus confide my crime.

Maybe I'll make demands

See if it makes amends

Maybe I'll do the dance

And damn the consequence

Maybe I'll take a chance

With life and make big plans.

Akpan

Adage

Rage rips off the page

Age unplugs the gauge

Adage makes a sage.

A cage is my stage

My wage serves a page.

Gage will boost rampage

Engage like a mage.

Akpan

Grand Life

Life could sometimes be grand

Like the moon in the pool

You might trap in your palm,

You could rise if you stoop.

A friend may be waiting

At the lip of the cliff,

And the burden you bear

Just might be a bear hug

From somebody who cares

And dares to pick you up.

Life may give the answer

To questions you may have

And the puzzle may solve

Itself and give you pause.

But you will always have

A hand to hold your hand.

Akpan

Terms

I will engage life on my terms
Cherish each new day like totems,
I'll paste my face on each moment
Carve a smile on the firmament.
Hard tackle troubles as they come
Rip off obstacles like a bomb
Ask questions cause I'm a genius
Take suggestions from amateurs.
I'll climb a peak against the wind
Spread my wings n' I'm gone with the wind.
I've heard it said, life's a bitch,
No bones I'll put it on a leash
And then I'll carve a niche
In the eye of the storm and relish.

Akpan

Smile

Let me see that curve
Like the crescent moon
With its back to the ground.
Ditch 'em on the curb
Throw away that gloom
And smack-dab knock 'em out.
When push comes to shove
You light up a room
Filled up with deadbeat crowd.
And you bring me love,
Add bounce to my mood
And then you clear my frown.
Like corn on the cob
It's natural with you;
A joy that goes around.
Like the sun above
You tone up men's attitude
Yes, you do it without a sound.
Yo! Show off that curve
Like a drop of honeydew,
Refresh hearts that are down.

Akpan

What the Thunder Said

Getting caught in the rain
Is just like getting brained,
You go against the grain
To pick up a new strain.
The harder you ball
The harder they come.
Tryna make it alone
And the world picks a bone
It only rains on you
When friends don't stay true.
You get a runaround in sludge,
All hell runs you off in smudge.
You are the antihero
Of a legend the world composed
And it rains and pours and rains
Until your heart unplugs the drains
Through a flood of all the pains
Then your eyes cloud and it rains.

Akpan

Rather

I’d rather have simple human dignity,

Than so much pretentious prosperity

I’d rather take death over dishonor

And a multi-billion dollar net worth.

I’d rather be weak and human

And live from my heart to my hand

Than be rich and superhuman

And make zombies of my fellowman.

I do not have the heart

To stab myself in the back

Nor would I play the part

Of a self-destructive Judas.

I keep a simple creed;

I will not feed on greed.

I’d rather have my dignity.

I’d rather have my presence of mind,

Than be the owner of a goldmine.

I’d rather construct a real life

Than color one with shades of lies.

I’d rather be somebody

Than be bought with snot money.

I’d rather have human dignity

Than the hypocrisy of riches.

Akpan

Connoisseur

In the voice of a refugee who's lost all.

I find refuge within myself

I must turn to nobody else

I got big promises to keep

And no one else will do for me

I harbor solace inside my heart

I must or quit before I start.

I must take this soul odyssey

I must proceed by what I see

And taste and touch, by what I bleed.

I must find refuge within me

I lost it all except for me.

I’ve come from a place of misery

I find refuge within no one,

There is no one who is someone

Who dares lift me outta this one;

I am the reason I go on.

I must seek no source of comfort

Besides the man in the mirror

I severed all ties with this world,

Now I’m a connoisseur in horrors.

Akpan

I Will Thrive

I will thrive
I know I've arrived
Cause I'm still alive
After all the bull I survived.
I heard all that jive
About me not being the type
To cliffhang or dive.
Is that just because I rise?
I'm kinda still here so bite
Me or keep it sealed tight.

I will thrive
And no shying will jeopardize
The shine of my sunrise.
I will thrive
And my past can't downsize
The lesson which edifies.
I will not be deprived,
I'll have my soul revived.
For awhile I strive,
In time I will thrive.

Akpan

Don't Knock This Feeling

This feeling that I can go on
Burns deep inside charging protons,
Calling out the things which are not
Giving 'em substance and a thought.
If I get to the mountaintop,
I will look down on the debris
And name each rubble in fashion
There's one way to count my blessing.
Because you can't knock this feeling.
It's like being wired; it's electric.

Akpan

Rhythm

Dance
Like the wind on the sands of Gaza.
Take a chance
With life and let fate take your order.
Loving arms
Await to pick you when you falter.
No offense
If you know better, then do better.

Akpan

Break of Exit

Let me into your grief
Lift up the gates to your dungeons
Let the shadows snatch me off the cliff.
Willingly I'll take the plunge.

This may yet be your finest hour,
When you ride the storm to your power.

I'll wrap you in my warmth till you ache
I'll get a stranglehold on that grief
And nudge and whisper till it breaks
And sweeps you into the arms of relief.

Let me hold you tight,
These arms will lay your burdens by.

Akpan

I Fight My Own Battles

I fight my own battles.
I've not been known to lose a wager
Never backed down from a scuffle,
My intuition cuts like a razor.
I wrestle armed inner demons
For a shot of inspiration.
I live from my heart
I live for my heart.
I don't cry for help in danger
I get creative with my anger.
I know who the enemy is
So I die daily for practice.
I'm careful not to lose form;
A wink of an eye and I'm done.
I know how treacherous is
The clamber for the top.
I'll hang by the skin of my teeth,
This is personal, and I can't stop.

Akpan