Yah mon, this one for the people
Who suffer in silence, bless up
Four hundred naira turn one thousand six
No light! No security! The people are wailing
The people them crying but the leaders don't fix
Innocent blood spilling on the street
While politicians dining on the finest meat
Starvation taking lives every single day
Mothers watching pikin fade away
The land once blessed now turning to dust
Tell me who the people supposed to trust
Suffering and smiling, that's what we do
Suffering and smiling, me and you
They take our voice, they take our bread
But still we smiling while our brothers dead
Suffering and smiling, Fela knew
Suffering and smiling, nothing new
The president sleeping while the nation burns
Every leader failing, when will they learn
Silence in the township, fear in the air
Speak the truth and vanish, nobody dare
Fuel price rising like it touch the sky
Common man can't afford, can only cry
This beautiful land becoming desolate
Time to rise up, can't tolerate
Suffering and smiling, that's what we do
Suffering and smiling, me and you
They take our voice, they take our bread
But still we smiling while our brothers dead
Suffering and smiling, Fela knew
Suffering and smiling, nothing new
One love to the people still standing strong my name is fortune
This suffering can't last too long, yah mon
My Name is Sam Fortune .