UPRISING <br />Rise up black woman and you all of other colours <br />Rise up and grab your fallen baton <br />Passed down from the hand of heroines past <br />Rise up from the grave Amina Zazzau <br />Thelioness who hunted for lions to eat <br />Rise up lest her exploits be forgotten <br />Rise up to sheer bravery of Aba women <br />Whose nudity deadened men’s manhood <br />And broke the chains and shackles of injustice <br />Rise up to the gallantry of the Dahomey women <br />Whose fists waded off mighty warriors <br />And secured a kingdom and its men <br />Rise up in the spirit of Pupupu <br />She who was first to ascend a throne <br />And berthed the Ondo kingdom <br />Rise upin the spirit of Efunroye Tinubu <br />A lone voice that drowned the voices of million of men <br />Whose wealth fuelled the economy of Egba nation <br />Rise up in the power of Moremi <br />The woman who dared what men feared <br />To unravel the liberated her people <br />Rise up in the spirit of Funmilayo Kuti <br />The tigress who retreated before nobody <br />Rise up in the spirit of Sawaba <br />The nanny goat that played host in lion’s den <br />Rise up girls and women <br />From your kitchens, markets, stalls and offices <br />Rise that the dreams of heroines past <br />shall not be in vain<br /><br />ifedayo oshin<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/up-rising/
