So if you ever find yourself tired of the same wahala, just know say you no dey alone. One day, we go find the balance. And when we do, we go live pass survival.

But hear me well — this journey wey start for Mafoluku no go end inside third mainland traffic. No be survival alone we dey aim. We dey pursue real living. Because life no suppose be only "make I manage". E suppose sweet.

So this article na for my fellow Lagosians, my 9-5 soldiers wey dey battle bus conductors and traffic like say na Olympics. I see una. I feel una.

I dey on the road more than I dey on my keyboard. Sometimes I ask, "Wetin man go do?" Because man must chop, but man suppose live too. This 9-5 life wey suppose give stability dey turn pesin to zombie. Everyday na copy and paste — no life, no joy, just bills and tired bones.

Na software engineering I think say go be my way out — the escape route from this madness. But guess wetin? Na still traffic dey greet me every morning.The "tech bro" wey I wan be, e don turn to "bus napper" my creativity dey drown in Lagos fumes.

Every small gap wey brain get, e dey birth another hustle plan. I dey jot ideas like say dem go expire. I dey record voice notes like say na hit track. Does it pay the bills? Yes. But at what cost?.

I dey catch am now — going and coming. Sometimes, I go just dey nod for bus like say dem wire my neck. This life I no plan am, but somehow na so e be. And you know the twist? Na inside this waka-waka life, business ideas dey drop like rain.

Now fast forward to my present life — the one wey I swear say I no go ever live. Na the same hustle life I dey live now. Waking up by 4 a.m., rushing out by 5:45 a.m. just to dodge Lagos traffic before e go hold me hostage. That sleep wey suppose reset my brain? Na inside bus.

I grew up in Lagos, inside the ever-busy streets of Oshodi Mafoluku. If you know, you know. Life dey show pesin pepper for that side. But you see ehn, we no always dey look like where we dey come from — God dey disguise greatness in humble packaging.

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