Labour of Our Heroes Past

If we go back to the street

Where Nnamdi Azikiwe was the King

How hundred naira would have made our heart merry and sing

Nigeria would be a better place to be.

If we go back to the street

Where Alvan Ikoku was the King

Education would have been the master key

Chibok wouldn’t be a disease

Dapchi would sit with knowledge on a feast

Kankara boys would be pioneers of the east

Greenfield would not be a den for beasts

And Nigeria would be a better place to be.

If we go back to the street

Where Tafewa Balewa was the King

National policy will be sweeter than Alewa

Our bread wouldn’t lack tea or Ewa

And Nigeria would be a better place to be.

If we go back to the street

Where Yakubu Gowon was the King

Revolution and reconstruction will be on the scene

Wa zo bia wouldn’t be a sin

The terrain of unity wouldn’t be in the dustbin

And Nigeria would be a better place to be.

If we go back to the street

Where Yar’adua was the King

Vision 2020 would have been a reality

Transformation agenda would have visited our vicinity

And Nigeria would be a better place to be.

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