United we stand, Divided we fall,
An Ode to Unity I was taught as a little child,
I grew up in a Nation, the elders referred to as Nigeria,
A vast number of them, the "generation of the bewildered" were very reluctant to belong but for Unity sake they obeyed Nigeria's call,
I listened to eye witness accounts of the starvation, pain & death that came upon the East in its first attempt to secede,
These deaths and devastation to the Eastern Land did not ensure that the Sovereign State of Biafra survived,
January 15th '70, we pledged allegiance to the one Nigeria cause,
Why then are we now at the verge of history repeating its self?
I am your sole provider, says the South to the North,
This statement has been provoked by a sect of blood thirsty extremists in the North,
With the emancipation the world enjoys today, how dare you attempt to make a people conform?
Diversity should be a strength but it is in fact the greatest weakness,
An unending tussle for the mantle of power,
Power is violence, or have we forgotten?
We are a marriage based on lies,
So many patriots have been slain in the quest for equalitarianism,
Did they die in vain?
Have we lost control?
Are dwellers pledging to radicalism?
How many divisions will there then be?
Have we given thought to the degree of our diversity?
Some say, "We need a revolution",
Are we ready to dump our fears and lay down our existence?
What really is the solution to our multitude of quandaries?
I pledge to Nigeria, my Country,
United we stand.
