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Rise Up, Nigeria

Nigeria,
Giant of the blackworld
Created as a trigger
For the development of Africa.
On your skies
Are the brightness of the sun
And the illumination of the moon.
Within your belly flows the Niger.
Inside your womb criss-crosses Benue
All meandering to form a confluence
And proceeds to the Niger creeks
Excreting great alluvia
That makes our land fertile.

Nigeria,
Beautiful land of the savannah
A land adorns with evergreen forests
An earth crust emiting ceaseless wealth
A land that vomits immeasurable blackgold
Making nations to flow to you daily
For their survival
Nigeria, great nation!
Nigeria, good people!
Other nations romances you
They wish they are like you
They dream to have half of your resources
Natios hope to to have your resources

Rise up, great nation!
Stand up, good people!
African nations look towards you.
Blackworld beacons that you take the lead.
Do not allow these talennts to waste
Stamp out corruption in your midst.
Rise against violence.
Let schism be foreign.
Let's join hands together,
Let's take our place, again
Arise, Nigeria,
Arise, great people.

Submitted: Thursday, August 16, 2012
Edited: Thursday, August 16, 2012


Comments about this poem (Rise Up, Nigeria by Babatunde Aremu )

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  • Ifetayo Abiola (9/20/2012 8:10:00 AM)

    my fellow nigerian, i love it. This is exceptionally good

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  • Dave Walker (8/23/2012 2:58:00 AM)

    Another really powerful poem, like it.
    Really well put together.

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  • Babatunde Aremu (8/22/2012 6:09:00 PM)

    A really patriotic one there, we shall surely arise in Jesus name oo

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