I posted this on the 14th of July and got over a hundred likes. A summation of my life thus far I guess.
"I've played with people I was told not to, driven drunk, walked in the rain. I've tasted academic success but also flunked out of university twice. Swam naked, lost a tooth, fathered a child. Buried a father and a sister. I've spent many a sleepless night in pain, shaking with alcohol withdrawal. I've worn out pairs of shoes, walking, hustling in Lusaka and Joburg streets. I've bedded more women than I care to count. I've felt the pain of unrequited love. I've spent money on whores and cigarettes and guitars and alcohol. I've watched football in stadiums and screamed my lungs out. I've sat in booths playing music for millions of people. I've made beautiful music myself. I've missed flights, been thrown out of nightclubs and I've cried at funerals. I've had good jobs, I've had bad jobs. I've offended people, I've been offended myself. I've jerked off at my gate. Been in car accidents.
I've been punched, kicked, slapped. I've beaten a few people my self. I've had food poisoning, alcohol poisoning, malaria, and a respiratory infection. I've contemplated suicide, I've talked people out of suicide. I've been the life of a party, I've been a nobody. I've been homeless, I've stayed in some nice hotels.
Life is beautiful. The dizzying heights and the crushing lows. I'm
twenty seven years old. I WILL NOT join the club, even though the
thought haunts me almost daily. I'm just getting warmed up. Some love
me, most hate me. My innings isn't over. Yes, there will be a day when
you will have to put me in box and lay me down at Old Leopards Hill.
But that day isn't yet here. Favour is eternal, and Nkandu Andrew
Kataya is alive and well!"
That ninja that inspires me..
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