Akara, Corn & Kuli Kuli
A song made by Lord Wealth
Akara, Corn & Kuli Kuli
A song made by Lord Wealth
TITLE: AKARA, CORN & KULI KULI
LYRICS:
### INTRO
*(Crowd ambience... distant sirens... soft talking drums)*
Leader:
My people... how long?
Crowd:
How long?
Leader:
We cry every day...
Crowd:
Who go hear us?
Leader:
The people are tired.
Crowd:
Enough is enough!
---
## VERSE 1
Every morning, another struggle,
Pocket empty but the market double.
Parents dey hustle from dawn till night,
Still no food, still no light.
Graduates roaming from street to street,
Dreams melting under the Lagos heat.
Hope is fading, tears no dey show,
Tell me where the future go.
Pre-Chorus:
We no ask for luxury...
We just ask to live with dignity.
Na our country...
Why e hard to survive?
---
## CHORUS (Call & Response)
**Lead Vocal:**
We beg for good governance
**Mass Choir:**
They said we should fry akara!
**Lead Vocal:**
We beg for good security
**Mass Choir:**
They said we should roast corn!
**Lead Vocal:**
We beg for good roads
**Mass Choir:**
They said we should sell kuli kuli!
**Lead Vocal:**
We beg for good hospitals
**Mass Choir:**
They said we should fry akara!
**Lead Vocal:**
We beg for minimum wage
**Mass Choir:**
They said we should roast corn!
**Lead Vocal:**
We beg for lower fuel prices
**Mass Choir:**
They said we should sell kuli kuli!
**Lead Vocal:**
We beg for quality education
**Mass Choir:**
Instead, we receive fear, bandits and terror!
*(Repeat twice with heavier drums and crowd chants)*
---
## VERSE 2
Fuel don rise,
Transport rise.
Food don rise,
School fees rise.
Salary stand still,
Dreams stand still.
The rich dey smile,
The poor dey kneel.
Hospitals crying,
Doctors flying.
Youth dey japa,
Families praying.
Who go speak?
Who go hear?
Everybody carrying
Silent fear.
---
## BRIDGE
How many mothers must cry?
How many fathers must fall?
How many children must lose
Their tomorrow today?
This land is blessed...
But the people are stressed.
We no need promises...
We need progress.
---
## FINAL CHORUS
Lead:
We beg for justice!
Choir:
They said make we fry akara!
Lead:
We beg for jobs!
Choir:
They said make we roast corn!
Lead:
We beg for opportunity!
Choir:
They said make we sell kuli kuli!
Lead:
We beg for hope!
Choir:
How long... how long?
Lead:
Nigeria belongs to all of us!
Choir:
Let the people rise!
Lead:
Good governance is not a favor!
Choir:
Na our right!
Lead:
One nation!
Choir:
One people!
Lead:
One future!
Choir:
Enough is enough!
*(Fade with crowd chanting)*
"Na our right...
Na our right...
Na our right..."
