Arielconnect Drum: Hon. Onyekachi Ugwu on Focus "Nigeria"

Arielconnect Band:

A Nation of Melancholy

We live in a nation torn to shred

Where we all walk in fear and dread

For like broken bottles littered

We have had our future frittered

For now in Nigeria's land of milk and honey,

Where dreams should thrive and wallets be sunny,

The cost of living soars high and steep,

Forcing the rich and poor into a desperate leap.

From desert of emptiness we now for food scrape,

Our hopes eroded, our dreams torn cloths drape

Streets once safe now boil with fear,

As hunger-fueled chaos draws near

We citizens, driven by need so dire,

Loot and attack, our souls on fire,

In search of food, a basic need,

Anomie reigns, a brutal seed

As we now into the pit speed

How did we reach this bleak abyss,

Where plenty should abound, but something's amiss?

Nigeria, rich in resources untold,

Yet its people suffer, hearts grown cold

Yes a cold coming we all have of it

For the drum of melancholy we do beat

Let us rise from this pit of despair,

Unite in hope, rebuild and repair,

Tearing down they that have us torn

To shred, a future bleak is born

A nation's strength lies in its unity,

Together we can overcome this adversity

But first we must gather the wit and brawn

To suffer the enemies with a frown

Unleash the menace they hoist

Upon them, for hurt we must foist

Until we recover the lost years

Though we roll and fight in tears

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