The Great Scripts

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Spoken word artist and poet

09/10/2025

Welcome to the Plastic Republic,
Where the national tree is a shopping bag
Stuck on a fence, waving in the wind,
And our rivers don't flow—they CRUNCH.

We've achieved what no colonizer could:
We've wrapped our own necks in chains we PAID for,
Five shillings at a time.

They banned the bags,
But somehow the bottles multiply like rumors,
Every street corner, a plastic graveyard,
Every drainage, a tomb of Cola and good intentions.

And us?
We sip our sodas through plastic straws,
Post from phones wrapped in plastic cases,
Then throw the evidence in the nearest bush
Like Mother Nature has infinite forgiveness.

But here's the uncomfortable truth:
The companies keep producing,
The government keeps "planning,"
And WE keep consuming—
Then wonder why fish taste like packaging.

Listen—
We are ONE generation away from drowning in our convenience,
From leaving our children a country
Where "ocean view" means seeing plastic to the horizon.

The question isn't "Can we change?"
It's "Will we?"
Before the Plastic Republic
Becomes our permanent address.

©The Great Scripts

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08/10/2025

"Lake Victoria's Offspring Speaks"

Theme: Environmental Consciousness

I’m the lake’s own kid—yeah, born right where the water kisses the sky.
Grew up with fishermen muttering little prayers before they even think about throwing their nets.
The waves? Oh, they’re always spilling secrets, and trust me, these secrets are ancient.
Way older than any line some mapmaker ever drew.

But hey—
You gotta hear this part.
My mom? She’s choking on our plastic junk.
Fish are floating belly-up, their stomachs stuffed with bits of yesterday’s shopping spree.
And us? Her so-called kids?
We’re out here, snapping selfies,
Posting those sunsets,
Meanwhile, she’s literally drowning in our mess.

The old folks tried to warn us:
“Don’t p**s off the water,
She gives, she takes—don’t forget it.”
But we, the genius generation, figured we had it all figured out.
Respect? Nah, we swapped that for convenience.
Now the lake’s looking at us like:

“So, will you even remember me when I’m gone?
Will your kids even believe I used to be THIS blue?”

I’m still standing.
The lake, somehow, still here.
But time’s got a strong current,
And honestly, we’re almost out of shore to keep standing on

07/10/2025

They taught us that skin is the first border
that accents are customs declarations
that some bodies are contraband

My grandmother crossed an ocean with nothing but a name
sewn into her collar like a prayer
like a ransom note to God

Tell me—who decided some feet are illegal
when they touch the soil?
Who wrote the deed to the earth
and forgot to show the rest of us the paperwork?

I've seen maps change like moods
borders drawn in blood and redrawn in ink
treaties signed with pens that never asked the land
what it wanted to be called

But I have tasted my mother's recipes
that survived dictatorships
I have heard my father's lullabies
that outlived wars
I have worn clothes woven from threads
that connect continents

It's "The Architecture of Walls"

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©The Great Scripts

06/10/2025

Way before they drew the maps, my people knew this land
The land spoke to us —wind whispering its secrets,
rivers humming in their own accents, the seasons spelling things out with rain and bloom and frost.
We didn’t strut around talking about “owning” the earth.
That’s not how it worked.
We belonged here, straight up. Not above nature —not even next to it.
We were it. Nature, just talking out loud.

Then, boom. They roll in—clipboards, pens, all that “let’s get organized” energy.
Drew hard lines right through places we held sacred.
Swapped out our mountain names for ones that tripped up our tongues.
Laughed at our medicine, called it “primitive,”
—Our wisdom? “Superstition.” —Our way of being —“savage.”
And the schools? Don’t even get me started.
They yanked our kids away.
Made ‘em forget —forced it.
Smacked our language right outta their mouths.
Made us ashamed of our own hands —tore ceremonies from our chests
And left us standing there, empty.

But here’s the thing—they thought killing a language would kill a people.
Newsflash: it doesn’t work like that.
Language goes underground —hides out in the dirt, in seeds we tucked away for a rainy day, in lullabies we sang when nobody was supposed to hear.
Stories still got told, just—quieter.

It's “The Language of Our Mothers”




©The Great Scripts

29/09/2025

Another revolution around the sun completes itself, marking time with the quiet persistence of seasons turning.
The candles multiply on tables across years, each flame a small beacon against the gathering dusk of uncertainty.
I stand at this threshold, twenty-three doorways behind now, each one teaching you something about the weight of your own footsteps.
The mirror reflects back someone who carries both the lightness of dreams and the gravity of knowing that dreams require more than wishing.
Today the earth tilts towards me with all its possibilities, whispering that transformation lives in the space between one breath and the next.

The destination I hunger for remains distant, a shimmering mirage that shifts each time I think I've pinpointed its coordinates.
But my feet have learned the rhythm of forward motion, even when the path curves away from where I thought I was heading.
The compass in my chest spins not toward magnetic north but toward something truer—the pull of becoming whoever I'm meant to be.
Some mornings I wake feeling like I'm walking through thick honey, progress measured in millimeters rather than miles.
Yet here I am twenty-three trips around this spinning rock, still moving, still growing, still discovering that the journey itself is sculpting me into someone worthy of arrival.

19/09/2025

16/09/2025

Ode to My Parents

I can’t afford to forget the sacrifices you made,
and the burdens that you bore,
So that I may thrive,to aim higher —soar.
In every whispered prayer — in every silent plea,
Your love for me shines bright— it's like a beacon for all to see.

For all the sacrifices you made,
—the tears you shed,
I can never repay,
nor take for granted what you’ve bled.

Your love knows no boundaries,
your sacrifice is so immense,
My heart overflows with gratitude
–and my soul forever immense.
You’re my pillars of strength, I offer my love— my gratitude and my heartfelt thanks.

Your sacrifices, your love
and your unwavering care –have shaped me
into someone with a spirit that's rare.

In your sacrifices I find my purpose —my drive,
to honor your legacy, to thrive — to survive
for all you’ve done,
for all you’ve given without measure,
I offer you my love and my devotion as my eternal treasure.
This is —Ode to My Parents

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11/09/2025

Kuna vitu zilikuwa zinaitwa "enthalpies of change"... Ni ngulusumu yupi anakumbuka zilikuwa nini atueleze?
Kuna tot ya ethanol Iko mahali eh 😃🫢

07/10/2024

Injustice ime- evolve hadi inafanywa openly they no longer hide,
No one does the right thing na si eti hawajui despite having vowed to follow the constitution and by it to abide,
Morality has failed na personal values are stinking rotten ona sasa... Drunk with power and full of pride,
Incongruence at every level hakuna mtu anasema ukweli... Kila kitu wanasema ni fake k**a degree wali- attain chuoni ka haikuhusu bona umind?
Almost wote ni madoctors but corruption is a chronic disease Hadi wameshindwa kujitibu,
Leave alone peace at the national level hata home haiko ndo maana wanandoa wengi hukutana kwenye vilabu,
Mayouth wamekuwa forced kufeel worthless hadi Wana- engage kwa drugs ndio at least wakue men and women of substance,
Sometimes nafeel ignored by the law such that the only option remaining ni violence,
But the knowledge of what is right inanicondemn na I'm convinced beyond doubt ihuhappen kwa kila mtu but we just act out of ignorance,
Mwenda pole hajikwai but I'm tired of being patient when I dreamed of being a doctor... If you've ever advised me kindly take no offense.
We always have a chief justice lakini kwa chief hakunanga justice,
I'm offended and my rights violated and in the quest for justice the worst happens ju mwenye ni responsible ana- own position in power na have ku-loose,
The constitution was supposed to guarantee every citizen equal rights but it's clear haina difference na manifesto ya mwanasiasa zote zinaahidi vitu hakuna propaganda imetake it's place,
Kueneza tribalism in the name of unity ni kusubiria n**i chini ya mpapai na hiyo ndio point tunamiss!

©The Great Scripts

01/10/2024

... barabara mlituahidi bado zinagoja kwa manifesto kupingia campaign the next election,
The leadership of this country i- hufollow a certain stream so hakuna kitu new kuchange situation,
Na since independence imekuwa the same pattern,
And the worst thing ni eti tunajificha under religion,
Vitu zingine faith alone cannot help we must take action!

© The Great Scripts

26/09/2024

Ukienda kwa Mosque unafaa uende na majibu ju Kila mtu anaswali 😅
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