When the Strong Cry
when the strong cry
I couldn't be stronger than now
so I never wish to see
what I see today in my country
it hurts when all is not right
yet one feels handicap
its painful to see your love ones
slowly dieing right in front
of your eyes
I never wish by now
what I see today will
be the reality of today in my country
when the strong cry
too many problems everywhere
too many cry's for help
in distance places
like now in Nigeria
we are at the edge of collapse
yet our leaders are acting
like everything is under control
while many are in bitterness
while hunger are tormenting
the innocent people
still our leaders are less concern
as always they gave us fake hopes
when the strong cry
is a shame how we are
in poverty always
while we have more than enough
to live comfortably with
is a disgrace when our leaders
turns into jeters
jeting out our wealth to a
foreign land
where it just abandon for nothing
while we wallow in difficulty and
deep well of lack
yet they keep promising us always
of a change
while they are enemies of
change themselves
when the strong cry
is not funny any longer
how things turn around so
fast in such an ugly manner
our young men are jobless
they have turn to crimes
as robbery is now usual as normal
our women has turn into prostitute
our children are growing up
single handedly by a single parent
our economy is at a state of collapse
oh God too many calamities
up on my country
yet there is no sign of change
so upon this quest
no matter how strong I am
as I see all this calamities
I see the strong helpless
and that is
when the strong cry
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