“Let di poor breathe, no suffocate dem” na di new slang wey don begin gain ground for Naija.
E talks about how di poor dey suffer under di pressure of society, and how dem need space to survive without more wahala. Di phrase na like cry for help, begging for mercy and understanding from those wey get power and money.
How ‘Let di poor breathe’ slang started
Di slang start from di frustration wey many people dey feel as life dey hard for di country. With di cost of living on di rise, di economy no dey favor di masses, people don tire for di way things dey gwo gwo ngwo.
Dis phrase don spread well well for social media as young people dey use am to express di need for fairness and less oppression.
Can you see those who said Jonathan should let the poor breath in 2012 have eventually suffocated that poor in hundreds of thousands between 2015 to 2024 now? pic.twitter.com/N82CJfrsxF
— Okwute's daughter (@ChristyAllswell) August 2, 2024
“Let di poor breathe” no be just ordinary slang; e get deep meaning. E dey call out di injustice wey di poor dey face every day. When person talk say, “Let di poor breathe,” e dey beg make di people wey dey struggle get small chance to survive without constant pressure from government policies and harsh conditions.
Why the slang caught attention
Di reason why dis slang don catch attention na because e dey reflect di reality of many Nigerians. People dey feel di heat from di economic situation, and dis phrase na like cry for help.
E dey tell di rich and powerful say make dem no use their influence to press di poor people further down. Na di voice of di voiceless for dis Naija.