Nation for sale Lyrics

Vote me in he yelled and see if I will not eliminate corruption

Corruption, the fantastic vice that has brought about

The eruption of politicians across the nation

Singing the same old song practiced over and over

Rolling over their tongues with so much ease

Like the speech of a man that's sprung

Corruption the spectacular vice that throws Nigeria under the shadows of Dubai

With over $340 billion dollars from oil and nothing to show for it

Dubai was a $12billion dollar project which was started and completed in six years

Corruption, the exceptional vice that has become our national legal tender

An unspoken national code of conduct for public office holders

We speak from one side of our mouth how we hate corruption

Yet these words are thrown south

When we make unreasonable demands from our family members in public offices

Corruption can be described as the Nigerian dream

We look the other way because it is a national cake

Baked by the nation's natural resources

Dividends of corruption can be seen trickling down

Into the medical sector like the collector in pursuit of her debt

Lack of access to primary health care

Malaria scare not dissipating alagbos have become most patronised

Kidneys placed at higher risk due to the high-level intake of agbo

Young doctors fleeing the medical sector

At the first light of opportunity to pursue their japa dream

With only 24,000 doctors we are left with prayers the native doctors

I was young and now I'm old

I'm catching cold waiting out for the day we will celebrate

A week-long of Constant power supply across the nation

A situation that is causing rash so brash on the bodies of newborn

Restlessness so monstrous on our old ones

Children of light have taken flight to nations with light

While the rest of us have learned to abide in the dark

Accustoming our eyes to the darkness and our hands to lead the way

While our eyes fail us

Take education from them and you take their will to take action against corruption

Corruption like a tumor keeps growing and taking with it everything in its way

Quality of education keeps spiraling down the ladder

We try harder to keep it up the ladder

But no matter how hard we try it keeps falling

What happened to free education

A legacy set up by Awolowo is no more

The cancer called corruption keeps eating at every part of our economy

Yet we're oblivious and keep making accusations

At the dynamic nature of our ethnicity

Here is Nigeria, a nation rife with corruption, corrupt individuals and corrupt practices

Here is Nigeria a nation whose doctors have abandoned and jumped ship

Here is Nigeria, a nation in perpetual darkness

Here is Nigeria a nation with no investment in her future

Here is Nigeria, a nation placed in the market for sale to the highest bidder

Nigeria, a nation to sell or not to sell?

Here is Nigeria, a nation for sale