POETRIUM OF LABOUR & LUXURY

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AFRO-JUJU MEGA-POEM PRESENTS: JUJU’S MAGNUM POETRIUM OF LABOUR & LUXURY THE GRAND POETIC EDITION An Afro-Juju exploration of Labour, Intelligence, Ownership, Wealth, Luxury & Continuity. PROLOGUE — THE GRAND CONVERGENCE THE RHYTHM OF CREATION Before dem build palace, person don gather clay. Before dem raise castle, person don carry stone. Before dem weave royal garment, somebody don learn the language of thread. Before dem decorate the throne with gold, somebody don enter ground to discover the mineral. Before dem celebrate the wealthy, somebody don understand the work wey wealth require. Listen sharp! No be luxury begin human story. Na necessity begin am. Before the mansion, there was motion; before the fortune, an ocean of devotion; Before the throne, there was stone; before the crown, somebody built the foundation. Before the pleasure, there was pressure; before the treasure, somebody measured; Before the name became fame, somebody laboured through the weather. From the field to the factory, from the gallery to the laboratory, From the hands of the artisan to the plans of the visionary; From the village to the city, from the city to the global territory, Humanity dey write its economic story through labour and ingenuity. Sweat for the soil, toil for the spoil, Mind for the design, time for the grind; Skill for the creation, will for innovation, Capital for expansion, knowledge for direction! But who dey count the contribution? Who dey measure the distribution? Who dey own the institution? Who dey determine the final valuation? Na there the questions begin. THE PARADOX OF LABOUR & LUXURY The mason raise the mansion, but who inherit the mansion? The farmer cultivate the harvest, but who controls the market? The inventor create the system, but who commercialise the patent? The worker sustain production, but who determine the compensation? One hand dey build, another hand dey bill; One mind dey create, another mind dey calculate the rate. One person dey sweat, another dey collect; One person dey innovate, another dey negotiate. But prosperity no be crime, and luxury no be sin; The question na the structure of the system we dey operate within. If labour creates the foundation, Intelligence improves the operation; Ownership influences distribution, And continuity determines preservation. Then make we investigate the equation! STACK 001 — LABOUR Sweat on the brow, vow in the plough, Hands in the ground, sound all around; Skill in the palm, calm in the storm, Toil in the night, might in the fight. STACK 002 — INTELLIGENCE Think through the link, research before you sink, Study the trend, comprehend the end; Question the claim, investigate the game, Knowledge in flight, foresight in sight. STACK 003 — OWNERSHIP Share in the stake, decisions we make, Equity's key, participation's decree; Assets that last, foundations cast, Control with accountability, prosperity with responsibility. STACK 004 — LUXURY Gold in the light, delight in the night, Comfort in style, achievement in mile; Taste without waste, grace without haste, Wealth with a conscience, abundance with purpose. No be every gold wey glitter fit deliver the treasure, No be every expensive pleasure fit represent true measure. Some get possession but lack the direction, Some get ambition but lack the preparation. Some get the vision but lack the machinery, Some get the machinery but lack the ingenuity. Some get the capital but lack the intelligence, Some get the intelligence but lack the infrastructure. So make we join the pieces, make the possibilities increase; Let the worker gain dignity, let the inventor gain equity; Let the entrepreneur build capacity, let the investor study sustainability. From labour to learning, from earning to owning, From knowing to growing, from planting to sowing; From creation to valuation, from innovation to distribution, From individual prosperity to intergenerational continuation! Na so labour meet luxury, Na so intelligence meet industry, Na so ownership meet responsibility, Na so wealth enter the Afro-Juju Continuum! THE SIGNATURE REFRAIN Labour for the foundation! Intelligence for the elevation! Ownership for participation! Luxury for the celebration! But make prosperity get conscience, Make ownership get competence, Make investment get intelligence, Make wealth preserve its relevance! Juju gives creation its Why. Magician BiNG gives creation its HOW. Afro-Juju carries the memory. The Continuum carries the flow. No dey rush my pace, make I rise with grace, Through storm and rain, I go find my place. Wetin GOD don write, no man fit erase, When dark retreat, na sun we embrace! HOOK: AFRO-SAMBA Lead: Wetin we get? Crowd: COMMUNITY! Lead: Wetin we share? Crowd: UNITY! Lead: Wetin we build? Crowd: LEGACY! All: Na the street, na the people, na our HISTORY! Drum and wire, spark the fire, Hand and pliers, lift us higher! Juju Xound, shake the ground, Na the street make the world turn round!