I AM BECAUSE WE ARE

This is the truth and until we accept it
Our nation will stumble on its broken feet
For same things that binds us tear us apart
For the WALL and the BRIDGE are both in the heart
For when God made man he gave him no fascial marks
He didn't make Igbo, Hausa or Yoruba
A white man as human like a black man
And a man as human as woman
NO CULTURE IS OLDER THAN BEING HUMAN

Which nation can stand dividing its people?
How can one build on a foundation so shallow?
If we cannot see ourselves in each other
We are going no further
Where there is no courage to breach this gap
Where there is no courage to look inside
And stop judging accent, colour and dressing
THE FIRE WE ARE QUENCHING WILL KEEP BURNING.

Is tribalism any different from racism
When you judge him by his accent
Whatever you call it, they are all the same.
You go the States and get their passport
You settle wherever and however
You stand there and fight for equality
But come back and start your ethnicity
If you can't buy land unless you are a native
And can't work unless you are a native
And can't feel safe unless you are a native
HOW CAN WE THEN SAY WE ARE NOT PRIMITIVE.

If it is okay to say its not OK to Mary Yoruba
That every tribe have its own tied
Are we then not practicing apartheid?
If my brother can't go to Uni-Maid
Because he is Igbo and not an indigene
And Uni-Maid has quota for catchment area
So he must go back to Nsuka or wait one more year.
If those who were settlers but now indigenes
Say that settlers can't be indigenes
Local government keep issuing certificate of origin
AND THE CONSTITUTION SAY WE ARE ALL CITIZENS

If Hausa say Igbos are greedy and rude
If igbos say Hausas are vicious and brutal
And ijaw say itsekiri must die today
If a white man called me a nigga
My blood Will burn in righteous anger
For the evil of discrimination is clearly established
When a White tries to treat me like rubbish.
My blood will boil in righteous anger
You are because I am
AND I AM BECAUSE WE ARE.