The past is done
a chapter ended, lessons learned
The future is yet undone
with pages yearning to be explored
So look ahead not behind
Endless possibilities abound
You are not done
The book has not ended

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The land is bare
The wells have dried up
Farmers can't go up to the farm to farm
Workers have no work to work on
Hope has taken flight
Peace has long gone
Depression is in the air like thick smoke
Joy has withered away from the land
The thief has found his way into the office
He killed, he stole, he has destroyed
He's not taking his foot off the gas
And he doesn't want to hear complaints
He must have a thing for Fela's songs
This thief is a tin-pot dictator
He's got a lot of crooks around him
They sing his praises all day
On his mandate they hang their souls
The ones that are supposed to protect us
Have to the thief, sold their souls
The nation is hanging on a thin thread
Poverty is ravaging the land
And they are dancing to his tune
The shepherd has abandoned the flock

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Hope begets life
It begets the tomorrow
of our dreams
It holds us tight through
the cold giving us warmth
It holds us tight through
the heat giving us coolness
Hope strengthens weak bones
sets our eyes on what's to come
giving meaning to the pains
and struggles of today
Hope begats faith
Faith begats miracles
Miracles begat changed lives
Hope is the ray of light in life
Hope begets life

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Hope begets life
It begets the tomorrow
of our dreams
It holds us tight through
the cold giving us warmth
It holds us tight through
the heat giving us coolness
Hope strengthens weak bones
sets our eyes on what's to come
giving meaning to the pains
and struggles of today
Hope begats faith
Faith begats miracles
Miracles begat changed lives
Hope is the ray of light in life
Hope begets life

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Don't shift the goal post
Don't move the line
Let's keep that energy
Like Jesus, let it be the same
yesterday, today and forever
I remember how I supposedly didn't meet
your standard and our close ties
didn't matter to you then
They shouldn't ever matter
again today and forever
What should have been mine
you gave to another
not minding our close ties
Don't shift the goal post
Don't move the line
Let's keep that energy
As Jesus said; Do unto others
as you would have them do unto you
Let's not forget yesterday's deeds
are the blueprints of today's deeds

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There's an avalanche
of mental illness
on the horizon
It will sweep across
after the order
of the flood of Noah
Don't be taken off guard
Lọ dírà ò!

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I've come to
the end of me
It's a routine now

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Hey, count your blessings
Don't lose sight of them
Lest you lose them

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Ignorance makes
things cumbersome

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You have to
stand, to
lift up

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