This Is Our Home

[male

vocals] (

Spoken)

Nigeria…

My

Nigeria…

How

many

more

mothers

must

cry?

How

many

more

children

must

grow

up

afraid?

We

voted

with

hope…

We

prayed

for

better

days…

Because

this

is

our

home.

There

is

nowhere

else

we

call

home.

We

woke

up

before

the

sunrise,

with

hope

inside

our

hearts

We

believed

the

words

we

heard,

we

believed

a

brand-new

start

But

somewhere

on

the

highway,

another

family

cries

Bandits

here,

bandits

there,

and

another

mother

asks, “

Why?”

Farmer

cannot

sleep

at

night,

traveller

fears

the

road

Father

leaves

his

house

each

morning,

praying

for

his

load

We

watch

the

empty

promises

dissolve

into

the

sand

While

shadows

stretch

their

fingers

out

across

our

father’

s

land

But

we

are

still

here,

standing

tall

beneath

the

burning

sun

The

race

for

freedom’

s

never

over,

we’

ve

only

just

begun

This

is

our

home,

despite

the

pain

that

we

endure

This

is

our

home,

looking

for

a

way

to

find

the

cure

Though

the

road

is

rocky

and

the

night

is

getting

long

We

find

the

rhythm

in

our

pulse

to

keep

us

feeling

strong

This

is

our

home,

we

will

build

it

back

with

pride

With

nothing

left

to

fear

and

nowhere

left

to

hide

I

see

the

hunger

in

the

alleys,

I

see

the

light

within

the

eyes

Of

children

dreaming

big

enough

to

pierce

the

darkest

skies

Education

is

the

key,

but

the

locks

are

getting

old

We’

re

trading

all

our

futures

for

a

pocket

full

of

gold

But

look

at

how

we

gather,

look

at

how

we

stand

as

one

From

the

city

to

the

delta,

till

the

work

is

finally

done

We

don't

need

a

savior

falling

from

a

distant

cloud

We

need

the

voice

of

unity

to

finally

speak

out

loud

Pick

up

the

broken

pieces,

put

the

mortar

in

the

seams

We’

re

weaving

threads

of

hope

into

the

fabric

of

our

dreams

This

is

our

home,

despite

the

pain

that

we

endure

This

is

our

home,

looking

for

a

way

to

find

the

cure

Though

the

road

is

rocky

and

the

night

is

getting

long

We

find

the

rhythm

in

our

pulse

to

keep

us

feeling

strong

This

is

our

home,

we

will

build

it

back

with

pride

With

nothing

left

to

fear

and

nowhere

left

to

hide

Can

you

hear

the

heartbeat

drumming

in

the

soil?

It’

s

the

sweat

of

the

ancestors

mixed

with

all

our

toil

Don’

t

let

the

fire

flicker,

don’

t

let

the

spirit

fade

We

are

the

architects

of

every

single

promise

made

So

wipe

away

the

tears

and

let

the

vision

become

clear

We

are

the

ones

we’

ve

waited

for,

the

end

of

all

the

fear

Plant

the

seed

of

justice

in

the

garden

of

the

mind

And

leave

the

heavy

chains

of

yesterday

far

behind

I’

m

speaking

to

the

youth,

I’

m

speaking

to

the

wise

The

greatness

of

this

nation

is

a

truth

that

never

dies

This

is

our

home,

despite

the

pain

that

we

endure

This

is

our

home,

looking

for

a

way

to

find

the

cure

Though

the

road

is

rocky

and

the

night

is

getting

long

We

find

the

rhythm

in

our

pulse

to

keep

us

feeling

strong

This

is

our

home,

we

will

build

it

back

with

pride

With

nothing

left

to

fear

and

nowhere

left

to

hide

Yeah,

this

is

our

home.

From

the

mountains

to

the

valleys.

We

remain.

We

rise.

We

stay.

This

is

our

home. (

Fade

out)