OUR NIGERIA
Happy Independence day!!!
Birds chirping in the woods
Balloons in the air
We hear another presidential speech
The national colours fly high
But the inhabitants of the nation bow their heads
Independence from what?
From glory to glory is the prayer we know
But our reality is beyond the description of retrogress
Independence from what?
Another community slain and displaced
Kidnapping, banditry, cultism, police brutality,
Increase in unemployment, daily skyrocketting of the price of food, little or no basic amenities
Independence of the judiciary or legislatures?
No accountability of government
Incessant foreign loans
Migration of our youths and intellectuals abroad
Tribalism, nepotism, religious wars
We prayed
We sang
We protested
And they killed us
Today we pray again and we shall once again rise to protest evil until it's chains be broken
Oh God of creation
Direct our nobel cause
Guide our leaders right
Help our youth the truth to know
In love and honesty to grow
And living just and true
Great lofty heights attain
To build a nation where peace
And justice shall reign
Nigeria... we will be great
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