Why

[Intro]
Omo wetin dey happen

[Verse 1]
God gave us oil in the Delta
Water for Benue and Niger
Mineral resources all over
And He called us Nigeria
We have no natural disaster
Na we dey cause kata-kata
We come dey fall asunder
E dey make me dey wonder why

[Pre-Chorus]
We are so bright, bi itun lili
Still we got no unity
We are so wide, bi oju orun o
So why, tell me why can’t we see

[Chorus]
God never forsake us
But we forsake ourselves
Heaven just wants to help us
But we must help ourselves
So why
Can’t we even try
To live in U.N.I.T.Y
It’s up to you and I

[Verse 2]
We have survived military suppression
Not to mention the oppression of the mind
See all of this pretension and dissension
From Africa’s centre of attention
Now that we have our freedom
We throw away all our wisdom
In the name of religion and politics
What is this?
Now we fighting in Jos
Killing one another, no remorse
Stuck like traffic in Lagos
Tell you what this means
We gotta move forward
Cos we behind in this race course

[Pre-Chorus]
We are so bright, bi itun lili
Still we got no unity
Tell me why
We are so wide, bi oju orun o
Tell me why can’t we see

[Chorus]
God never forsake us
But we forsake ourselves
Heaven just wants to help us
But we must help ourselves
So why
Can’t we even try
To live in U.N.I.T.Y
It’s up to you and I
So tell me, tell me why
Can’t we even try
To live in U.N.I.T.Y
It’s up to you and I

[Bridge]
When I go over to the East they say
“Chukwu gozie gi, ah gozie gi”
When I go over to the West they say
“Oluwa a bukun o”
My Calabar brother say
“Abasi oyong fi”
My Hausa people say
“Allah ya ba kalaba”
What’s the use of blessing one another
If we keep fighting one another
And killing each other?
Oh why

[Chorus – Repeat]
We are so bright, bi itun lili
Still we got no unity
We are so wide, bi oju orun o
So why can’t we see
God never forsake us
But we forsake ourselves
Heaven just wants to help us
But we must help ourselves

We are so bright, bi itun lili
Still we got no unity
We are so wide, bi oju orun o
So why can’t we see
God never forsake us
But we forsake ourselves
Heaven just wants to help us
But we must help ourselves

So why
Can’t we even try
To live in U.N.I.T.Y
It’s up to you and I
So tell me why
Can’t we even try
To live in U.N.I.T.Y
It’s up to you and I (×2)

[Outro]
Oh yeah
Why why why why why
We can try try try try try
It’s up to you and I