TITLE: Trenches to Triumph
Style: Melodic Street Storytelling x Afro-Drill
Languages: English & Pidgin
Chorus: Chant-worthy, anthem-style
Delivery: Real, raw, triumphant
Character count: ~2,980
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🎙️INTRO (Melodic Spoken Word):
Na from the gutter we rise
From mud houses to mansion plans
No silver spoon, but we dey polish our pain
Turn hunger to hustle, turn tears to tenacity
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🎶VERSE 1 (The Struggle Begins):
I remember those nights with no light
Mama dey cry, say “God abeg, hold tight”
One pant, one trouser, two slippers
Still step out clean, we dey chase dreams with triggers
Na sapa dey knock, we no dey home
We dey roam, empty belly, with mind full of goals
Aboki shout “cement dey up”, we dey lift
From foundation to roofing, we build our gift
Dem laugh when we fail, we rise, dey surprise
Now my name dey echo like siren for sunrise
I no get connect, I get courage
No shortcut, just street knowledge
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🔥CHORUS (CHANT - x2):
From trenches to triumph, we move!
Pain no fit stop us, we prove!
Boys wey dey suffer, now groove!
Lagos to the world, no excuse!
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🎶VERSE 2 (Hustle & Pain):
I dey wipe sweat for site, eye dey red
Back dey pain, but dream still dey my head
Dem call am suffer, I call am chapter
Na those hard times build the laughter
I clean glass for Ikoyi towers
Dem no know say my voice carry power
Banana Island we dey sweep, now we dey live
From cleaner to dreamer, I dey believe
I dey pray rosary with bruised knuckle
Still get grace, e shock hustle
Adoration for altar, I cry
Now I dey fly, God know why
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🎤BRIDGE (Melodic Reflective):
Nothing dey waste if you put in work
Every tear you drop dey lay one block
Even inside darkness, star go shine
As long as you no quit, na you get time
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🔥FINAL CHORUS (With Vibe - x2):
From trenches to triumph, we move!
No food, no hope, but we groove!
Now na Benz dey cruise from our hood!
Dreams no dey die, we proof!
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🎙️OUTRO (Spoken):
This one na for the boy wey no get shoe
The girl wey dey fry akara for her crew
You fit start from bottom, no mean say you low
Na pressure dey form diamond, now you know
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