I have heard this song a couple of times and I didn’t try to think differently until recently.
I really do not want to think the writer of the song meant any harm, but she just wanted to encourage people to understand that there would be some things that just wouldn’t budge and would just be outside our control no matter how much we try.
Many do not extend to themselves the respect they seek, canvass & fight for from others which inevitably throws the weight of the need on some others leading to an imbalance.
“Guys, was thinking we could have a shoot with our NYSC uniform and maybe one native attire” “What do you think?” “Yeahhh, that’s true, the native idea is cool, but not that khaki please” one of us replied with her eyes shuttling the 3rd and myself for an affirmation. With the third smiling, I replied…