The Time Is Now

The time is now Beautiful mother/ I am deeply sorry/ The sea from your eyes/ Tells people more about/ The treatment you're given/ Mother you 've all / all quantities of a woman/ You possess diamond/ gold, rubber, timber, Oil/ Natural resources 're all yours/ I thought money shines people/ Your color cannot be identified/ It can't be seen in day and at night/ You appear very old mother/ With all the money/ You can't build shelters/ For yourself up to now/ The farms had harvested/ Nothing to feed your children/ They tirelessly beg for food/ Mother stop the droplets/ In your eyes and address/ This concern of mine/ For how long 'll rainfall/ Who do you expect to baby you/ Who will listen to your cry/ Eons ago you're still weeping/ Mother darkness hangs over you/ Tears had given you nothing/ Block the river from flowing/ Dry it mother and stand up/ Bath with confident/ Rise up! Rise up! Rise up! / Sankara/African pen