We Made It Poem by MTHANDAZO MKHWANANZI

WE MADE IT(A POEM WRITTEN BY MKHWANANZI MTHANDAZO)


WE MADE IT MY DEAR FRIENDS
AND NOW THE WHOLE WORLD IS CLAPPING HANDS
EVEN THOUGH THE ODDS WERE AGAINST US.
ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS TO HAVE FAITH IN JESUS.

BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS DEFINED US NIGHT AND DAY.
BUT WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO MAKE IT ONE DAY.
OUR DREAM WAS TO FLY SO HIGH.
LIKE HOW AN EAGLE SOARS IN THE SKY

'YOU AINT GONNA MAKE IT, THEY SAID'.
BUT WE STILL FOUGHT HARD LIKE BEASTS UNTAMED.
SOMETIMES WE ALMOST FELT LIKE GIVING UP, DUE TO THE FEAR OF LOSING.
BUT WELL, …SOMETHING HAS GOT TO KEEP YOU MOVING.

WE DID WHAT THEY THOUGHT COULDN'T BE DONE, MY DEAR FRIENDS.
AND IN AWE, NOW ALL THEY CAN DO IS TO CLAP HANDS.
MOM ONCE TOLD ME, "IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT IN LIFE, STAY HUMBLE'
'THAT WAY MY SON, YOU WILL NEVER STUMBLE'
"FIGHT HARD SON, FIGHT HARDER SON "SHE SAID.
WELL SAID MOM, WELL SAID.
HER WORDS MADE ME FIGHT HARDER, IN ORDER TO GET PAID.



FAILURE THREW EVERYTHING AT US EACH AND EVERY DAY.
BUT OUR FIGHTING SPIRITS KEPT ON SAYING 'NOT TODAY'.
AND NOW WE STAND AT THE PODIUM, ABOUT TO BE HONORED FOR HAVING DEFIED ALL ODDS.
AND THE HATERS ARE NOW JOTTING DOWN OUR INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES.

EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES WE GOT INTO TROUBLE, WE ALWAYS HAD EACH OTHER'S BACK,
BECAUSE IN LIFE, SACRIFICIAL FRIENDSHIP IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE.
TODAY WE ARE NOW LEGENDS IN THE MAKING,
AND SUCCESS IS OURS FOR THE TAKING.

SUCCESS AND HARDWORK STORIES ARE WRITTEN ALL OVER OUR FACES.
CARRYING HEAVY BURDENS ON OUR SHOULDERS, WE STILL GOT TO THE TOP OF THE STAIRCASES.
WE NEVER KNEW TEARS OF JOY,
BUT HARDWORK AND DETERMINATION HAVE BROUGHT FORTH IN OUR LIFE, GREAT JOY.

WITH THE THE TAG OF FAILURE ENGRAVED ALL OVER OUR BEING.
WELL, NOW SUCCESS IS WHAT OUR MOUTHS SING.
STARTING THIS LONG AND TIRESOME JOURNEY AT A DISADVANTAGE COMPARED TO OTHERS.
NOW WE ENJOY SUCCESS, LIKE WE STARTED WITH A GREAT ADVANTAGE OVER OTHERS.

WE MADE IT MY DEAR FRIENDS,
AND NOW THE WHOLE WORLD IS CLAPPING HANDS.