Izonebi Alfred's Musical Discourse on 'Brake-oru'

By: Enewaridideke Ekanpou

Life stories!
Nobody saw it with their naked eyes.
It is always based on hear-say in the world.
Freborn, Egere, lucky Yobogha and Hon. Zidideke August  insist I should  tell you this and I should also   ask you this: did you see it with your own eyes?

It was God who created death and life.
Have  you forgotten  that disease and death are created by God in this world?
When somebody dies, you attribute it to witchcraft, charm and Oru ( god, devil, Satan)
Why are you lying?
Where did you see Oru commit sin?
This has nothing to do with the devil.
It is the product of your hand; your hand is the devil 
Stop your baseless accusation of Oru over what it knows nothing about. 
Don't attribute it to Oru.
It is not Oru's deed or handiwork.
The blame is not Oru's yet.
It is something caused by you.
Your hand  is  the devil.
Some may be tempted to condemn me and  say  I am on the side of Oru, full of praises for  him in this song.
I am not praising Oru.
It is your deeds that turn you into Satan; it is within.
It is the products of your hands that constitute the devil; it is not an external force or encroachment you ignorantly  call Oru (god).

You attribute it to Oru when somebody dies.
Don't you know God created death and life?
When you overly attribute things to witchcraft, you become a witch too.
Freborn and Egere insist that  I  ask: did you see it yourself?
Disease and death are God's creations, yet when somebody dies, it is attributed to witchery. 
For Moses Bebenimibo, Kanfo from Okoloba, Doutimipade, Saviour Oronto of Bulou-Orua town, pathological attribution of things to witchcraft could turn one into a witch.

Your sense and the deeds of your hands are the constituents of Oru.
Only leg walks and steps on excrement; yet it is mouth that hisses at it. 
Captain Eke the Ododokidi I of Sagbama, did you see it?

God gave you music but you strayed and went somewhere else.
When you fall in your stray, you claim it is caused by Oru.
Music is my bestowal.
I shall always stick to the music path.
Even after I have finished my school, I shall walk on the music path without any stray; so help me in my music career, Duwala.
I don't want any other thing; music is my own obsession; so help me in my music career, Boye.
When a child born of another father and mother makes you his own father, it becomes your duty to create a very healthy relationship to sustain and justify the feeling of the attributed fatherhood.
Ondokakpo of Ayakoromo, Lover Girls of Forutorugbene and Ayama, I am on the path to do things to justify and suit your expectations.
I have not forgotten you.
You gave me a golden spoon and cup to be used for tea-drinking when it is cold.
I don't only use the golden spoon and cup on rainy days; I use them everyday even on sunny days.
King Dr. Robert Ebizimor and Mr and Mrs Pereama say I should thank you for this gift.
Be told also that your stories are on the way.

Stealing is bad and condemnable; yet you stole.
Caught stealing, you claim it is the work of the devil.
 Sleeping with married women is bad but you slept with a married woman;
Caught sleeping with a married woman, you attributed it to the devil.
The good things are God's;
The bad things are attributed to the devil 
So Oru is a dirt-carrier you have turned him into.
Akpos White, the contractor-general of Bayelsa State, maintains that you have the opportunity to owe debt and solve your pressing problem.
You did not take advantage of this debt-opportunity window opened until you die from your problem.
At death you claim it is caused by the devil .
There is no devil here.
You are the devil; your hand is your devil.
Moses Bebenimibo,  your hand is the devil; there is no devil;
Mike Loyibo,  your hand is the devil; there is no devil.
Freeborn Egere, your hand is the devil; there is no devil outside your own hands.

Everything on earth has a season.
There is time to get married.
Don't attribute it to the devil if you don't get married until your time is over.
If you don't get married until the marital season passes you by, you say it is the devil's work. 
There is no devil here; you are the devil.
You are ill. 
You did not take  medicine as a cure until you die.
At death you claim it is caused by the devil.
There is no devil here.
Your hand is the devil.
If you don't build house until the time has elapsed, don't say it is the work of the devil.
There is no devil in it.
The fault is yours because your hand is the devil, and everything on earth is timed.

May God bless those who understand this my message delivered in Ijaw.
Your hand is the devil.
Stop accusing the devil of what it knows nothing about when it is the deeds of your own hand that must be faulted and blamed.
Stop lying and leave Oru alone because it has no hand in your misfortune.
May God shower long life on all those who wish Izonebi well in his music career.
May God's descend on Chief Goslow,  Lover Girls, Pigha, Timi, Youkere-ere, Charity, Egbaseimokumo, Tounke, Yerinmene, Pinaere, Ondokakpo, Doris, Justina, Labo, Edith, Esther, Nice, Juliet, Gesiere and Tare.

Dr. Ekanpou translates and writes from Akparemogbene, Delta State.