Born and raised in place without basics,

Country roads for days with no pavements

Away from the city a patient location

With, either blazing sun or straight raining,

To a mother who gave without taking,

Had little to give what she did have she gave him,

Pushed him and praised him said he should aim for the stars and that made him amazing,

In school he got ratings,

Straight A’s became the main grading

Mum had no education or training but

Faith in his will and brain replaced failing,

No change to spare but God paid him

In love for the village and trust that he’d make it

Made of resilient stuff that won’t break in the face of living in rough remote places,

After class he’d work on the farm for no payment had to maintain the plantation,

Always dreaming of wearing the red green and gold of the lions and repping the nation,

Roger Milla on the ball tenacious

With pace he would fire like Théophile Abega,

The major tearing away on the break little fake and he’s gone creating that danger,

A born entertainer a wager would favour him sailing across the equator,

One day it came later the struggle wasn’t easy as signing some paper and bailing,

Flying away on some plane to Barbados escaping the labour,

He stayed busy behaved and gave neighbours the same admiration he gave the dream chasers,

Remained aware that with gifted persistence his existence was just meant to be greater,

A different dude became the bredda in the village you would listen to who’d give you truth about corruption and nepotism this

He’d acquired from a history book,

Never agreed with the greed of the powers that be the shady chief made him

Hit the roof,

Taking bread from the hungry instead of gifting food, twist the myth if robin ripped the hood

You’d get a picture of this buffoon,

It pissed him off, so he dipped and moved,

Uncle had a place with a different view

He lived there for a bit till it hit the news

The UK was offering scholarships to gifted youths, would’ve missed it too if his mate hadn’t heard it on the radio and trekked around the whole town to assist the dude.

Did it properly, made it out of poverty impossible was possibly the word that made him say there ain’t no stopping me,

Not a product of a lottery gotta be clear honestly we’re talking bout a prodigy,

Made it over seas then went back a built a property, 3 stories from the ground up not a lot these,

Found in the town tropical economy but he was Indomitable achieved it flawlessly…