Unseen Extra

I tell you, One blow landed on you, you are gone, you will be dining and wining with the dead

As a matter of fact, your existence will be erased in the land of the living and your streak of a star will be shooting, far in the underworld

Hearing those words coming out from my coach, got me shaking, honestly, I was half defeated even before the boxing competition

I became scarier, the moment he began to unveil the remarkable record of the undefeated beast of Shaolin

This time, I wasn't just scared, I knew I was dying when my coach opened his back to show me the deepest scar he had in a fight with the undefeated beast of Shaolin, he added I am alive today, by a miracle

That year, I knew I needed to do more than the usual training, I needed to go "the extra mile" to get that undefeated beast defeated

I knew I had to go far away, for more training

Some skills needed to be learned, no one needs to tell me, if I didn't do that, I will not only lose the competition, I will be ruling like a slave in the underworld

So that day, I took a deep breath, talked to myself and that moment transformed my life

I hugged and kissed the pain like it was my lover

My body sweated under the strict governance of the cool breeze

I was heated, bent and hammered like gold and my star eventually came out glittering

And that was "the extra", the world was unable to see

They thought I am only a product of grace, they never knew I am also a product of race

They thought I am only a member of favour, little did they know that I am a bonafide member of labour

I understood the philosophy of labour, no favor without labor

I finally knocked down, the undefeated beast of Shaolin, the trophy was not gotten by mistake, it was gotten by consistent preparation

For every beautiful movie, there will always be unseen extra

The World didn't see the extra of prayers I committed myself into, they all cheered to the trophies I made

You see, when you were busy taking it all cool, I was busy taking it all hard on myself


When I was busy hustling like nobody, you were busy wining and dining like somebody

The unseen extra makes the difference between a winner and a loser

I gave myself into the race and pray for the grace, in order not to be a prey for the enemy and not to be disgraced...

"You can't have an outstanding result without standing out in the midst of others"


This is not a race for the babies, it is the race of men

Until boys learn what it takes to become men, they will forever remain as boys, thinking they are men

The unseen extra is the preparation that meets the opportunity...

What are you doing when no one sees you?

How do you spend your time?

That is the unseen extra, it is either you are made or you are marred through it...

Prepare for the opportunities...

I love you