Vanity Upon Vanity

many futures are trapped
in your cabinet files
you insist they buy you 'kola'
before they secure the job
mansions you own, slums their home
Oga what is your pain
what is your gain
vanity is vanity, all is vanity

You say you must part her red Sea
with you mosaic rod
before promotion and increment
she resist you threaten
you scowl, she frightens
oga, what is your pain
what is your gain
vanity is vanity, all is vanity

In towers you dwell
your children in mansion swell
your dog a healthier human
humans, leaning dogs
you divide and rule
you think they are fools
oga, what is your gain
what is your pain
vanity is vanity, all is vanity

Public funds are moving houses
parked in your stinging garage
community wealth you own
communal tears their own
your children poisoned with wealth
they squander it at ease
oga, what is your gain
where is your peace?

our streets are deathtraps
your mansion has the best tarmac
you move from AC house to AC car
they move from slums to the dumps
yet you call yourself a country man
when you only con three men
oga, what is your gain
what is your pain
vanity is vanity, all is vanity

wealth you will acquire
your children they reek in wealth's squire
abroad they roam, our funds they squander
on Sunday you're an elder
Monday you're hell-damned
Oga, what is your pain
what is your gain
vanity is vanity, all is vanity.