Title: “Cry for the North” (Pidgin + Hausa Version)
By Elder Samuel aka Bro Shem
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(Intro)
Oh oh oh…
Na tears we dey cry every day,
When night come, fear go stay.
Chibok, Kibaku, Plateau, Borno,
Ya Allah, ka ji ƙorafinmu (Oh God, hear our cry).
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(Verse 1)
Before before, we dey dance for moonlight,
Now na gunshot we dey hear for midnight.
Mama dey pray, papa dey weep,
Nobody fit close eye, nobody fit sleep.
Children no fit go school again,
Everywhere full with cry and pain.
Government talk say “we dey try,”
But human life don turn like fly.
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(Chorus)
Naija my home, why you dey bleed?
How long we go cry, who go hear our need?
People no fit sleep for house again,
Everyday na story of blood and pain.
(Hausa)
Chibok, Kibaku, Borno, Plateau,
Ya Allah ka taimake mu ooo (Oh God, come help us).
Mu ba zamu iya ba, kai ne mafita (We cannot do it alone, You are the solution).
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(Verse 2)
Elder Samuel stand with faith,
But e heart dey heavy, e no fit wait.
Everyday, na another one fall,
Who go answer this people call?
Children wey never reach fifteen,
Don see things wey no supposed be seen.
Politicians dey chop and smile,
But poor man blood dey flow for mile.
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(Bridge)
My brother, my sister, make we no keep quiet,
Time don reach make truth cause riot.
Love go be our only gun,
Peace go be the battle wey we don.
(Hausa)
Ranar gaskiya zata zo, (The day of truth will come,)
Allah yana gani, (God is watching,)
Zaman lafiya zai dawo. (Peace will return.)
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(Chorus)
Naija my home, why you dey bleed?
How long we go cry, who go hear our need?
People no fit sleep for house again,
Everyday na story of blood and pain.
(Hausa)
Chibok, Kibaku, Borno, Plateau,
Ya Allah ka ji ƙorafinmu, (Oh God, hear our cry,)
Ka kawo mana salama. (Bring us peace.)
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(Outro)
Rest for the dead, hope for the living,
Justice go come, peace go spring.
From North to South, make the cry go round,
Make freedom finally touch the ground.
Elder Samuel dey sing this song,
Till peace go reign and we all belong.
