Osemwenoyenmwen Ogbemudia
'I'll tell you my story tomorrow' she said
But tomorrow never came
New songs to our lips did it bring
Songs of separation we sang
Songs enforced on us by those more powerful than us
Those who wield power
Naked power
With raw awe inspiring muscles
And we opened our mouths and sang
If we had known!
One step taken in the wrong direction calls for more
And we were reduced to slaves
Not to fair skinned gods
But to gods that are black skinned like us
And I cry daily
'Black gods are fiercer'
I have become a slave in the hands of my brothers
Who will fight for my freedom?
When the white gods stood up against us
We wound our hands together
And drew strength from one another
But now we are divided
And we fight one another
Drawing blood from one another
Instead of strength
With our hands raised against one another
On the streets the sight of us churns the stomach
And the heart stops in its track
Oh what a gory sight we are!
Our skin drawn
An over - stretched hide on a surface
We are mere ghosts of our former selves
And we say where did it all go wrong?
And we say behold animals dressed in human skins
Beasts walking on two legs
Instead of man eating man
Let us say
Animal eating man.