•For Pelu Awofeso’s White Lagos
I
Eko dance, I dance
To the rhythm of your Creeks
Your waterside draws me at every side
The drubbing drum beats by your Lagoon
Bewitches me like the enchanter’s sacred tunes
Eko dance, I dance
Like Speedboat
Through the meeting and mating of Swamps and Sea
With purple blend of your horizon
Berthing at your metropolitan ecstasy
Eko dance, I dance
Like a lover lost to his woman’s wiggling waist
I am lost beneath your waist
That houses the Stoned, the Loud, the Quiet,
The Sharp, the Trickster, the Fool
Eko dance, I dance
Your riverside draws at my being
Forcing me to kneel
I yield to the entrancing Strong Music of Isale-Eko
Your song enraptures me
Eko I choose to dance your dance
II
Eko dance, I dance
I gather my thoughts under your dream
Of Megacity …Smartcity
Moving all to Eko Atlanticity
Eko dance, I dance
To the tidal flow of time
You romanced with Maroko
Dumped her, moved to Otodo Gbame
Loved her, then tore to shred her dream
Eko dance, I dance
Still to the rhythm of time and change
I see you eyeing Makoko, Iwaya, AJ City
Will they also become a ‘dream city’?
Eko dance, I dance
I colour my morning with my Lagos dream
White Lagos, Red Lagos, Green Lagos, Blue Lagos
No matter the colour you have
This is our Lagos
Home of our dreams
Our own Eko
Land of the White laced-mask dancers
Land of our dream
Dancing together and making dreams
Colour your Lagos
Colour your dream
This is our Lagos
Eko dance, I dance