53 Spirit of the Masses

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We would have loved to write our achievements,

Only if the government had not been cheating us;

We would have praised our little selves,

Only if there had been no internal neo-colonialism;

We would have gone round the world,

To sing the song of our little giant;

Only if those stealing off our sweats,

Are not still walking freely in the country;

We would have made a world record

Of nationalistic songs for Nigeria,

Only if the land is not being shared and reaped

By the none-working few,

Who pass the baton of corruption on to their children;

I would have done all these,

Only if I were to be having