There was a country
I used to know
Full of sweet bounty
To basic amenities, government dare not say No
I wept in agony as our country is no more the land of plenty.
I cried in my room
I searched through the storm
I pensively call on you all
To ask, Oh! Giant of Africa, where is our norm?
There was a culture
I used to know
Where males and females grow by nurture
To know and perform their roles without grudges or saying No
I wept in agony as our culture is derailed by civilization and nature.
I cried in my room
I searched through the storm
I pensively call on you all
To ask, Oh! Giant of Africa, where is our norm?
There was a government
I used to know
That gives the masses pipe borne water, sound education, power and enlightenment
To masses core needs, government dare not say No
I wept in agony as youths and less privileged are turned to living corpse lacking empowerment.
I cried in my room
I searched through the storm
I pensively call on you all
To ask, Oh! Giant of Africa, where is our norm?
There was a Love
I used to know
Where Boko-haram never existed to affect our life of a dove
A love where Abubakar married Titi and Obasanjo wedded Stella without both parents saying No
I wept in agony as Love is now shattered to be wicked, tough and rough.
I cried in my room
I searched through the storm
I pensively call on you all
To ask, Oh! Giant of Africa, where is our norm?
There was a family
I used to know
Where every young girl can cook deliciously
Raising a godly home where to a blissful marriage no one dare say No
I wept in agony handling so many divorce cases with today's family no longer living happily.
I cried in my room
I searched through the storm
I pensively call on you all
To ask, Oh! Giant of Africa, where is our norm?
I am neither a man nor a wife
Living in my country's ordained life.
The country is so corruptly rotten
Leaving the mind of the masses so dirty
I am neither a man nor a wife
Living in my country's ordained life.
Not A Country, Not A Home.
Fatoki, Oluwatobi O.
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