"Those who underestimate one's worth are the ones given one of the jaw of a fowl for consumption."
[Ọ̀yẹ̀kúbatuyẹ - Chap. 43 | Ifá matrix of west african indigenous wisdom & system of knowledge production]
As a new week starts, may Ògún removes from the human ecosystems within which we evolve those who do not only participate to our growth, elevation, wellbeing, to making us feel loved, appreciated, valued, or simply good but also who underestimate, debase, mock, slander or curse us. Àṣẹ!
Ogun yeeeee mo yeeeeee
Ogun pele o
Omo a bu ile se owo
Onile owo
Olona ola
Ogun onire
Ohun gbogbo aye ti Ogun ni
Ogun kole ko ni ilekun
Ogun yeeeeeeeeeeee mo yeeeeeeeeeeeee [traditional greeting to Ògún]
Greetings Ogun
You who transform the soil in money
The owner of the house of money
The owner of the path of prosperity
Ogun, king of Ire
All that there is in the world belongs to him
He who built a house and placed in it a door for all to come in
Olomi nile f'eje we, a juba yin loni, jeki a le sin maa jeki a pedin.
He who having fresh water at home prefers to bath in blood, we pay homage to you today, help us moving forward and do not let us go backwards.
By Oluwo Fatoogun
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