Project 9ja Mag The Revolution. 1st Edition | Page 30

Project 9ja
Walking down the street
Shadowed with the cool breeze of the
evening
Nature at its peak
Everything beautiful
Scattered culture
Things are going wrong
A land of beauty
Oh! My Fatherland
He couldn't say more
I gazed at this man
I had listened closely to his words
Something is wrong I whispered to myself And want to ask this one question
His eyes were overwhelmed with sorrow Where is your Fatherland?
and regret
He looked confused and devastated
With a short silence
“What's wrong?”
Lips ajar
I was moved to ask
Engraved with pain
He answered...
He lifted up his face of distress and
NIGERIA
answered...
That's my fatherland
A land of beauty
A land of beauty
A land flowing with milk and honey
A blessed land
Natural resources, crude oil and fertile
ground
A land of beauty
I say today and now
Footballers, musicians, actors, actresses, It’s time to do right
lawyers, doctors, engineers, soldiers, so
Stand up Nigeria
many occupations
Wake up there's no time
Has it all
Do what's right
Work what's right
But... there exist
Say what's right
War
Act what's right
Conflict
Live right Nigeria
Tribalism
Injustice
Uncalled attitudes
BALTAI RACHAEL
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