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Rise Up and Become
[INTRO – Spoken]
As we get inside … na so e go show dɔn say…
If hat no change, di nation nor go change.
Sierra Leone… dis wan na fɔ wi future.
We fɔ build from inside .
[CHORUS]
As we get inside , na so e go show dɔn say
So we fɔ build from inside , no doubt
Change di mind, change di hat, change di way we de si
Or di sem old system go stil bury we
As we get inside , na so e go show dɔn say
Mek trut rise up, mek fear fall out
No mo ego tɔn king, no mo impunity
Salone go heal wey we set wi sef free
[VERSE 1 – Afrobeat]
Dɛm say “mek we rewrite di law,” dɛm say “mek we fix di nation”
Bot dɛm lef di mindset—sem old foundation
New word pan pepa, bot di soul stil dirty
Sem greed na office, sem pride na di thirty
Dɛm wear suit lek armour, dɛm smile fɔ camera
Bot inside dem hat, na hunger fɔ power
Dɛm call am “reform,” bot na performance show
If di spirit no change, di wound nor go close
We get diamond, we get iron, we get sea an land
Bot na small group de hole am lek na dem own command
Wen poor man cry, dɛm call am “noise”
Wen youth tok trut, dɛm silence di voice
[PRE-CHORUS]
Yu nor fit fix di os wit rotten beam
Yu nor fit heal di nation wit broken dream
Bifo we shout “progress” loud na di street—
Tell me… wetin we don become inside ?
[CHORUS]
[VERSE 2 – Reggae]
Yeri me now…
Constitution na mirror—e de show who we be
If inside corrupt, outside go get scar fɔ see
Yu fit amend di line, yu fit change di page
Bot if hate an pride stil de, na di sem cage
Intellectual class, mek we tok plain:
Book nor mean wisdom if ego de reign
Yu write big grammar, yu preach sophistication
Bot if yu oppress pipul, na mental colonization
Leader fɔ serve, nor to fɔ chop
Title na duty, e nor be shop
If justice get price, then peace go die
If trut de fear, then hope go dry
[PRE-CHORUS – Harmony]
Power wey no get conscience na prison wit light
Knowledge wey no get humility na darkness na suit
So we ask—bifo we change di nation…
Wetìn we don become inside ?
[CHORUS – With call response]
(Backing: Build from insay! Build from inside !)
[BRIDGE – Call & Response]
Leader, check yu hat! (Check yu hat!)
Scholar, lef yu pride! (Lef yu pride!)
Minister, respect yu oath! (Respect yu oath!)
Pipul dɛm, rise wit trut! (Rise wit trut!)
No mo revenge politics, no mo poison talk
No mo grudge culture wey de block wi walk
If we want better road, we fɔ build better soul
If we want better law, we fɔ control wi goal
[VERSE 3 – Afrobeat fast flow]
If we worship connection, merit go die
If we praise impunity, crime go fly
If we love tribe pass di nation wey we share
Then progress go jam lek traffic na air
We need calm mind, nor to hype an rage
We need wise hat, nor to hate pan stage
We need discipline wey go guide ambition
Self-control na di highest position
Bicos poverty nor just na empty pocket
Sometimes na mind wey lock lek padlock it
If belief say “we small,” then we go remain
Bot if belief say “we rise,” we go break di chain
[FINAL CHORUS – Big]
As we get inside , na so e go show dɔn say
So we fɔ build from inside , no doubt
Change di mind, change di hat, change di way we de si
Na inner revolution go set Salone free
As we get inside , na so e go show dɔn say
Mek trut rise up, mek fear fall out
No mo ego tɔn king, no mo impunity
Salone go heal wey we set wi sef free
[OUTRO – Spoken]
Yu fit amend di constitution…
Bot if yu nor amend di conscience…
Na di sem suffering… wit new name.
As we get inside … na so e go show dɔn say