Mama for market dey shout, “Everything don cost again!”
Garri, rice, yam dey play hide and seek with our pay
Pikin with certificate dey hustle bolt, dey plan japa way
Light dey come and go, road dey break for rain
Money wey suppose build school dey build house for Spain
But we still dey pray say e go better… so make we work am today
Power no dey for Abuja alone o
E dey for your hand, e dey for my hand
If we no change ourselves, who go change am for us?
*[Chorus - Multilingual Hook, 25s]*
*Wake up Naija! A ki si o! / Tashi Naija! Ka bilie!*
_Wake up Nigeria! Stand up in Yoruba/Hausa/Igbo_
*Leaders, lead with fear of God, no be for your gain!*
*Police, serve the people, no be to extort again!*
*Judges, stand for truth, no be for highest bidder!*
*E be our country o! E be our future o!*
*If we change our heart, Naija go better for us!*
Senator dey argue allowance, student dey pay 500k
LG chairman no sabi road for im own LGA, but dey drive Prado
I see say e bad, but I still see one nurse, one soldier, one teacher wey dey try
*Bi a ba se rere, ile a dara* — if we do good, the land go be good
So I no go curse the darkness, I go light my candle where I dey
*Lead:* From Sokoto to Port Harcourt!
*Lead:* From Kano to Lagos!
*Lead:* Tribalism na wall wey we build ourselves!
*Choir:* Break am down! We be Nigerians first!
*[Final Chorus - 25s, bigger with brass]*
*Wake up Naija! A ki si o! / Tashi Naija! Ka bilie!*
*Accountability for the office, integrity for the pen!*
*Teachers teach with passion, students learn with aim!*
*Fathers lead the home, mothers hold the flame!*
*E be our country o! E be our future o!*
*If we change our heart, Naija go better for us!*
This song na for me, na for you
If you sing am, live am
Naija go better… when we better