Oh! my once eminent nation what happened to her?
What happened to our dear motherland?,
she is aggrieved and clamoring for help,she has been maimed!!!.
Take me back!
Take me back to when our core agita was human survival and eudaimonia!
When we sat at our grandparents feet listening to folklores in the dead of the night.
When we run round campfire chanting in high spirit.
Take me back to when our leaders had empathy for their subjects!
Oh woe! "Woe" unto our corrupt leaders,
They have taken the wrong path.
Corruption!, corruption!, their daily propaganda!,
Our daily adversity has become their source of euphoria.
For how long?
How long shall we tarry in misery?
How long shall we ride in penury?
For how long shall we remain concaved?
Arise O compatriots!!!
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Nigeria mine native land,
Art thou still liveth?
Bygone two score & thirteen!
Silver-like tears is glimmering the corner of mine eyes!
When shall we behold thy beautiful sky?
Nonetheless,I know ,ultimately ,justice shall prevail in thine cloisters,
I keep my faith in you my dear motherland.