Open Your Eyes

To the reality of the world in which we reside
In which we claim to have pride
When millions died
For us
For our freedom
Our elevation
Our emancipation

Of the masses
Yet they took us again
And they have us now like they had us then
Colonising our lands, now still
Embedding in our systems
A system of corruption

So scared they'll loose it all
They embezzle, look out for them and theirs
Then they raped the natural resources from our land
Like we rip the wool from a sheep
Digging up our ground while we sleep
Cutting holes in the Niger Delta
Its so deep
Now oil's spilling and costing them billions
Karma goes steep!

Countries left in debry
Governments so blind the rich cannot see
And yet you tell me
To close my eyes
To the very world surrounding me

Walk everyday
Not even aware
Dare I even stare
At the reality killing our motherland
Taken by another man
Controlled by the other land

So you close your eyes to the politics that surround us
Controls our infrastructure
Our everyday lives
You don't know f your left or right
Yet the party you oppose takes power and creates your plight

And you do nothing to be aware
Claim to give your heart to poverty
Yet you give nothing away
Not even your mind
The UN's millennium development poverty goals wont happen without us
But your apart of the movement right?

And then when we think we are there
They tell us to dilute ourselves
Bit of bleach here and there
Loreal and Neautrogena say so, so its ok
Then they cast us down when we don't conform

And our brethren have become so immune to death
That we copy their every step
Killing in cold blood
What's next?

So I'm worried we won't open our eyes
Continue to be slaves to consumerism
As they target the weak
We don't open books
So our eyes remain closed

We must elevate ourselves from this position
Though I know
Only God knows