Cry Of A People Poem by Damilola Ogundipe

Our watchmen are blind:
They are all ignorant,
They are all dumb dogs,
They cannot bark;
Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

Yea, they are greedy dogs that never have enough
And they are shepherds that cannot understand:
They all look to their own way,
Every one for his own gain, fron his quater.

Come all, they say, i will fetch wine,
And we will fill ourselves with strong drink;
And tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant...

Beware y'all takers of this great nation
The time cometh and now is
When tranformation shall hit the very esssence of our existence:
Long live Nigeria! ! !