Nigeria is celebrating 50 years of independence/They still feel the colonial effects of Great Britain’s presence/Dictators quick to imitate the West/Got in bed with oil companies and now the place a mess/Take a guess, which ones came and violated/They oiled up the soil, the Ogoni people was almost annihilated/Still they never stayed silent/There was activism, poets using non-violent tactics/That was catalyst for soldiers to break into they crib/Take it from the kids and try to break em like a twig/And make examples of the leaders/Executed Saro-Wiwa/Threw Fela’s mom out the window right after they beat her/In an effort to defeat hope/Now the people feed soap to [noir]/So they youth is doing drive-bys through speed boats/They kidnap the workers/They blowing up the pipelines/You see the fires glowing in the nighttime /
Reflection Eternal - Ballad Of The Black GoldQuoteNigeria is celebrating 50 years of independence/They still feel the colonial effects of Great Britain’s presence/Dictators quick to imitate the West/Got in bed with oil companies and now the place a mess/Take a guess, which ones came and violated/They oiled up the soil, the Ogoni people was almost annihilated/Still they never stayed silent/There was activism, poets using non-violent tactics/That was catalyst for soldiers to break into they crib/Take it from the kids and try to break em like a twig/And make examples of the leaders/Executed Saro-Wiwa/Threw Fela’s mom out the window right after they beat her/In an effort to defeat hope/Now the people feed soap to [noir]/So they youth is doing drive-bys through speed boats/They kidnap the workers/They blowing up the pipelines/You see the fires glowing in the nighttime /
