Run Gidza, Run Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGHIB JKJLL LMNOP QRSTU DAVJWX YRR VN QBZSI SA2YB2V C2QVLD2 E2F2B2JG2H2| Thirty something years ago | A |
| I ran bare foot running for my dreams | B |
| Through the waters of Chinyani I paddled | C |
| To get to the plateau Madamombe School | D |
| My Alma mater where this heart was built | E |
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| History for real repeats itself | F |
| My name sake my son runs that one and half mile | G |
| Again and again he runs dreaming like I did | H |
| Trying to be the best the best of whatever | I |
| I see you boy run and run for your dreams | B |
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| Though for me it's been a tough journey | J |
| It's all worthwhile cause it's an experience | K |
| It strengthens me gives me tenacity | J |
| I haven't made it but I will go on | L |
| Dreams are but my escape the reason and purpose I hang on | L |
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| Never give up son never you tire dream on | L |
| Stand up and be seen never you live on your knees | M |
| For you are better off dying on your feet | N |
| Because in life after death you will know you tried | O |
| It's the dreamers who built Rome | P |
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| I see the dry lips I know you go hungry sometimes | Q |
| It reflects in my memory I went hungry too | R |
| I don't attempt to justify your situation | S |
| I still try hard son to give you the best | T |
| I struggle yes I do because I hope for progress | U |
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| I see you perched on that stool | D |
| It's the same I sat on twenty five years ago | A |
| I know you write your dreams keep writing | V |
| I know Teacher Chikuse doesn't play he was the same with me | J |
| But he gave me dreams enough to give you some | W |
| I learned to listen it molded me into a man | X |
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| I know it's hard when you don't see me I swear | Y |
| It's hard as hell for me because I miss you | R |
| I can t imagine the pain if it's more so for you | R |
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| But keep running for those dreams praying and hoping | V |
| They are not as bare as your feet | N |
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| I know that African sun scorches sometimes | Q |
| But you still got to run run for those dreams | B |
| And I have gone through those freezing winter mornings | Z |
| I know how hard it is to wake up and run | S |
| Those bare feet made my dreams frozen as they were | I |
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| Your star will always shine son | S |
| Look up in the sky high up beyond those clouds | A2 |
| It might be hard to pick but I promise it's there | Y |
| It will always shine for you and | B2 |
| All you need is to keep searching keep dreaming | V |
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| There are thousands of us who ran that path | C2 |
| Those two pronged thorns gored our feet one a many times | Q |
| Yes it hurt we plucked them out and we kept going | V |
| Sometimes tip toeing to avoid them we moved on | L |
| That s a passion you risk losing in life | D2 |
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| I dream babe dream of you every night | E2 |
| How I want to be with you help with your homework | F2 |
| How I want to laugh run after you and | B2 |
| Challenge that you still can't beat me | J |
| It just grows my ego to know that | G2 |
| One day you will beat me to my own game | H2 |
Seke Bharu
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