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The Call

The day draws longer and the nights are never long enough to rest
Our calmness wears out while our people live worse than birds in a nest
Nothing works, even our national teams now play without zest
The day draws nigh and I hope it will begin now the much awaited tempest.

This is Nigeria but not the Nigeria we dream of and hope for
A few loot with impunity, their cronies feed leaving the rest of us done for
So much talk and more talk, so much and too many promises we wait for
We have seen it yet we have done nothing cause we believe it has happened before

But for how long shall we continue to endure, suffering and smiling
How long shall our children be made orphans while theirs in Europe and America are touring
How long shall we celebrate fear, Nigeria's call to obey we are ever refusing
No one ever imagined or dreamt a castle up without first rising to do the building

We must throw our indifference away for with great challenge comes greater might
We must ignore our fears, despise our differences for the greater cause in sight
We must rise to the occasion now whoever you are wherever you are and put them to flight
We must for our children unborn and their children after them put up a good fight.

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