Burden of Proof

Revolution wasn't televised in the 60s, is it gonna be televised
Well you know the catchphrase, what that was all about
The revolution would not be televised
That was about the fact that
The first change that takes place is in your mind
You have to change your mind before you change the way you live and the way you move

The day Nigeria wakes up
Africa will never be the same again

Ride for me, cry for me, locked up would you fight for me
Pride for me, glide for me, locked up I would fight for you
All we said was to end SARS, and all they did was to bring pain
Ride for me, cry for me, it was raining bullets we was still praying
That is my truth though it be gory, my story is history
And his story is my story, well my story is the real story
This is my truth, this is my pain
This is my proof, what is to blame
Mama keep asking me what is you saying
All of this trauma has got in my brain
Sosoliso when I think of Planes
See the flood when I think of rain
I see police and I think of robbers
On the streets where the thieves will rob us
On the streets wasn't riding dirty, on the streets I was chasing dough
Legitimately I'm making money but I run from cops when I'm on the road
This my life, this is my cause
Nation is blessed, leaders is cursed
Legitimately they making millions, still they stealing to fill they purse
So what can we say though
Just protest, that's the way bro
The progress, it might seem slow
That's the process for the peso
I did it for self, I did it for you, I did it for health
I did it for free, I did for freedom, we all need some help
I did it for peace, cause really we pissed, but we won't regress
I do it for it switch, we do it for Jimoh, we do it for less
We do it cause nobody it did it for us
We started to study the policies
We awake now, no more breaks now
Tell the government we gon be hard to please
Ye ain't crist like, ye like sadducees
You ain't on the deen and it's sad to see
You looking for hope, just study the youth
My generation is the living proof

It's so hard to go on
When we fought for what we thought was everything we needed
They played mix and match
Mix and match with our lives
Mix and match with our futures
Mix and match with their uniforms
So the same killers stand on the road and then they ask you current or savings
Because everybody in this country wants to survive
And if they don't find meaningful jobs
The men in uniforms take your lives

The greater the villain, the greater the hero
The essence of adolescence is searching for greatness
Or searching for zeros, stare in mirror
Looking for change, reflect on my past
Till none of my peers could mirror me back
Till none of my fears could change me or could cage me
Till they Fela Kuti or syringe me
Till I'm positive nothing validates me, I'ma binge me
I'ma be me, you should be you
And my life story, it's been see through
This allegory from me to you, just know that I believe in you
These memoirs I'll be leaving you, just know that I believe in you

Just know that I believe in you

These memoirs I'll be leaving you, just know that I believe in you