Heal the World from Area

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Burg City Records in Poetic Collaboration with tHE JB StUDiOs presents: —HEAL THE WORLD FROM AREA— An Afro-Cultural Anthem for a peaceful community to a blissful continuity. PROLOGUE: I — THE SOVEREIGN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT To the First and the Last, we acknowledge Your throne, To the Source before beginning, before seed had been sown. To the Source of all structure and expression, we give thanks. GOD is in the work, and the Afro-Juju Continuum keeps building with absolute precision. The strength through the storm, the grace through the strain, The hand that turned possibility into gain. INTRO From the street to the beat, let the healing begin, Put the love in the living, let the feeling sink in. From the block to the heart, let compassion take root, Let the care that we share bear a beautiful fruit. No be talk for the air, put the work on the ground, Let the sound of the soul make the whole world resound. If your neighbour dey suffer, no dey cover your eyes, Give a hand, make a stand, help the fallen to rise. From the little we give to the lives we revive, Na the love we make real keep the Area alive! CHORUS: HAY-REE-YA! LEAD: Heal the world from Area! CHOIR: Hay-ree-ya! Hay-ree-ya! LEAD: Make compassion fill the air! CHOIR: Hay-ree-ya! Hay-ree-ya! — THE STREET MATTER & THE SURVIVAL SUBJECT All dem brah for Area, turn street matter to career, Make dem face the real affair, make dem show the people care. From the basket for New Bini Market, hear the market cry, Mama carry bread for head, na her children’s daily supply. No make hunger turn to anger, make survival turn to target, No make mama lose her bread because the street don scatter. From the hustle to the muscle, from the struggle to the supper, Make we lift the load together, make the living standard better. From the pose to the prose, from the show to the soul, Na the care we put in practice make a broken place whole. No be noise, no be pose, no be promises we pursue, Na a fairer, safer Area we dey work to renew! From New Bini to a new beginning, we be believing slowly we be becoming, Build the future from the roots, make the old wisdom keep drumming. From the village to the vision, let the golden age take shape, Turn the pain into a plan, turn the plan into a place. From hate to faith, from late to great, From a closed gate to a shared fate, make we elevate. From Street to Screen, let the Juju Xound intervene, Make the truth cut through the noise, make the real remain seen. Like fashion we wear, we share, we bear, From here to near, make the message appear. From fear to gear, let the people persevere, Steer clear of despair—make the way forward clear. From the beat to the street, let the rhythm bring reason, From the word to the work, let the work serve the people. From the roots to the routes, let the heritage resound, New Bini to the world—make we carry the Xound! African Memory—let the old wisdom speak, Modern Intelligence—make the weak systems strong, Future Imagination—give the dream room to grow, From the root to the fruit, let the good work show. From memory to meaning, from meaning to motion, From motion to service, deepen duty and devotion. From service to systems, from systems to trust, Build a structure that serves us, not a promise that rusts. Let the children find shelter, let the youth find a chance, Let the elders find honour, let the truth lead the dance. Where a wound needs attention, bring protection near, Where injustice grows roots, make accountability appear. Make the claim meet the proof, make the proof shape the plan, Make the plan serve the people—na the work of our hands. From the thought to the plot, from the plot to the ground, Let the good we construct make a lasting sound! — CLOSING: FROM AREA TO ABROAD From the street to the beat, let the healing remain, Turn the care into culture, turn the loss into gain. From the word to the work, from the work to the way, Make the love that we live lead the world every day. From market to memory, from street to screen, From Area to abroad, the greatest ever seen! Through to GOD again, as di Main Domain, Through the flame, through the frame, let the purpose remain. Through the strain, through the rain, let compassion sustain— Make the sacrifice count; let the work bear gain! GOD IS IN THE WORK AS AFRO-JUJU CONTINUES…