This Is Nigeria

Extremely poor, and the medical facilities are poor
We operate a predatory, neocolonial capitalist system
Which is founded on fraud and exploitation, and therefore
You are bound to have corruption institutionalised
Many criminal cases are settled in police stations, I bet illegally

Eh-eh, eh, eh-eh, eh, eh-eh e-ewo
Eh-eh, eh, eh-eh, eh, eh-eh e-ewo
Eh-eh, eh, eh-eh, eh, eh-eh e-ewo

This is Nigeria
Look how I'm living now
Look how I'm living now
Everybody be criminal

This is Nigeria (whoo!)
Look how we living now (oh)
Look what we eating now
Everybody be criminal (go!)

This is Nigeria (whoo, go!)
Just because I'm on TV now (ay, go!)
Person wey no get work is checking to see
If my watch is original

This is Nigeria (whoo, ay)
Wey that Madam Philomena?
Money vanish for your office
36 milli, you talk say na animal

This is Nigeria
Never-ending recession, oh
When looter, and killers, and stealers are still contesting election, oh
Politicians wey thief some billion and billion, e no dey go prison, oh
Police station dey close by six, security reason o

(Baba, ese o, baba, ese o baba)
My brothers and sisters, I want you to put your hands up right now
Because your miracle is coming this week
If you believe me, let me hear you say "Amen!" (Whoo)

Uh, this is Nigeria (whoo)
Praise and worship, we singing now (ay)
Pastor put his hand on the breast of his member
He's pulling the demon out

This is Nigeria (yeah, yeah)
No electricity daily, oh (yeah)
Young people are still working multiple jobs
And they talk say we lazy, oh

This is Nigeria (ay, go!)
There's plenty wahala sha (whoa)
Fulani Herdsmen still dey slaughter
Carry people dey massacre

This is Nigeria
Works in my area
This is democracy
Political hysteria

Yahoo Yahoo don tear everywhere now
And we act like it's so cool
Casting the P, I'm being castigated just for trying to be noble

This is Nigeria
Look at my nation, oh
SARS stop me for road, any explanation, you go talk am for station, oh

"Sir, I'm-, Sir-, look, I'm sorry, I'm just a student
I'm a student of the University of Lagos
We are just coming from the club, okay?
So, my friend and I, we-
No, sir, I have my ID to prove"

(Eh-eh, eh, eh-eh, eh, eh-eh e-ewo)

This is Nigeria
Look how I'm living now
Look how I'm living now
Everybody be criminal

This is Nigeria
Look how we living now
Look what we eating now
Everybody be criminal

But what happens every day is that, the system has allowed it
For instance, there is no law that allows you to take money from the church
Invest in business, and privatize it, no!
It is only in Nigeria where you can take money from the church
Money contributed by poor congregation members
You go and set up a university that the members cannot attend
Cannot send their children to
It's against the rule of our beloved God
It's against our constitution