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SULE; THE UGLY CHECHE (THE SELF-ESTEEM WAR) Written by Soul’e Rhymez

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  Sometime ago, a good friend of mine from North America sent me a message saying "hi, Ugly Boy” and I replied, "hello Beautiful Lady” without giving it a real thought. But if it were some seven, eight years before now, it would have got me thinking and depressed, blaming God for making me ugly and perhaps my mom for settling for my father, whom I look exactly like. Talking about some seven, eight years ago; when I was still in high school; a remarkable event took place; a self-esteem war that changed my name to "Sule, The Ugly Cheche."It was a dull morning in the school premises, after a show of shame with a group of girls, my classmates who had to fight for their beautiful friend, Esther, whom I became an embarrassment to just for asking her out. I was in SSS 3 and preparing for my final exams when it happened, they raised the chorus " Sule, Ugly Cheche " and invited junior students to back them up, their song was a sharp arrow, it pier