Crushed by the weight of the evil ones' greed, <br />Nigeria shall be free! <br />Sinking deeper and deeper in the abyss of misdeeds, <br />Nigeria shall be free! <br /> <br />Numbed by pain; they cannot again feel, <br />Nigeria shall be free! <br />Watching the future of the nation felled like trees, <br />Nigeria shall be free! <br /> <br />No longer taken serious; now the cause of international gist, <br />Nigeria shall be free! <br />Inside, it's not safe, but then, neither are the streets, <br />Nigeria shall be free! <br /> <br />Stealing public money and ruling with impunity, <br />Nigeria shall be free! <br />Bedevilled with leaders who don't care how the people feel, <br />Nigeria shall be free! <br /> <br />Travelling round the world with begging bowls; on their knees, <br />Nigeria shall be free! <br />But Nigeria is not poor; we have more than we need, <br />Nigeria shall be free! <br /> <br />Justice has become a myth; freedom exists only in dreams, <br />Nigeria shall be free! <br />The newspapers dare not report; journalists must not speak, <br />Nigeria shall be free! <br /> <br />The Hallowed chambers have become boxing rings, <br />Nigeria shall be free! <br />Here, it's jail for the poor; bail for the rich, <br />Nigeria shall be free! <br /> <br />Children and students murdered in their sleep, <br />Nigeria shall be free! <br />Parents crying, friends gnashing their teeth, <br />Nigeria shall be free! <br /> <br />Waiting endlessly for a messiah to set us free, <br />Nigeria shall be free! <br />Looking abroad for a salvation that will never be, <br />Nigeria shall be free! <br />Let us look inward at men true and real, <br />For it is only then that Nigeria shall be free! <br /> <br />From western domination, <br />Nigeria shall be free! <br />From economic exploitation, <br />Nigeria shall be free! <br />From religious manipulation, <br />Nigeria shall be free!<br /><br />James Ogunjimi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/nigeria-shall-be-free/
