New Chains
A song made by Owanogho Chuks Fidelis
New Chains
A song made by Owanogho Chuks Fidelis
Chale... e be things oh
Make we talk am as e dey
Dem say we free but na lie
Same chains, different style
Dem take our land, take our resource
Leave us debt wey never finish course
IMF come with condition plenty
World Bank dey tax our young and twenty
Our cocoa go, dem send back chocolate
Our oil go, we buy am back for market
(eiii!)
See the irony, see the wickedness
We dig the gold, dem wear the necklace
New chains, new chains
Dem change the name but the game remain
New chains, new chains
Colonial master still dey cause us pain
We must break free, we must rise
Africa unite, open your eyes
(no more!)
Dem draw border with pencil and ruler
Split our people, make brother fight brother
Francophone countries still dey pay tax
To France, for freedom wey dem never see relax
(hah!)
Our leaders dem don buy with dollar
Sell their people for designer collar
But the youth dem dey wake up now
We no go bow, we no go allow
(on God!)
From Lagos to Accra to Joburg
New generation, we dey rewrite the word
New chains, new chains
Dem change the name but the game remain
New chains, new chains
Colonial master still dey cause us pain
We must break free, we must rise
Africa unite, open your eyes
(let's go!)
E don do, e don do
Africa must rise oh
Omo, we too strong
Our time don come
