Preamble
June 12 is a significant day in the Nigerian politics, as it serves as the date of annulled election which made Chief M.K.O Abiola (GCFR) as the elected president of Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1993. After the annulment, thousands of Nigerians came out to protest, which result in losing their lives on the street of Lagos. The man, himself died in this struggle and was honoured today by Nigeria President, M. Buhari by conferring him with the highest title worthy of him which is GCFR, (Grand Commander of Federal Republic) an honour which only Nigeria president are awarded.
*I woke on the night between the odds
Searching for wonders
The hell I don't know about
I brought my heart close to the beam
In a thought of making it through the ages
Rich like Abiola
A definition of richness
I held a believe towards my heart
Searching though the diluted way
A believe, I believe will work for me one day
A struggle started
To the islands of Eko
Freedom we want you
Freedom, we fight for you.
Freedom, for you we die for
Sacrifice upon sacrifice, till we'll reach our goal
Others call it stubbornness
But we call it perseverance
Ability to withstand threat from the oldies
We are the voice and if we talk not, who will?
This is the power of the strong bone given to us for free
Others have this dream, but we implement it.
This is a call to motherland
This is a call to perseverance
All we cry for is freedom
And all we'll die for is freedom
Why?
Because it's the way to die.
We are the Freedom fighters.
We are the hope
Hope'93 lives on
This is dedicated to the heroes of June 12. Those who sacrificed their life for the restoration of democracy into the the Nigerian polity.
Abiola: The name of the Nigerian politician. This is a term quite used popularly in South West Nigeria, to denotes a rich man, maybe due to the man(Abiola)'s wealth.
Eko: Local name for Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital.