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My Surname is Corruption Ghana Ghanaians make noise Critique, attack Cajole, question Assail me... For now and tomorrow Tomorrow and the next The forget it all I, the elitist pen-robber I, the state-thief The killer of the dream I, the thief, enjoy the loot The killer of the dream I, the thief, enjoy the loot Loot of cars Loot of lands Loot of houses Tomorrow and the next Ghanaians forget it all The disease of thievery The disease of corruption The disease of cronyism The disease of nepotism The disease of �tribalism� My surname is Corruption-Ghana I am also John, Newcastle, and Wilberforce I go to school to shed my local cultures To shed my Ghanaianess and Africanity Today I call myself Chang China-Ghana It is my new sense of belonging My father is Fama Nyame [Give all to God] My mother is Enye Hwe [It Does Not Matter] My parents nurtured my corruption My community adores corruption Thieves are my sanitized ancestors My religion is the Cargo Cult The followers are a living dead The materiality of USED all The symbol of the Cargo Cult Living and loving it all Overseas used items Used cars Used coffins Used umbrellas Used computers Used chewing sticks My lyrics are a dearth of inventiveness My celebration of my eternal inferiority My Surname is Corruption Ghana I steal from the state My parents like it They are like all Ghanaians They say their son has made it I steal from the state My family will give me a state burial My community will worship me All Ghanaians will remember me Remember and idolize my stolen wealth Draped in our national corruption flag I am the cynosure of all thievery eyes I am the petal on the stalk Stalk of individual achievements Stalk of communal approval Stalk of communal appreciation Of thievery, graft, pilfering My Surname is Corruption Ghana I am the ovary of everyone�s dream Ovary of familial progress Ovary of communal expectations Ovary of mentoring to young ones I am Corruption-Ghana Celebrated in church Celebrated at festivals Celebrated in Parliament Celebrated in the Palace Celebrated in bedrooms My surname is Corruption Ghana I thrive on bribes, pen-robbery State-stealing is my staple food Graft is my oxygen I am smooth I rob with my signature Throating big words Swaggering with degrees Pen in hand is my weapon I am an elitist armed robber My Surname is Corruption Ghana Call me Sakyi-Hughes Call me Kwamena Bartels Call me PV Obeng Call me ET Mensah Call me Wereko Brobey Call me Asabee Call me Albin Bagbin Call me Asiedu Nketiah My Surname is Corruption Ghana And I am all All you wish to be I am a Minister of state I am a bank manager I am an MP I am a presidential aide I am an accountant I am a medical doctor I am a top public servant I am a crony of a top official I am my �tribe� Of Rawlings Of Kufour, Mills My Surname is Corruption Ghana I am Corruption Ghana I am worshipped I am all you want To steal from the state Love of country Love of stealing Our moral hierarchy Hierarchizing thievery Our pathological culture Culturizing thievery Glamorizing thievery Eternalizing thievery