1
On the 1st day 1st January God created the earth
On the 7th Day God made man
And God saw what he had created
And he found it to be displeasing
On the 25th day
25th of January
He made Radio
2
If
On Saturday night
In the comfort of your nakedness
You play the fantastic album
In headphones
You will occasionally hear
The voice of Jesus on back up
If you listen carefully
You will notice
That the heartbeat of every Ugandan
Beats to emulate the beat in Fantastic.
Your music is a fire
Burning away any cocodiosis
Nebino ebigoma bya abagenda bagwilana
Omuziki gwo teguwomeseza mere!
Tetugisikisa bulamu!
3
I am sitting in the car listening to the news thinking
What a series of mistakes
Mistake that God made you capable of being killed
Mistake that it was you that death took
Mistake when they say “RIP Radio” and not “RIP Ugandan Music”
4
I think that one of the manifestations of God
Is in the sight
Of your strained neck veins trying to stress a point about love
There is a certain expanding repugnance about life without you in it
There is a certain dying of love without you to sing about it
There is a certain nutritional value in hearing you climb to notes
5
Throwback to the day
The BET almost won you
Throw back to Magnetic
Your voice
Was a magnet
Attracting accolades
Throw back to channel O
AFRIMAs and The Honesty Oscars
And how quickly
The organizers of the Pearl of Africa Music Awards
Realized that you were the pearl of the Pearl of Africa.
6
So thank you
For Fantastic
And Magnetic
And Ntunga
And Nyambura
And Nakudata
And Amaaso
And Jennifer
And Dagala
And Mukama
And Hellena
And Fitting
And Talk and Talk
And Can’t let you go
And Ngamba
And Nakesa
And thank you for you
Thank you mostly for you
Thank you
For converting our life’s struggles
Into Anthems.
7
I am waiting for the police presser
Deep with apology
This was a miscommunication
Radio had gone to heaven shortly
-Just to ease himself-
