outro: untitled country. Lyrics

Abiola

When the village appeared

You were here

You were witness in your eyes

Like a cloud in the sky

You carried hopes on your tongue

Said thirst as heavy as desert

Shall not kill anyone

And suddenly we believed

But your presence disappeared

When water swallowed a new baby

At the naming ceremony

And when you heard

An organized night has postponed

Our morning until another day

Serious laughters rooted your face

And your country left midnight

Across the forecourt

To plait the only river on our way home

Into trenches

You stood miles away from the soul of the square

With no respect for ancestors toils

You watched struggle to torture liberty

Abiola

Since you've gone away from the truth

Hear what remains to say of this unholy place

Your mother has become a fluent cougar

She dusts her innerwear

Between the face of Ojuelegba

And your father is the witness

Whose silence is going observed

They say he's a fool

And it is becoming true

When you went away

The voice of today stood bare-footed

At the gate

With a knock for mercy

But injustice lost itself openly

And oppression dressed like democracy

To dine on their old wounds

The cry that was lekki yesterday abiola

Whose name you went away from

Is still hanging on the neck of your people

Shouldering their sad eyes

Many tears of mourning have returned

To the unborn

Marshaled chaos names their obituaries

Your mourners are still on their pitiful tears

And the cry is

How long

How long can you forget your people

How long will you do something

With the voice they gave you abiola

If you finish constantly betraying yourself

In the city

Go turn your neck to your village

Go turn your neck to your village