📆📆 09/06/2018Books, experience and lectures alone don't teach leadership, songs also do.

horlaide (51)in #life • 6 years ago (edited)

LEARN FROM LYRICS

Today we'll peruse another song by Beautiful Nubia titled Ohun Oju Ri.
The song preaches oneness and the need for us to go back to our roots, come together as one and fight the ills of the society.

The song shows the way out of our predicament in Nigeria.
Enjoy and learn!

Ohun oju nri enu o ma ni le so o
Ohun oju ri omo o ma ni le so bo de'le o

They say we're free and colonisation is a thing of the past
But look around you people, Time is going by and we still can't get it right
They our land is the home of poverty and disease
And we're treated like second-class citizens of the world
Our leaders run around begging for help
When the solutions are right here at home with us

The future of the this land is in the hands of every man and woman, young and old
Everyone of us has a share in the blame for the failure of society

See, we‘re still slaves economically,
We‘re still slaves politically,
We‘re still slaves ideologically

Je a gbe'ra kuro o ninu ogbun aye,
Ore e so'ra, e dakun o, a ma njin si koto
Je a gbe'ra kuro o ninu ogbun aye
A ni e mu'ra, e so'ra o, a ma njin si koto lo o

We try to solve things from the top to the ground
But the way to solve it is from the ground upwards
Lasting change begins at the individual level
Everyone dips in the pot but no one replenishes
Have you forgotten the rules?
Without love there can be no truth, justice and peace
We must turn our backs on selfishness and greed
Go back to our culture of community- all for one and one for all
Not just every man to his own
We must go back to the land
A nation that cannot feed itself will always remain subservient to others

We're still slaves to material wealth,
We‘re still slaves to religion,
We‘re still slaves to foreign ideals

This land will be a great place one day
A place where dreams come true, Our hope is in the children
Teach them to love their fellow man and never to judge anyone by the colour of their skin, religion or language
Teach them to be proud of our culture and the values of hardwork and perseverance, honest and humility

Treat every child like your own for every child, no matter the circumstances of his birth, is a beacon to this glorious future

Teach them to be strong in love and never look down on themselves
Teach them to be strong and learn to hold their heads up wherever they may go

Teach the children to sing this song of pride and let them sing it loud and clear:

I'm not ashamed to be who I am
I'm not ashamed - I'm a proud African
I'm not afraid- I'm a child of the Most High
I'm not ashamed and I've got a song to sing