Wake Up Naija Youth

🎵 Title: WAKE UP NAIJA

Genre: Afrobeat / Afro-Fusion

Mood: Bold, Conscious, Revolutionary

Tempo: Mid-tempo groove with drums, sax, chants, and fire

Intro – Spoken Word / Chant

Wake up oh!

No be by chance, na we go change am

Nigeria no go better if we no rise

Dem dey use our future play dice

Verse 1

Dem promise light, but still we dey dark

Every four years, na same old track

Dem chop the money, we chop the lack

Omo, this no be life — na trap

Dem divide us with tribe and lies

But hunger no dey know who be Hausa or Igbó

Or who be Yoruba or Edo

Na suffer we all dey carry go

Pre-Chorus

My people, make una reason

We too get power but we dey sleep

We be lions but we dey whisper

Time don reach to roar and leap

Chorus

Wake up Naija youth! (Eh!)

Time to speak the truth (Eh!)

No dey play like mumu (No!)

We be fire, we be root (Yeah!)

Wake up Naija youth! (Rise!)

Use your voice and boots (Now!)

Future dey your hand

Make we break these chains for good!

Verse 2

See dem build mansion for Dubai

But our school roof dey leak and fly

Dem children dey abroad dey shine

But our own dey suffer, dey die

We get oil, we get gold

But still our streets dey cold

No job, no hope, no road

Na this kind pain dem dey uphold

Pre-Chorus

My brother, make you sabi

Dem no go save us, na we

Raise your mind, raise your pen

Raise your vote like warrior wey dey defend

Chorus

Wake up Naija youth! (Eh!)

Time to speak the truth (Eh!)

No dey play like mumu (No!)

We be fire, we be root (Yeah!)

Wake up Naija youth! (Rise!)

Use your voice and boots (Now!)

Future dey your hand

Make we break these chains for good!

Bridge – Call & Response

✊ Who go fight for us? — Na we!

✊ Who go light the torch? — Na we!

✊ Who go rise and march? — Na we!

✊ Who go fix Naija? — Na we!

Dem no go give us power

We go take am with sense

With vote, with voice, with vision

We go lead the next generation

Final Chorus – Group Chant Style

Wake up Naija youth! (Wake up!)

Time to shake the truth (Stand up!)

We be lion, we be root (Ahh!)

We no go gree again, no loot! (Never!)

Wake up Naija youth! (Wake up!)

This na revolution shoot (Boom!)

From the street to the booth

We dey claim our destiny’s fruit!

Outro – Spoken Fade

Na youth go change this land

No fear, no fold hand

We be sunrise, we be storm

Na our time — make we perform