FIX UP (or we shall die)

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Raped, kidnapped, discriminated

Starved, robbed, oppressed

Bought, sold, racism, dehumanisation

Contradiction, malnutrition, desolation

Tongue, culture, roots, self-esteem

Land and religion profanation

Spirit, soul, worthiness and dreams annihilation

Persecution, genocide, mass murder and isolation

Educational exclusion, mass incarceration

Yes, we suffer and endure all of that

But is time to die or fix up

We all know how we landed

We all know the causes

We all know where we stand

We all feel oppressed

And we had time

To rediscover the past

And we had time

To cry blame and slash

We let it grow, grow and grime

But our passivity

Is the biggest of all crimes

It is time to fix up

So much drama we had

It is time to fix up

Our future is ours

We all should understand that

To many centuries

Crying and imploring

Forgiving, crying, forgetting and blaming

And we all know

Who we can blame

But we all blame

Forgetting to act

The system was made

To oppress us

This is a fact

But what are we doing

To overcome that

Centuries and centuries

Will pass by

And our children’s children

The same will suffer

Centuries and centuries

Hearing the same cry

Whiles their children’s children are laughter

Important to understand

How the system works

Essential to stand

And blast this clog

Marital band,

On our community they plotted

By staying with me,

The Wife economically loses a lot

Incentive of this system to stay alone

Promiscuous society

Promoting violence and sot

Important to understand,

How the system works

Essential to reverse all conspirators

Marital band,

We should fight this clot

By staying with me

The Wife and kids earn a lot

System can’t bit a father’s love

A strong community

We need to build

Essential understanding

Behind the veil, there is a trap

Critical that all brothers start to fix up

No more excuses,

No more leaving wife and children alone

No more empty promises

NOW it is time to come back home

It is time to fix up

Wake up

Get up

Stand up

Clear up

And fight the system back

We’ve to rebuild our nation

Monumental operation

Every step forward

Will be a step towards our liberation

We can’t carry on backward

Or this will last

For 100 more generations

It is time to fix up

No more excuses the time is up

Wake up

Your family and community are getting mad

Get up

And make your virtues shine

Stand up

And make sure you resist the system attack

Clear up

Your mind with illusions and dreams packed

And fight back, like the leader of a clan

With fierceness, love and assertiveness

Real spirit of an African

We can wait no longer

Fix up

Wake up

Get up

Stand up

Clear up

And fight back

The time is up

Time to bring the essence

Of the real African

Let’s fix up or let’s die

God’s Sun ©