Lagos Boy

Lagos boy, face up to the truth
Hope is fading, chance is slipping from us
Leave our joy, no pride in victory past
Can stay the closing of tomorrow's failings of still
Lagos boy, I have heard the words
No longer listening, long stopped caring about us
Spare that joy, guiding home the lost
Whose fated journey is now beginning to end

We promised so much, so very much
We longed for so long, beyond reach or touch
Gone where believing went, tested without relent
All expectations spent, still can't see
A better future right ahead of us

Lagos boy, pull back from the edge
Of self-destruction, a new direction emerges
Bring true joy, help you rid yourselves
Of old perceptions, till self-deception ends
It's a revelation before your eyes
Be still, then you might see
We struggled, we fought, survived all as one
Though beaten and robbed, we seek a new dream to hold
To make us brave and bold, eyes without scales of old
That see a better future right ahead of us

Lagos boy, you bound our hopes to faith
But God is sleeping, can't hear our pleading and we
Pray that joy would find our weary hearts
Though we're still waiting and time is passing us

Lagos boy, you have got turning round
So many of you go home
There's no joy losing sight of home
When home is burning and you've no home

It's a revelation before your eyes
Be still, then you might see
There's so much ahead