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Naija, We Still Dey Hope
<p><br/></p><p>Naija,</p><p>you be laughter wey hide tears,</p><p>you be hope wey survive fears,</p><p>you be mama wey no get much,</p><p>but still go share the little wey she touch.</p><p><br/></p><p>For your streets,</p><p>dreams dey walk with bare feet,</p><p>students dey chase tomorrow</p><p>with empty pockets and heavy thoughts.</p><p>We dey read under candlelight,</p><p>pray say our story no go end for darkness.</p><p><br/></p><p>Your children dey travel far,</p><p>not because dem hate home,</p><p>but because home don make survival</p><p>look like a competition.</p><p><br/></p><p>Still,</p><p>see us.</p><p><br/></p><p>We dey dance when the rain fall,</p><p>sing when the power return,</p><p>laugh inside danfo,</p><p>turn suffering to content,</p><p>and turn “God abeg” to everyday language.</p><p><br/></p><p>Naija,</p><p>you wound us,</p><p>but you still dey our heart.</p><p><br/></p><p>We complain about you,</p><p>yet defend you anywhere.</p><p>We curse your problems,</p><p>yet dream of fixing them.</p><p>We leave your shores,</p><p>but carry your name inside our tongues.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe one day,</p><p>the child wey dey ask,</p><p>“Why Nigeria dey like this?”</p><p>go grow to become the person</p><p>wey go change the answer.</p><p><br/></p><p>Until then,</p><p>we go keep hoping,</p><p>keep praying,</p><p>keep pushing.</p><p><br/></p><p>Because beneath the hardship,</p><p>beneath the noise,</p><p>beneath the broken promises—</p><p><br/></p><p>Naija still dey breathe.</p><p><br/></p><p>And as long as she breathes,</p><p>we still get hope. 🇳🇬</p>
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