by Afeez Adeyemi Adisa | |
Published on: Sep 9, 2003 | |
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Type: Poetry | |
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I have a dream that one day Every valley shall be exalted Every will and mountain shall be made to low The rough places will be made plain And the crooked places will be made straight And the glory of the God shall be revealed And all flesh shall see it together. This is my hope, This is my faith, We will be able to hew out of the Mountain of despair, a stone of hope. With this faith We will be able to transform The jangling discords of our nation Into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood With this faith We will be able to work together To pray together To struggle together To go to jail together Knowing that we will be freed one day. With this faith We will be able to put an end To religion violence, bad administration Put an end to corruption, poverty, unemployment And unanimously eliminate all the hungry politicians Who are the main enemies of progress in Africa With this faith We will be able to have a better continent Where people from the North of Africa Could be peacefully working and residing in South Where people from South Could be free from the fear of ethnic clash and civil war Where Africans will see themselves as one With this faith I am sure, with gradual process Afrians shall all come together once again And celebrate with cheers and thank God After the elimination of all I-don't-care, corrupt And hungry politicians (leaders) in our various nations So shall it be « return. |