Ancestral Home Bleeding

Intro (0:00–0:15) (low hum / breath / soul tone)

Mm… mm…

My land… my land…

Why are you crying?

Verse 1 (0:15–0:45)

My ancestral home is bleeding

Blood on the soil of my fathers

Where children laughed in the morning

Now only smoke answers the sun

Saay Shagu is quiet tonight

Saay Angay sleeps in fear

Saay Uhura, Saay Kyaahaa

Their voices fade in the wind

Chorus (0:45–1:05) (African soul hook — repetitive, prayer-like)

Stop the killing of my people

We are human, we want to live

Oh Lord, see the blood on the ground

Hear the cry of Tiv land

Verse 2 (1:05–1:35)

Aagbooghu cried before daylight

Saay Kwaadan burned on the ninth day

Saay Kyaanyon fell on the tenth

Another name carved in pain

We carry hoes, not weapons

We plant food for the nation

Why chase us from ancestral land?

Why turn our home to graves?

Bridge – Cry to Elders & Power (1:35–1:55) (half-sung / chant tone)

Government of Taraba, hear us

Do not turn your face away

Tor Tiv, father of the people

Stand up for Tiv today

If leadership means protection

Protect the lives we have left

If power still has conscience

Let it choose life over death

Final Chorus (1:55–2:20) (stronger but still restrained)

Stop the killing of my people

Let peace return to our land

Let children grow, let drums beat life

Let Tiv blood stop in the sand

Outro (2:20–2:30) (spoken / ancestral tone)

This is not politics…

This is blood.

This is home.

Enough.