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Eight Long Years

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[INTRO — DEEP BASS / GUITAR upstroke] Yeah

man...

Ghana

remember...

Ghana

never

forget...

LEAD:

Nana

Addo!

Doctor

Bawumia!

You

came

with

promises!

CROWD:

Sweet,

sweet

promises!

ALL:

Eight

long

years...

Ghana

remembers! ---

[VERSE 1 — ONE, ONE, ONE] One

District—

CROWD:

One

Factory!

One

Village—

CROWD:

One

Dam!

One

Region—

CROWD:

One

Theatre!

One

Constituency—

CROWD:

One

Million

Dollars!

One

Student—

CROWD:

One

Tablet!

One

Student—

CROWD:

One

Chocolate!

Three

hundred

and

fifty—

CROWD:

New

SHS!

And

one

Cathedral—

CROWD:

For

God!

LEAD:

One,

one,

one

everywhere!

CROWD:

Promises

everywhere!

LEAD:

But

after

eight

long

years—

CROWD:

WHERE

IS

THE

DELIVERY? ---

[CHORUS] Promises,

promises,

Sweet

promises...

You

promised

Ghana,

Ghana

believed

you.

Where

is

the

factory?

Where

is

the

dam?

Where

is

the

theatre?

Where

is

the

plan?

Nana

Addo,

Doctor

Bawumia—

ALL:

Ghana

remembers...

Ghana

remembers...

CROWD:

GHANA

REMEMBERS! ---

[VERSE 2 — BIG PROJECTS] Cape

Coast—

CROWD:

Harbour!

Keta—

CROWD:

Port!

Pwalugu—

CROWD:

Big,

big

dam!

Agenda 111—

CROWD:

Hospitals!

National

Cathedral—

CROWD:

Where

is

it?

LEAD:

Announcements

were

plenty,

Ceremonies

were

plenty,

Big

promises

on

the

billboard—

CROWD:

BUT

WHERE

IS

THE

PROJECT?

LEAD:

Sometimes

the

billboard

looked

bigger—

CROWD:

THAN

THE

PROJECT! ---

[REGGAE BREAK — SKY TRAIN] LEAD:

Then

came...

SKY

TRAIN!

CROWD:

Sky

Train?

LEAD:

Everybody

look

up!

CROWD:

We

are

looking!

LEAD:

Look

left!

CROWD:

No

train!

LEAD:

Look

right!

CROWD:

No

train!

LEAD:

Look

into

the

sky!

CROWD:

STILL

NO

TRAIN!

ALL:

Sky

Train!

Sky

Train!

Ghana

still

dey

wait! ---

[VERSE 3 — THE CEDI] LEAD:

Doctor

Bawumia

once

said: “

If

the

fundamentals

are

weak...”

CROWD:

THE

EXCHANGE

RATE

WILL

EXPOSE

YOU!

LEAD:

Again!

CROWD:

THE

EXCHANGE

RATE

WILL

EXPOSE

YOU!

LEAD:

But

the

cedi

kept

falling,

Prices

kept

rising,

Ordinary

people

felt

the

pain.

So

Ghana

asks—

CROWD:

WHO

DID

THE

EXCHANGE

RATE

EXPOSE?

LEAD:

Nana

Addo

or

Doctor

Bawumia?

CROWD:

THE

PEOPLE

KNOW! ---

[BRIDGE — BRIGHTER REGGAE] Then

John

Mahama

returned—

CROWD:

WELCOME

BACK!

LEAD:

Inflation

coming

down—

CROWD:

KEEP

WORKING!

LEAD:

Economy

growing—

CROWD:

KEEP

WORKING!

LEAD:

Cedi

fighting

back—

CROWD:

KEEP

WORKING!

ALL:

Mahama,

keep

working!

Keep

working

for

Ghana!

No

empty

promises—

Give

the

people

results! ---

[VERSE 4 — SATIRICAL] LEAD:

Now

they're

looking

left!

CROWD:

What

are

they

looking

for?

LEAD:

Looking

right!

CROWD:

What

are

they

looking

for?

LEAD:

Searching

everywhere

For

something

to

attack!

CROWD:

FIND

A

SCANDAL!

FIND

A

SCANDAL!

LEAD:

But

Ghana

says—

CROWD:

BRING

THE

EVIDENCE!

LEAD:

Opposition

is

good—

CROWD:

BRING

THE

FACTS!

ALL:

No

propaganda,

No

fabrication,

Ghana

needs

truth

To

build

the

nation! ---

[FINAL CHORUS — FULL BAND] One

District—

CROWD:

One

Factory!

One

Village—

CROWD:

One

Dam!

One

Region—

CROWD:

One

Theatre!

Sky

Train—

CROWD:

WHERE

IS

THE

TRAIN?

Pwalugu—

CROWD:

WHERE

IS

THE

DAM?

ALL:

Promises,

promises,

Ghana

remembers!

Yesterday

was

promises,

Today

we

want

results!

LEAD:

Nana

Addo!

CROWD:

GHANA

REMEMBERS!

LEAD:

Doctor

Bawumia!

CROWD:

GHANA

REMEMBERS!

LEAD:

John

Mahama!

CROWD:

KEEP

WORKING!

LEAD:

NDC!

CROWD:

ɛyɛ

Zu!

ɛyɛ

Za!

ALL:

Ghana

remembers...

Ghana

remembers...

Promises

may

fade,

But

the

people

remember. [

DEEP

BASS /

HORNS

FADE]

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