Where I come from,
The privileged female child is a symbol of victory for those who think they fight for her rights.
Where I come from,
Ironically, the male child, though born surrounded by opportunities and leverage;
Seems to be the victim of many unsung battles,
For how shall it be heard of that a man shed a tear?
Where I come from,
There is a thin line between open mindedness and sin;
For alas, sin abides all around us.
Where I come from,
Religions are apart,
But even more disturbing is the battle of who is better amongst the branches of the same religion.
Where I come from,
The minorities are not the poor,
Rather the minorities are us all, we who shiver at the sight of the men in black who themselves are nothing more than puppets in the hands of the master.
Where I come from,
The people eat corruption for breakfast, down it with poverty and go to bed still digesting the fearful morsel of insecurity that so gallantly flows in them.
Where I come from,
Thoughts of feeling unwanted and suffocated, which gradually leads to a desperate need of air are unacceptable; for how shall it be said that a black man is depressed;
Surely that must be the white man’s nonsense.
Utter rubbish they say, until that air is taken by force, poison down the throat or jumping off a bridge.
Where I come from,
Racism is sung of beautifully; how convenient it is that the verse where we ourselves are the propagators of this disease is sung off key.
Let it not be said though that where I come from only gloom abounds;
For where I come from,
The sun rises and it also sets.
Where I come from,
A movement that started as a mere cry of pain turned into a revolution;
For although we were shut by being shot (sho get😉, o get😒, oya forget psst🚶♀️)
Where I come from,
The youths, do not take NO for an answer;
For an attack that was meant to tear us apart has made us closer than ever.
I would love to reminisce further but where I come from,
Such attitude is deemed unnecessary and talkative;
For where I come from,
The words of males adorned as females and front fighters in the war of promiscuity are devoured happily as opposed to the words of a sage.
Well that’s just my view, now go ahead and drop a comment on something distinct about where you come from. Have a blessed week.
Humming Bird 
Great piece🔥🔥. Well thought out with a very consise and direct message.
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A very inspiring blog that contains motivational stories💥….apparently, my history has made me who I am today. Although people grow and move on. You never forget where you come from. It is those life experiences good or bad that help you build your foundation. It is your choice to make it positive or negative. My advice choose wisely you only have one life make the best of it!
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A penny for your thoughts:
Where I come from, a male child is a symbol of strength, hence the pressure on him to grow into a man almost immediately.
Where I come from, the male child is nothing without wealth and affluence.
Where I come from, children are brought up in the fear of what the society thinks of them in a bid to protect a family name which thereby pushes them to pretence.
Where I come from, children have no free will whatsoever, their choices are made for them.
I seriously pray and hope our Generation will take a different approach to parenting, cause I believe that is the Genesis of it all.
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Omooooo… This is really great… The comments too are inspiring. Here’s mine
Where I come from, the female child is the mother of all. The society has a lot of expectations from the female child.
Where I come from, if you can’t make amala and okra as a female child, you’re seen as a failure.
Where I come from, as long as you’re not married before 30 as a female, you’ve not achieved anything.
Where I come from, you can’t have big stomach in peace, people will ask if you’re pregnant.
Where I come from, no body minds their business and it takes God’s grace not to be pressured.
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Beautiful piece, concise and very apt.
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Where I come from
We all speak in coded languages. And the language is only understood by people living in the upward direction. (Sho get, o get? Forget 😁
Where I come from
We are all Kings,but we have a man called the Kings of Kings
Where I come from
We don’t spend the common currency (money)
We spend the currency of the spirit
Where I come from
We don’t believe in impossibility
We press until things come through
Do you know where I come from? 😂😂😂
Sho get? Oh get? Forget!
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