Life na cruise for lucky silver spoon people from day one enjoying soft life without stress or wahala.
Some people for this life, ehn, dem just dey lucky anyhow. Dem no even need to stress or hustle like others. From the day dem open eye for this world, everything don set for dem. Na wetin people dey call “born with a silver spoon” be that. But make we no lie, e dey funny sometimes how life fit favor some people like say dem follow shortcut come life.
Imagine person wey from the day dem born, na AC dem dey sleep under. E no get the time wey mosquito don disturb dem or heat don make dem sweat like roasted corn. For dem house, everything na automatic. If dem wan chop, food go just appear. If dem wan drink water, e go cold already. Some of us wey dey hustle for life, na to look dem dey give us hope say maybe in our next life, God go balance us better.
But come think of am, no be say na their fault sha. Dem no beg God make dem born for rich family. E just happen say na wetin destiny arrange for dem. Person wey dem papa and mama don already build mansion before dem born, e no go sabi wetin e mean to dey pack sand or dey hawk pure water. Dem go dey look life like say na play.
For example, you go see some rich kids dey complain say “Oh, my dad got me the wrong color of the new iPhone” or “I wanted a vacation in Paris, but they took me to Dubai instead.” Abeg, make we no vex, na dem problem be that. Meanwhile, some of us dey here dey struggle to even gather money for data. Imagine person dey vex say dem no give am trip to Paris when some of us never cross river Niger.
Life no balance, no doubt. But the kain luck wey some people get dey funny. Dem go dey tell you say dem wan start business, na so dem papa go give dem 10 million naira as start-up capital. You wey no get silver spoon, na your hand you go take dey calculate money for your small akara business. If breeze blow your akara stand, na to start afresh. But dem, e be like magic—anything dem touch, e go just dey work because the foundation don already solid.
I remember one time my guy talk say one of him rich friends dey complain say him gateman no sabi smile. My guy nearly cry laugh because e dey think of him own landlord wey dey always demand rent with vex face like say na fight. You see am? Wetin dem call problem no fit even cross our mind.
You go dey hear gist like, “Oh, I had to fly economy class because first class was fully booked.” Bros, sister, some of us dey fly ‘legedis Benz’ (trekking) every day, and we no complain. Na the same life we dey live, abi? If to trek na Olympic sport, some of us for don carry gold medal tey tey. But see dem, dem no even sabi wetin ‘keke napep’ be, talkless of molue. If dem mistakenly enter danfo, dem fit think say na punishment.
The funniest part be say, even their wahala dey come with package. If dem talk say dem dey broke, na say dem account balance don reduce to like 500k. For their mind, e mean say life don hard. Meanwhile, some of us wey no get silver spoon, na when we get 500 naira for account we go dey happy dey shout, “God is good!”
But make we reason am, life go just dey sweet you if you dey born into the ‘lucky club.’ Dem no dey stress for common things wey dey give others headache. Na why sometimes dem fit carry matter for head like say na serious thing, but to others e go just be drama. Like one guy wey dey vex say him daddy dey force am to use brand new Lexus instead of Range Rover. Baba, abeg shift! Some people dey manage okada, and dem still dey smile.
And the kain English wey dem dey blow? Kai! E dey be like music for ear. Dem go dey talk things like, “Oh, I’m so exhausted from my tennis lessons this morning.” But dem go still fresh like say dem never sweat before. Some of us no dey even need gym, na daily hustle dey keep our body fit. Market go balance us, sun go help us sweat, and landlord go help us sprint when e dey collect rent. Fitness achieved!
You fit dey wonder sometimes if dem dey even understand wetin life be for hustle people. Like one babe wey talk say she never enter public bus before. I shock! I dey wonder how life go be without conductor shouting, “Oshodi! Oshodi! Enter with your change o!” That bus drama na our daily soap opera, but for dem, e be like myth.
But abeg, no be to envy dem. After all, everybody get him own cross to carry. Maybe dem lucky for money side, but e fit be say dem no get street sense. Some of dem go still look you wey dey hustle and admire your strength. Life dey funny like that. Some of us dey think say dem lucky, but dem fit dey think say we dey free. Dem go tell you say, “I wish I could experience normal life.” My dear, abeg collect your spoon and stay where you dey. We no need trade.
At the end of the day, life na give and take. Dem wey dem spoon don dey silver from birth no mean say dem no go face challenges. Maybe their own challenge na family pressure or society expectation. Meanwhile, we wey dey hustle, our own wahala dey street but we sabi survive. If life dash us lemon, we go use am do zobo or lemonade. Anybody wey life dash pineapple, e go do fruit salad. No be so?
So, as we dey laugh about the lucky ones wey dey shine from birth, make we no forget say na the same life we dey manage. Whether your spoon na silver, plastic, or even wood, the main thing na to chop well. Because at the end of the day, all of us go still dey hustle for that better life. E no mean say we no fit enjoy the journey with small laugh along the way.
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