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Not My Business

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Novid Shaid
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“So long as they don’t take the yam from my savouring mouth.” Niyi Osundare

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They firebombed the tomb of Al Rifai

All that remained was mounds of rubbles in piles,

But what business is it to me and to my ilk?

As long as they’ve purged the bida and shirk.

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