🎵 The Land Is Crying (Duet for Peace)
By Olafusi A. Kolawole aka Pencil and Eraser
(Country-Gospel Duet with Global Themes)
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[Verse 1 – Female Voice]
The land is crying, can't you hear the sound?
From Gaza’s ruins to Congo’s battleground
Children sleep to gunfire lullabies
Dreams dissolve beneath smoky skies
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[Verse 2 – Male Voice]
From Haiti's quake to Sudan’s red sand
Hope slips through like grains in hand
In Myanmar’s silence and Syria’s flame
The earth keeps mourning in every name
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[Chorus – Both Voices]
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Oh, the land is crying, crying for peace
While war machines roll through the streets
World powers boast their deadly pride
While millions thirst, and children die
No bread, no roof, no water pure
But missiles shine — what’s all this for?
Oh Lord, the land is crying still...
Will we ever do Your will?
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[Verse 3 – Female Voice]
They said “We’ve come for peace,” but came with guns
Tanks roll through villages under foreign suns
No healing hands, no silent prayers
Just boots and orders, cold stares
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[Verse 4 – Male Voice]
How long shall the deceit last?
They label war a righteous task
But oil is traded for rounds and bombs
And peace is lost in power’s arms
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[Bridge – Spoken/Sung Fusion – Alternating Voices]
Male (Spoken):
They call it peacekeeping, but nothing's at peace
They wear blue helmets, but speak through teeth
Female (Sung):
Armed bandits trade oil for guns
While leaders toast behind gold suns
Male (Sung):
They took our diamonds, stole our land
Left uranium — and blood-stained hands
Female (Spoken):
All for their intercontinental might
While the hungry sleep without light
Male (Spoken):
They cry “security” but stockpile pain
And cover injustice with a noble name
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[Chorus – Both Voices, with deeper harmony]
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Oh, the land is weeping, crying for light
In shadows of this endless fight
They said it’s peace — but where’s the calm?
All we see is fire and harm
You can’t bring hope with iron fists
Or freedom wrapped in hidden twists
The land is crying… and truth is dying…
In hands of global giants lying
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[Verse 5 – Female Voice]
The Amazon burns, icebergs fall
But money's louder than nature’s call
No climate talks will quench the flame
If greed keeps playing the same old game
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[Verse 6 – Male Voice]
Africa bleeds while riches leave
The wealth goes east, the west deceives
A child digs cobalt with broken hands
For tech-lords ruling distant lands
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[Final Chorus – Both Voices, soft then rising]
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Yes, the land is crying, crying out loud
Beneath a sky with no more clouds
But still there’s hope, a spark remains
In love that heals and breaks these chains
No more silence, no more lies
We’ll plant the truth and let it rise
The land is crying — but not in vain
If we choose peace… again and again
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[Outro – Both Voices, gently fading]
