[INTRO — SPOKEN OVER DEEP REGGAE BASS] Ghana...
This
is
not
about
Christianity.
This
is
not
about
Islam.
The
Chief
Imam
supported
the
dream.
Christians
supported
it.
Ghanaians
supported
it.
So
don't
use
religion
to
divide
us.
Our
question
is
simple:
After
all
the
money...
WHERE
IS
THE
CATHEDRAL? [
CHORUS —
LEAD +
CHOIR] 🎵
Where
is
the
Cathedral?
Crowd:
SHOW
US
THE
CATHEDRAL!
Where
is
the
money?
Crowd:
SHOW
US
THE
VALUE!
Millions
upon
millions,
But
what
can
Ghana
see?
Taxpayers'
money
has
no
religion!
ACCOUNT
FOR
THE
PEOPLE'S
MONEY! 🎵
ACCOUNT
FOR
THE
PEOPLE'S
MONEY! 🎵
ACCOUNT
FOR
THE
PEOPLE'S
MONEY! 🎵
ACCOUNT
FOR
THE
PEOPLE'S
MONEY! 🎵
[VERSE 1 — THE PROMISE] It
began
as
a
personal
pledge,
A
President's
promise
to
God.
Then
the
personal
promise
Became
a
national
project.
Land
was
provided.
Buildings
came
down.
Public
money
entered
the
project.
And
Ghana
waited...
And
waited...
And
waited...
And
waited...
[BREAK — THE DATE] But
listen,
Ghana!
On
July
twenty-nine,
twenty
twenty-one,
The
Finance
Minister
stood
in
Parliament.
Ken
Ofori-Atta
told
the
nation:
The
National
Cathedral
Was
expected
to
be
officially
commissioned...
MARCH
SIX,
TWENTY
TWENTY-FOUR!
Crowd:
MARCH
SIX?
Lead:
INDEPENDENCE
DAY!
March
Six
came!
Crowd:
WHERE
IS
THE
CATHEDRAL?
March
Six
went!
Crowd:
WHERE
IS
THE
CATHEDRAL?
The
calendar
moved...
But
the
Cathedral
Was
not
commissioned!
So
Ghana
asks:
WHAT
HAPPENED? [
CHOIR —
HOOK] 🎵
March
Six
came!
March
Six
went!
WHERE
IS
THE
CATHEDRAL?
Promises
had
dates,
But
the
date
couldn't
build
it!
SHOW
US
THE
WORK!
SHOW
US
THE
VALUE!
ACCOUNT
TO
GHANA! 🎵
[VERSE 2 — THE MONEY] Now
listen
carefully...
Fifty-eight
million
dollars
Was
the
figure
already
reported.
Then
came
another
revelation:
Thirty-nine
million
dollars
Outstanding
to
the
contractor!
Fifty-eight
plus
thirty-nine...
NINETY-SEVEN
MILLION
DOLLARS!
Total
financial
exposure
Government
later
disclosed.
And
Ghana
asks:
WHAT
VALUE
DID
WE
GET?
[AGENDA 111 BREAK] At
roughly
seventeen
million
dollars
For
an
Agenda 111
district
hospital...
Ninety-seven
million
dollars
Is
more
than
FIVE
hospitals!
Crowd:
MORE
THAN
FIVE!
Hospitals
with
beds!
Hospitals
with
equipment!
Hospitals
serving
communities!
Five
hospitals
could
touch
Thousands
of
lives.
So
when
such
enormous
resources
Are
tied
to
one
project...
Ghana
has
every
right
to
ask:
SHOW
US
THE
VALUE!
[DRAMATIC BREAK — SWIMMING POOL] Now
look
at
the
site...
Where
are
the
walls?
Crowd:
WHERE
ARE
THEY?
Where
is
the
monument?
Crowd:
WHERE
IS
IT?
What
do
the
people
see?
A
giant
hole
Filled
with
water!
And
Ghanaians
jokingly
ask:
IS
THIS
A
CATHEDRAL...
OR
A
SWIMMING
POOL? [
CHOIR —
SATIRICAL] 🎵
We
asked
for
a
Cathedral,
Don't
leave
us
a
swimming
pool!
Millions
upon
millions—
Ghana,
where
is
the
value?
We
are
not
fighting
religion,
We
are
asking
for
the
truth!
SHOW
US
THE
CATHEDRAL!
SHOW
US
WHAT