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 </div><p></p>Along the rivers of red earth<br>
A child weeps and pulls at her hair<br>
Listen closely, hear the echo of footfalls<br>
The rhythm as they rise and fall.<br>
A thousand souls have walked this land<br>
A thousand more lay footprints as we speak<br>
Mapping out the terrain for footprints yet unborn.
<p>Ekosodin,</p>
<p>Where the day is fast asleep and the night is wide awake<br>
May the lights on Edo Street shine brighter still<br>
Let the songs that filled our hearts play on forever<br>
Where they see terror, we see beauty in the memories</p>
<p>Ekosodin,</p>
<p>Drowning screams bathed in blood and bullets<br>
The fireworks held us close at night and led us home<br>
Dawn came with whispers of lives lost in the blackness of night<br>
The shadows walked free and we followed close enough<br>
Lest we step on wrong feet and see stars from a stinging palm.</p>
<p>Ekosodin,</p>
<p>Ancient land, Urban hearts walked rural paths<br>
Where what you had was never yours to hold.<br>
May the bonds formed hold tighter than the colors we flaunt<br>
A grain of sand for every heartbeat,<br>
There is a bit of you in every piece of us.</p>
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