*By Akadu Ntiriwa Mensema, Ph. D.

It may be the biggest scandal Rawlings and his wife… receiving an amount of five
million United States dollars on the quiet from the government of Mills! The money,
ostensibly, is to complete work on the Calf Cocoa Factory owned by the Rawlingses,
which is located at Kpone in the Greater Accra Region

You hear say Mills give JJ money
I hear oh $5 MIDDIUM swine oh
Na him be $5 million la million
MIDDIUM I dey speak like Mills
So JJ get the $ million cash
Na him no be true no true
Yes, na lie JJ no get that cash
But true say JJ get factory
Na true Calf Cocoa Factory
So NO money YES factory

Na Ghana be hard na hard oh
Very hard for we mmobrowa
Hmm some people enjoy la
Say am again true true enjoy
Look how we sweat for trotro
Politicians dey fool us paa oh
Dem all the ride for 4 X 4 cars
Ayariga, Bagbin dey for tractor

Hmm JJ of all dey build factory
But Rawlings be rich oh
Yes, JJ go fit build factory
That be true true na true
JJ pay for nothing for life
Nothing for 30 years oh
Yes free fire and matches
Free house food, water
Free cars, petrol, oil
Free dogs, cats, parrots
His dog, cats, parrots no burn
Ha haa whetin you wan imply
JJ be clever clever fire man
He for work for fire service
Na him children fees too
Na govt pay for fees too
No na him friends pay fees
Eh! JJ get everything for free
Govt and friends dey give all
They give am for free free
JJ get freedom from poverty

So JJ dey own the factory
Yaa Konadu buy Nsawam
You mean Nsawam Prison
Ah! Konadu dey fear prison
She get Nsawam factory
Na me think say prison oh
Na you paa Yaa for prison
Yaa go burn down prison
Even free govt house burn

Hmm JJ man be hypocrite
Ghana hard oh Ghana hard
JJ dey con us everyday

Na you for explain
You keep quiet & listen

ONE: JJ destroyed CPP factories
Hmm Nkrumah him factories
Hmm all sold by JJ Rawlings
He sell am for Lebanese
Na JJ family too buy some
Lebanese be his family oh

TWO: JJ destroy people factory
Hmm JJ now dey love factory
JJ want factory for himself
Say it JJ destroy all factories
Kowus Motors
Siaw Brewery
Safo Adu’s Pharmaceuticals
Bonsu Brothers
Kufour Transport
Darko farms
Destroy Alhaji him hotel
Kill BB Bismarck projects
Destroy Diaba Distributors

Hmm Ghana hard oh hard
Eh! Today JJ like factory
Today dem de build factory
The factory be for 31 Dec
Whetin 31st Dec you paa
31 Dec be just front thing

JJ dey fool Ghanaians
JJ fool Ghanaians proper
JJ say he no like wealth
Today he be richest man
JJ say he love mmobrowa
Today he get things free
JJ say education no good
Today he buy doctor degrees
JJ dey preach transparency
Today JJ no be transparent
JJ kill plenty people plenty
Today JJ call Kufour murderer
JJ no dey smoke fire fire
Today JJ fit burn like fire

Yesterday JJ sabotaged factories
JJ killer of factories
Now JJ be who born factories

*Akadu N. Mensema, Ph. D., is a nationalist Denkyira beauty. She is a trained oral
historian cum sociologist and Professor in the USA. She lives in Pennsylvania with
her great mentor and teaches Africa-area studies at a college in Maryland. In her
pastime, she writes what critics have called “populist hyperbolic, satirical”
poetry. She can be reached at akadumensema@yahoo.com