My favourite quote would be Bo sere ara la mo (if it is play, you know from the body), others include
Fear woman
Slow down
Just be good
Fear God
Quotes and life lesson from so called life's downtrodden are some of the fascination and attractions of moving around in Lagos. They are funny and It must be true, it had to be pulled from somewhere profound and formulated out of profound and long thinking. It isn't easy to sit at a steering or ride a tricycle for 365 days in a year, From as early as 5 am, veering, evading, cursing, near misses with death and accidents and when they count their struggle they find God as the only constant thing in their life and go ahead and brand their bus with their surety, telling any who would listen, it must be true they have scars for proof.
Quotes and life lesson from so called life's downtrodden are some of the fascination and attractions of moving around in Lagos. They are funny and It must be true, it had to be pulled from somewhere profound and formulated out of profound and long thinking. It isn't easy to sit at a steering or ride a tricycle for 365 days in a year, From as early as 5 am, veering, evading, cursing, near misses with death and accidents and when they count their struggle they find God as the only constant thing in their life and go ahead and brand their bus with their surety, telling any who would listen, it must be true they have scars for proof.
Freedoms over money trial heir philosophy and on their work station you see images of
Asake
Fela
Naira Marley
Pasuma wonder
Osupa are common place on the windscreen of similar grass to grace stories for motivation who made their din leaning to antiestablishment
Images of heros and role model, remind them of their psychological stance
Drawings of police in mockery, Vehicle arts are a
big deal in south Africa i hear, and DRC also
I find that I can tell the personality of my driver by the images on his bus. Reggae symbolizes maturity, Naira Marley and co is for the youth or the norm A plain bus with a cross is someone matured who feel from grace in life and want a dignity regardless of what he does for a living
They spend the bulk of their money and of their life's in these vehicles, surely their art must reflect that it an extension who they are, and carry some reflection of what life means to them and What they have come to stand for.
Since they spend most of their lives in them, they spark an interesting conversation, they align with a truth commonality that nods you quietly. Sees their humanity, and shakes hands with yours.
On bole, owa o
Ko puo
Sauka ne
And we eventually all must alight.
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