Insurrections and insurgencies
Maiming and killings
How did we get here?
Africans killing Africans
Was freedom a blessing or a curse?
These ethnic cleansing
Genocidal acts
Betrays our collective objective
A people desirous of peace
How do we seek justice?
In the hands of a dictators
Who have justice in their pockets
Swaying decisions with wads
Or oppression at worse
As the death toll increases
In a continent so naturally blessed
Yet so poor
Who cursed Africa?
That we may go and restitute
These sufferings are too much
At this point
Tired of seeking justice
Which can linger unto death
Especially for the poor
And truly oppressed
We seek peace
A season of quietude
To achieve peace
We must defeat corruption
The biggest enemy of advancement
It starts with you
When you know right
And do wrong
You are corrupt
If you practice African time
You are corrupt
If you play sentiment
To evade a cause
You are corrupt
Let's go back to the basics
Bring back moral instructions
Bring back home economics
Mix education with skills
That we raise a new generation
On the journey to freedom
Peace, justice and equity
You have a role to play
We can achieve SDG's
If we only but try
Vote when you have to
Failure which you are the real problem
As you would have done nothing
When you had the chance to
Just by a single vote
Take politics to our schools
Churches and mosques
Preach tolerance and oneness
But refuse manipulations
Let your conscience
Be your greatest Police
Africa is on a move
To her God ordained destination
Be a part of this change
Let us shape our world
And it starts with you and i