Soul Town
Ola Onabule
5:59Lagos 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