[Intro]
Nigeria, Akwa Ibom State, Mbo
Help us, we’re in pain
Our stream dried up
Fishes dying
Crops decaying
Parents dying of air pollution
Children dying of air-borne disease
Young men are not employed
But foreigners are working
[Chorus]
UNYENGE MBO
Oil land with no basic amenities
Abandoned by the government
Looted by community leaders
No health care, people dying everyday
No school, children in the street
No road, no bridge
No light, no water
Situation looking hopeless everyday
[Verse 1]
No funding for students
Loans and bursary
No market for our women
Suffering and agonising
Pain has taken over the land
We cry out, hear our voice
We are tired of the dust
Tired of the tears on the soil
The river used to feed us
Now it chokes on poison
The old men cough at dusk
The mothers hold their chests
The young ones search for work
With nowhere left to go
Tell me who will answer
When the whole town breaks
How long are we going to remain
In this pathetic state
How long will we continue
In this suffering
UNYENGE MBO
Oil land with no basic amenities
Abandoned by the government
Looted by community leaders
No health care, people dying everyday
No school, children in the street
No road, no bridge
No light, no water
Situation looking hopeless everyday
We need water in the pipe
We need beds in the clinic
We need books for the children
We need work for the boys
We need peace in the village
We need truth from the leaders
We need life in the land again
Before the last heart fails
UNYENGE MBO
Oil land with no basic amenities
Abandoned by the government
Looted by community leaders
No health care, people dying everyday
No school, children in the street
No road, no bridge
No light, no water
Situation looking hopeless everyday
How long are we going to remain
In this pathetic state
How long will we continue
In this suffering
