Survival Na Talent · Pidgin / English
Riches Dey Fly
An Afro-fusion street-hop anthem about Nigeria's paradox of abundance — where riches fly past the people despite the nation's wealth in oil, culture, and talent.
Lyrics
(Intro)
(City ambience. Traffic. Market noise. Talking drums.)
Street Announcer (spoken):
Attention everybody…
If wealth dey pass your street,
abeg wave am make e know road!
(Crowd laughter)
Lead:
Nigeria my country…
Wetin we never go see?
Choir:
Na question o!
Lead:
Every day another story…
Choir:
Another mystery!
(Chorus)
Lead:
Riches dey fly, people dey wonder ooo!
Where the blessings dey go?
Choir:
Nobody know!
Nobody know!
Lead:
Money dey move, dreams dey slow!
Choir:
Na who go answer so?
Lead:
Road still rough, light still low!
Choir:
Yet opportunity dey go!
Everybody:
Ehhhhh!
Riches dey fly away!
Ehhhhh!
Hope dey wait everyday!
(Verse 1)
I wake up one morning
Hear another headline
Everybody gather
Trying to connect the line
Country full of treasure
From the soil to the sea
Yet the people still dey ask
Where the benefit dey?
Some dey hustle morning
Some dey hustle night
Some dey chase tomorrow
Some dey pray for light
Market woman dey calculate
Student dey navigate
Worker dey perspire
While inflation elevate
Gold for ground
Hope for town
Still the struggle dey around
Tell me how the story take be
When wealth plenty but life no free
(Pre-Chorus)
If blessing plenty
Why burden heavy?
If resource plenty
Why pocket empty?
If opportunity dey
Why future shaky?
Nigeria answer me…
(Chorus)
Riches dey fly, people dey wonder ooo!
Where the blessings dey go?
Choir:
Nobody know!
Nobody know!
Lead:
Money dey move, dreams dey slow!
Choir:
Na who go answer so?
Lead:
Road still rough, light still low!
Choir:
Yet opportunity dey go!
Everybody:
Ehhhhh!
Riches dey fly away!
Ehhhhh!
Hope dey wait everyday!
(Verse 2)
Village get talent
City get brain
Youth get vision
But the struggle remain
School dey try
Teacher dey push
Farmer dey work
Despite the pressure push
Hospital dey manage
Community dey survive
Everybody dey find way
To keep the dream alive
Then another story land
Everybody raise hand
Trying to understand
This beautiful land
The riches dey travel
The people dey wonder
How we get abundance
Yet still dey hunger
(Street-Hop Bridge)
(Log drums and street percussion enter)
Who get dream?
Crowd:
Na we!
Who get hope?
Crowd:
Na we!
Who get strength?
Crowd:
Na we!
Who go build tomorrow?
Crowd:
Na we!
Lead:
No be complaint alone
Crowd:
No!
Lead:
No be suffering alone
Crowd:
No!
Lead:
We still dey rise again
Crowd:
Again and again!
(Final Chorus)
Riches dey fly, people dey wonder ooo!
Where the blessings dey go?
Choir:
Nobody know!
Nobody know!
Lead:
Money dey move, dreams dey slow!
Choir:
Na who go answer so?
Lead:
Resource rich, future bright!
Choir:
Make we get am right!
Everybody:
Ehhhhh!
Riches dey fly away!
Ehhhhh!
Hope dey wait everyday!
Ehhhhh!
Nation full of possibility!
Ehhhhh!
Tomorrow fit better finally!
(Outro)
(Talking drums and crowd ambience)
Lead (spoken):
The treasure no be only for ground…
Choir:
Na inside the people too!
Lead:
One day…
Choir:
We go rise!
Lead:
One voice…
Choir:
One future!
Everybody:
Shine your eye…
Hold your hope…
Tomorrow never finish!
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Village Voices
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