Afro-Juju Rememberance Anthem

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The Poetic Outlaw presents: An AFRO-JUJU REMEMBRANCE ANTHEM 20-10-20 — LEkki Toll-GatE No fit wait! First, we acknowledge GOD of Juju as the GREatEsT, because GOD is in love with JiNG & BiNG! Juju — Low Transmission.. Oooohh... Now listen sharp.. This Na BRXB — as Dem Juju reference am. Make area no fear am! Make West-Africa mount before Dem tear am! Make the whole world hear am! INTRO — STREET DON REMEMBER (Low talking drum. Heavy bass. Street voices rising from a distance.) Twentieth October, twenty-twenty! Six years don pass, but the memory no empty! Lekki Toll Gate, your name still dey echo — Burg City, no Gritty! From Area to Abroad, the message big pass normal inventory.. No be ordinary tori? No be ordinary story.. Na memory wey demand say make truth no turn rumor to history! Juju don arrive! BiNG don open the archive! Burg City don carry the microphone ! Make the whole world listen to glisten! VERSE 1 — WETIN HAPPEN, MAKE WE REMEMBER Youth full ground, their hope dey plenty, Green-white-green, their hands hold steady, Dem ask for justice, make the system ready. SARS matter don gather allegation, Youth begin demand police transformation, From one street reach the whole nation, End-SARS become generation declaration. But when the night bring confrontation, Questions begin rise across the nation: Who deploy? Who give order? Who carry weapon enter border? Who fire brother? Who fall when nobody find am? Who need help when the confusion scatter all? Make nobody use grammar cover matter! Make nobody use power lock the chapter! If na truth we dey find, make evidence answer. If na justice we dey seek, make accountability matter. Street no be court, but street fit ask question. Government no be above investigation. CHORUS — STREET TO THE WORLD: For Lekki Toll-Gate Shooting? MEMORY WEY NO GREE DIE! ON TWENTY-TEN-TWENTY? DOWNTOWN FROM AREA — NA WE DEY ASK WHY! The pen REMEMBERS? STREET NO SUPPOSED SURRENDER! THIS No be REVENGE — NA REMEMBRANCE WITH ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE FOR EVERY END! No be fabrication! NA DOCUMENTATION! No be empty declaration! FOR LEKKI TOLL-GATE? NA THERE WE BIGIN CORROBORATE! Make the whole world know! Human dignity must STAND HIM GROUND! Make accountability grow! THE DATE THE DRUM RESOUNDS! VERSE 2 — NO FABRICATED FIGURE! Oya, make we talk am as e be! Pain dey real, but evidence must agree! If person die, make we trace the name! If person survive, make we document the claim hit am hard with nail! If person missing, make we check the trail! Make we check the date, make we check the source, Make we follow the record till we understand the course. No mix Lekki with Alausa anyhow! No turn allegation to established fact now! No use family sorrow take chase cheap fame! Every human being deserve dignity and name! VERSE 3 — WARRI TO LAGOS, LAGOS TO THE WORLD From Waffi junction to Victoria Island, From New Benin to Disneyland, From Area to Abroad nor be land, we fly from the underground, Make the voice of remembrance travel All around! Waffi man dey yarn am with plain-language wisdom compound, No need to manufacture pain to demand a better system call am: freedom surround. If the people get rights, make the rights get protection! If the government get power, make the power face examination! No office too high for lawful question! No ordinary citizen too small for protection! Make the truth no hide because election dey near! Make the law no bend because big MAN say him NO Wan HEAR, make the public no fear GOD dey everywhere even if Dem try disappear di Juju Xound no go tear! We want a future where young people fit speak, Where the vulnerable no go feel too weak, Where police protection mean protection indeed, Where justice no dey depend on money or pedigree! STREET BREAKDOWN — MAKE UNA HEAR! (Beat strips back. Lead voice speaks over the drum.) Make every institution answer the questions wey concern AM HE GO REPEAT! Because if truth matter today, e go matter TOMORROW WHEN YOUR HEART BEAT! If human dignity matter for Lekki, e go matter for every Nigerian street! FINAL CHORUS — STREET TO THE WORLD! For Lekki Toll-Gate Shooting? MEMORY WEY NO GREE DIE! ON TWENTY-TEN-TWENTY? DOWNTOWN FROM AREA — NA WE DEY ASK WHY! The pen REMEMBERS? STREET NO SUPPOSED SURRENDER! THIS No be REVENGE — NA REMEMBRANCE WITH ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE FOR EVERY END! No be fabrication! NA DOCUMENTATION! No be empty declaration! FOR LEKKI TOLL-GATE? NA THERE WE BIGIN CORROBORATE! Make the whole world know! Human dignity must STAND HIM GROUND! Make accountability grow! THE DATE THE DRUM RESOUNDS! OUTRO — STREET NO GO FORGET (Talking drum slows. Crowd voices echo from far away.) Twentieth October, twenty-twenty. Six years later, we still dey remember. For every family wey still dey seek answer, For every survivor wey still dey carry pain, For every record wey still need examination again, For every lesson wey Nigeria never finish to learn— Make the archive remain open anytime dem ask when?