WHICH WAY NIGERIA?

They never contested

They shot their way to the top

Till we protested

And blew our top

Promising us a change

They left

Looking at the right,hoping for a change

We forgot the left

From there they came

And kings they became

No longer in their original forms

Because there were no uniforms

Which they' ve traded for gowns

And their caps, they exchanged for clowns

So life really became a stage

A palace without a page

They, the actors

We, the spectators

Being forced to cheer

Because we are afraid of the deer

Just like their skin, their hearts are black

Looking forward and never turning back

Because soldiers will always be soldiers

And every houses will always look like a barrack

Of ourselves, we are prisoners

Looking ahead for better days to come

But when shall it become?

When the owl still howls at night

And the deer still prowls with might

Because like coal, the heart of man is black

And a voice still rings at night weeping,

'Which way Nigeria'?



AUTHOR: STANLEY EJIOGU




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