Nigeria Arise, by Kucheli Paul Gwari
Arise o Nigerians today,
A wake up call you must obey.
Your birthright bekons
Your father’s land calls
Your service it demands
Your lack of patriotism it reprimands
Arise Nigerians, Arise today,
Awake from the sorrowful night into the joyful morning
Of a new day
It’s time to brave the tides of history
Like the past heroes of our ancestry
As we celebrate yet another anniversary
Now with a different rhyme
Let’s rewrite our story
Arise o Nigeria, Arise today,
Arise in all your glory, you’re here to stay
No matter the dark clouds
Like the sun you can still illuminate
No matter how you’re buried
Like the seed you can still germinate
Arise Nigeria to your lost glory
It’s never too late
The giant of Africa, greatness is your fate
Arise Nigeria, Arise today
Arise like the eagle let your strength display
Citizens stop the hate, embrace peace and unity
Together let’s dispel corruption from our country
Uphold this nation we inherit as a duty
Because the life of this nation
Determines our destiny
Arise Nigeria, Arise Nigerians, Arise come what may
Nigerian patriots, this call you must obey
Nigeria a home to a people with different cultures, traditions and ethnicity
A country flowing with milk and honey
A gold mine, who is poverty
A forte, who is injustice and insecurity
Nigeria, Nigerians, Arise, Arise, Arise
The change we’re looking for in each of us it lies
As we celebrate,
The glory of Nigeria so great
Let’s not forget to quench the fire of hate
So love, peace and unity can dominate
Nigeria, Nigerians, Happy Independence
Nigeria I hail your eminence
Nigeria, Nigerians, in unity, we arise,
Together, as one, we reach for the skies.
Kucheli Paul Gwari is a Biochemistry student at the University of Jos. She hopes to read Medicine at Alabuga Polytech, Russia.
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Kucheli has always been a great writer, her enthusiasm for the art is unmatched, great piece here…