This Is Nigeria

[Verse 1]

Extremely poor. The medical facilities are poor. We operate a predatory, neocolonial capitalist system, which is founded on fraud and exploitation, and therefore, you are bound to have corrupt institutionalists. Many criminal cases are settled in police stations, albeit illegal

[Hook]

Eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh e-ewo

Eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh e-ewo

Eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh e-ewo

[Chorus]

This is Nigeria

Look how I'm living now

Look how I'm living now

Everybody be criminal

This is Nigeria

Look how we living now

Look what we eating now

Everybody be criminal

[Verse 2]

This is Nigeria

Just because I'm on TV now

Person wey no get work

Is checking to see

If my watch is original

This is Nigeria

Wey da Madam Philomena

Money vanish from your office

36 milli you talk say na animal

This is Nigeria

Never ending recession o

When looter and killers and stealers are still contesting election o

Politicians wey thief some billion and billion e no dey go prison o

Police station dey close by 6

Security reason o

(Babaa, ese o, babaa, ese o babaa)

My brothers and sisters, I want you to put your hands up right now, because your miracle is coming this week. If you believe, let me hear you say Amen!

[Verse 3]

This is Nigeria

Praise and worship we singing now

Pastor put his hands on the breast of his members

He's pulling the demons out

This is Nigeria

No electricity daily o

Your people are still working multiple jobs

And they talk say we lazy o

This is Nigeria

There is plenty Wahala sha

Fulani Herdsmen still they slaughter

Carry people they massacre

This is Nigeria

Works in my area

This is democracy

Political hysteria

Yahoo Yahoo don tear everywhere now

And we act like it's so cool

Casting the P, I'm being castigated just for trying to be noble

This Nigeria

Look at my nation o

SARS stop me for road any explanation you go talk am for station o

(Sir am, Sir look I'm sorry, I'm a student, am just a student of the University of Lagos. We are just coming from the club. Ok so my friend and I. No sir I have my I.D. to prove.)

[Hook]

Eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh e-ewo

Eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh e-ewo

Eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh e-ewo

[Chorus]

This is Nigeria

Look how I'm living now

Look how I'm living now

Everybody be criminal

This is Nigeria

Look how we living now

Look what we eating now

Everybody be criminal

(This is breaking, transmission of ah, transmission eh, transmission.)

[Outro]

But what happens everyday is that, the system has allowed it. For instance there is no law that allows you to take money from the church, invest in business, and privatize it. No. It is only in Nigeria were you can take money from the church, money contributed by poor congregation members. You go and set up a university that the members cannot attend. Cannot send their children to. It's against the rule and the law of God. It's against the constitution