So much suffering on the land <br />Dying of hunger the children are <br />The old too cannot withstand <br />The famine and deaths <br /> <br />To schools they are going not <br />All atop the tree with bitter fruits of independence <br />How sweet! On account of this the old fought <br />And now they too, walk in the nightmare of our independence <br /> <br />They left those barbaric whites <br />Who with religion destroyed us <br />Earthly possessions mattered not they said <br />There are mansions up there <br /> <br />But today, <br />Some dark skinned nitwits <br />Are swallowing the resources equitably <br />Every region is represented <br /> <br />Yes, that’s why everywhere there are deaths <br />Everywhere schools are empty <br />Everywhere people are suffering <br /> <br />But Kenya shall overcome <br />Colonialists were defeated and so will they <br />Who make the most of ignorant masses <br /> <br />I hear Kenya weeping <br />My children are no more she says <br />No mother, we are here <br />Kenya, we shall overcome<br /><br />kelvin karani<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/we-shall-overcome/
