TTUSH NAME FREAK?

TUSH NAME FREAK?

Permit thou me to ask you,
That are you one?
Please don't give me that look
Like you are not getting me
Isn't your name chukudiebere
Doesn't your parents call you Abeke
Is it not on bold prints on your birth certificate that you are ikumapayi
When did you suddenly become 'chuck' just call me 'chuck' you say around
Or, my name is 'beks'
In that seductive and enticing tone of yours
When did Abeke changed to beks
Just because the friends you walk with go by Tara, Lizzy, Susie, Betty
And answering Abeke amidst them is just too awkward for you

Have you taken the time to think?
That you are what you bear
If you become beks
You will have to take up the role of beks
Slaying the town
Bringing the world to your feet
Just as beks would do
You keep doing the unthinkable
Because you want to keep up with your name
You keep going farther and deeper
Because you are trying to relate with your name
I am sorry to ask, but who are you trying to impress
I am sure people of the same category
That would reply in a husky voice and say 'call me Bujoo'

My dear, I tell you
Everyone has a local name
And the moment you become proud of the name you bear
One, your self esteem rises
Two, you develop your self worth
Three, you appreciate yourself even before anyone appreciates you
Four, you become original
Five, you aim at making a good name for yourself
Six, the name begins to work for you
Cherish your name
Adore that name
Parents don't just give out any name
They reason first
Except on few occasions

No matter how local 'wole' sounds
That name worths millions.
He is known for his achievement in the literary world
No matter how local you see 'kumuyi'
Thousands of thousands troop to anywhere he goes
Not because of his name
But because of his worth
Its not your name
Its your worth that makes the name
If you become a well known individual today
People will forget you bear 'ikumapayi'
Infact, the name will even become tush
Because of who you are
Don't be in a rat chase for tush names
Please build your worth.