"WHO DEY RULE NAIJA?" [INTRO - Spoken Word over light percussion] Fela talk am before We no listen Now the matter don pass boundary Who go save us now? Tell me, who dey rule this country? [VERSE 1] From the North, them dey cry Mothers wey dey lose their pikin every day Chibok girls, where them dey? 276 daughters, vanish like smoke for sky The bandits come with gun and fire Burn the village, destroy the farm Kidnap for ransom, killing for power But government dey call them "bandits" - na lie! *(Call)* Wetin be their name? *(Response)* Terrorists! *(Call)* Why we dey fear to talk? *(Response)* Na wa oh! [CHORUS] Who dey rule Naija? (Who dey rule?) Who dey rule this country? (Tell me now!) The people dey suffer, blood dey flow like river Who dey rule Naija? (Somebody tell me!) Who dey rule Naija? (Who dey rule?) Military dey fear, President dey shake Governors dey run, ministers dey hide Who dey rule Naija? (I say who?) [VERSE 2] Billion naira for defense budget Where the money dey go? Soldiers no get weapon But big men dey buy private jet, oh! From Sokoto to Borno Zamfara to Kaduna The terror dey spread like wildfire Now e reach the South, we all for danger President talk say "if I fight them, I go die" Service chiefs dey shake, fear catch everybody Who be the sponsor wey dey inside government? Who be the enemy wey wear agbada? *(Call)* Corruption! *(Response)* Na him be the problem! *(Call)* Collusion! *(Response)* Them dey work together! [CHORUS] Who dey rule Naija? (Who dey rule?) Who dey rule this country? (Tell me now!) The people dey suffer, blood dey flow like river Who dey rule Naija? (Somebody tell me!) Who dey rule Naija? (Who dey rule?) Military dey fear, President dey shake Governors dey run, ministers dey hide Who dey rule Naija? (I say who?) [BRIDGE - Amapiano breakdown with heavy log drum] *(Chant)* Justice! (Justice!) Accountability! (Accountability!) We want our country back! (Back!) We want our freedom back! (Back!) The farmers cannot farm The children cannot go to school Our sisters dey disappear Our brothers dey die like flies Enough is enough! Enough is enough! We no go gree again! We no go fear again! [VERSE 3 - Spoken/Rap style over Amapiano beat] You sit for Aso Rock with your big title While innocent people dey run for their life You collect security vote every month But security na where we go find am? Traditional rulers keep quiet Religious leaders dey compromise Some senators dey chop with the devil Some governors dey share the blood money Academia, industry, everywhere The sponsors dey hide for plain sight Sympathizers dey wear suit and tie While the poor man and woman dey pay the price [FINAL CHORUS - Full instrumentation] Who dey rule Naija? (Who dey rule?) Who dey rule this country? (Tell me now!) Is it the government or na the terrorists? Who dey rule Naija? (Somebody answer me!) Who dey rule Naija? (Who dey rule?) When leaders dey fear the fight When money dey disappear When people dey die every night Who dey rule Naija? (I beg, tell me!) [OUTRO - Saxophone solo fading with talking drum] *(Spoken)* Until we find answer to this question Until we stand up and fight