Self-righteous
You act pious like you’re an angel
You reprove those who have done wrong
You teach what is right
But the same you is adulterous
The same you loots treasury
The angelic you accepts bribes
The sane you compromises standards
The same you is materialistic
You condemn impunity blatantly
But in your closet you are its main convener
You act self-righteous like an embodiment of the Almighty
But your sins surpass Sodom and Gomorrah’s
You condemn ostentatiousness
Yet you live in lavish conditions
The golden rings on your fingers could make a gallery
Why are you an hypocrite
Self-righteous fool, mocking yourself or the Almighty?
King of kings
The creator if man omniscient
The one who knows all man’s thoughts
The el-shaddai
The wonderful provider, the counselor
The omnipresent, present everywhere around us
Our guardian, fearless leader
Our shield our buckler
Help from ages past
Deliverer, such are the names of the Almighty
I have seen gods;
None equals the one that can kill and no one can resurrect
I have seen great men
But none equals your greatness
The rising sun rises with your glory
The star projects your incomprehensible power
Alpha, omega, the beginning and the end
The maker of all makers
If my hair were thousands of tongues
They would not sufficiently extol you
The wind speaks if your glory
Even the raging seas magnify you
Even principalities recognise your superiority
No wonder you are the King of kings
Biography:
Olaiya Tobi is a student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife where he is currently studying English languageS
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