They have seen,
heard her crying
Tried advising
But she couldn't do
For she was taught by traditional elders
That a woman
hangs in there
She was taught that the work of woman is to please a man and raise children
She was taught that in everything a man says she must say 'Yebo Baba'
Meaning yes father
She was taught that the husband
is the head of the house
And everything he says must be done
She had dreams
wanted to say
But every time she tried
Got beaten
she wanted out but
Thought it was a mistake
Thought he would stop
Everytime she got beaten she would
be strong and hang in there as she was taught
For she didn't want to go against her culture
For she thought he loved her
She tried saying her opinion
in problems
But got beaten for trying to be a man
Till the day she was beaten to death
She never got a say
always a follower
She was a slave in a marriage
If only she took her children and left
She would be alive
If only her traditional didn't teach man to be treated like kings
She would be alive
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