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THE FUTURE DANCE
<p><br/></p><p>“Arise, O compatriots…”<br/></p><p>The future land emerges.</p><p><br/></p><p>Hear her voice</p><p>and rejoice,</p><p>for she has arrived</p><p>where we least expected her to rise.</p><p><br/></p><p>We did not drown in our ruins.</p><p>Our fathers have stopped rolling in their graves.</p><p>Because today,</p><p>we took matters into our own hands</p><p><br/></p><p>Yesterday, we know say Superman na story.<br/></p><p>But only black pattern fit write this glory.</p><p>No foreign saviour came riding on a horse</p><p>We protect our own..</p><p><br/></p><p>Who should we thank?</p><p>The future land is beautiful.<br/></p><p><br/></p><p>We no longer applaud</p><p>the ants who practise elephant wickedness,</p><p>feeding us promises of “basic amenities”</p><p>while stealing the plate beneath our hands.</p><p><br/></p><p>We no longer chase sweets during elections.</p><p>We have cast Esau away.</p><p>No more trading tomorrow</p><p>for the hunger of today.</p><p><br/></p><p>The olodos have lowered their microphones.</p><p>Their stage is burnt.</p><p>Their noise has met its silence.</p><p><br/></p><p>And the children?</p><p>The children</p><p>have remembered knees remember the floor again</p><p><br/></p><p>The Zs no longer hiss at the Alphas.</p><p>Generations no longer fight</p><p>over the ashes of a country</p><p>they were both born to inherit.</p><p><br/></p><p>Nigeria turned away from finished bronze</p><p>and looked upon her unfinished diamond.</p><p><br/></p><p>And she said,</p><p>“I can make this work.”</p><p><br/></p><p>So we went down on our knees</p><p>We beat the diamond into shape</p><p>with bruised palms,</p><p>with tired hands,</p><p>with prayers that tasted like pain,</p><p>and hope that refused to die in vain.</p><p><br/></p><p>We are not bastards.</p><p><br/></p><p>Our fathers left us an inheritance</p><p>And we will not leave our children</p><p> with nothing.<br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Let milk and honey flow</p><p>through this land again.</p><p><br/></p><p>Let our rivers remember their shine.</p><p>Let our children inherit more than slogans and signs.</p><p>Let the soil give back what the hands have sown.</p><p>Let every Nigerian finally call this country home.</p><p><br/></p><p>The future beckons<br/></p><p>the today</p><p>to become the tomorrow</p><p>we once only dared to dream.</p><br/><p>I see the future,</p><p>and I smile.</p><p><br/></p><p>I see a land that remembers her name</p><p>and wears her pride like agbada,</p><p>full and regal,</p><p>unashamed of her beauty.</p><p><br/></p><p>This is no daydream.</p><p><br/></p><p>Look,</p><p>the land is emerging up ahead.</p><p><br/></p><p>She is rising.</p><p>Not crawling from the ruins,</p><p>but walking out of them</p><p>with her head held high.</p><p><br/></p><p>Her head is crowned with worth,</p><p>her shoulders carry dignity,</p><p><br/></p><p>Do you see it too?</p><p> The future is beautiful.</p><p><p><br/></p></p>
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