Tears For My Home
When will I be free from this freedom When will you be truly free from this trap I can't wish better slavery than the slavery of yesterday I was truly a slave from the men from West When will I be free from you compatriots Break that wall not this one that one The wall is so big and high like the Chinese Great Wall Remove the chain from your neck, no not that one the you placed before your son I thought we all prayed for this freedom I thought we took a vow to be free I thought this is our only land I thought your fathers was buried on this land I thought we took a oath to put smile on this generation I thought we vowed to be happy ones Free yourself from the chain of greed Free yourself from the chain of covetousness Free yourself from the chain of betrayal Free yourself from the chain of gluttony Free yourself from the chain of envy Free yourself from the chain of slothness Free yourself from the chain of lechery Free yourself from the chain of Wrath Free yourself from the chain of pride Do you still think of Isaac Boro who died so we may inherit this land? Do you still remember Abiola who died so we might have a good government? Do you still remember Yaruda who died so we may have a United Nation? Do you actually still consider your children who looks at you to learn? When will I be free from this shackles I beg of you please free yourself and free me please I do not say these words so to enrich my shallow pockets, I say these words so your son Ishmael can be free I say this words so your son Isaac can see the green grass again I say these words so Adeyemi your son can have confidence to say yes I'm a human not an animal Trump tagged us to be I say these words so your daughter Chinere can say I didn't come from a zoo but a gifted land call Nigeria... My voice is really getting faint because I've gotten close to a place and time where the men on suits will dance with my Heavenly house on their shoulders Think while sleeping Meditate while eating Run with these words when you climb your wife to form human Let's build a nation where our unborn generation can have a voice Free yourself Nigeria, Nigeria must be great again yes James says so Let me go and sow my seed so I won't be hungry tomorrow I've said enough before they call me unfaithful names