IMMORTAL ADEBOYE

Making him immortal through my art after 14 years o his demise. Wednesday 30th September 1959 to Wednesday 30th April 2003. Sleep on role model

To he that conceived the whole Quran in his mouth, and chew the pedigree of Oracle with his teeth, with several epistles gushing out from a bottomless lung, I dedicated this.

“ESA OGBIN ARA OGBOJO”

Wednesday bring forth your birth,
And your academics pursuit started likewise,
The evolution of your broadcasting career, began on Wednesday,
Coupled with great achievements also on Wednesday,
But death still caught you up that same Wednesday.

The legendary king of traditional Oduology,
That embodied burning fire of humour,
With several OROSUNKUNNU falling from a slippery mouth,
Dishing out the true IJINLE ORO LATI ORI ITE MIMO,
Serving us with the hope that AYE TOTO is not a myth,
Apagunpote of Yoruba land,
He was the only one,
That could give vivid differences from SUPREMACY and CONTROVERSY,
With his FUNWONTAN distinct style of singing,
Engrossed with VERSATILITY of potentials,
Okanlomo of Europe,
You were the only one with in-depth of LONDON YABIS,
With DISCOVERY for the EXPOSURE of others,
The OLD STROKES were stored in your custody,
And you knew whoever it befits.

Awo itu baba ita,
How on earth could that be,
But you were chanced to read your obituary twice,
The heavens must be proud of you,
For only in your mouth,
Lies the secret to make the rich laugh endlessly,
And you never seized to give hope to the poor.

Indeed you were a covenant child, (omo majemu)
The true son of the soil- Ode-omu,
Jangbetiele, Alabefe okin,
Move from earth to earth,
And to the deepest of the earth,
May you continue in firing the humour,
With your ancestors in the elusive world,
May be or may be not,
You’re with Sanni Abacha,
Never forgot to give him PASAN ORO,
As you did here on earth.

Esa ogbin ara ogbojo, onike amuseye, esa ogbin ja loja, ike laro ni’le, omo gbandu-gbandu onike.

All the capitalized words are few of the albums produced by Olugbenga Adeboye

“DEATH BE NOT PROUD FOR SNATCHING AWAY OUR BELOVED OLUGBENGA ADEBIYE, ONI BABA OVER-SEER, LIKE A CANDLE IN THE WIND, FOR THE HUNTER SHALL SOON BECOME THE HUNTED.”

Acknowledging Dada Lasisi, a London based Nigerian creative writer.

AWOJOBI MARTINS K.
MIGHTY PEN.