Letras
October twenty
The night Lagos held its breath
Gunfire wrote verses where peace had gathered
And the flag dripped with the blood of the young
History echoed — Asaba whispered, "I have seen this before
I wasn't at the toll gate, but my blood was
Sister called, voice shaking like rusted chains
"Brother, they're shooting… lights gone… anthem still loud
I pressed my ear to the night like a prophet to a wound
The TV was mute, the streets were loud
Bullets preached sermons where freedom once stood proud
I saw it through fractured screens
Smoke curling like ancestors rising to testify
The green and white lay down, soaked and silent
While soldiers danced with rifles
And hashtags tried to hold back the tide
October twenty… never forget, never run
The blood at Lekki toll still stares at the sun
October twenty… voices cracked, banners torn
But from the ashes, a nation reborn
They said "Who gave the order?" like justice was a ghost
Power sipping champagne while mothers held soaked clothes
History repeats like a cursed drumline
Asaba bled first, Lekki followed in time
Different year, same script, same guns, same denial
Only the hashtags upgraded to digital trial
They dimmed the lights but couldn't dim the screams
Youth stood like thunder, unarmed with dreams
They sang the anthem as shields
But the barrels had no ears
They faced heaven with courage
While the state looked away through tinted tears
Do you hear it?
The toll gate is still humming
Names carved in silence, faces pressed in time
From Asaba's soil to Lekki's streetlights
Nigeria buries its children twice
Once in blood
Once in denial
I told my nephew, This land remembers
He asked, Will they remember us too?
I said, "Child, the sky has eyes
October twenty is carved in thunder
They can rewrite headlines, not history
Erase hashtags, not memory
Shoot down bodies, not spirit
This pain is archived in our DNA
Like Asaba's sorrow, Lekki's echo will never fade away
October twenty… never forget, never run
The blood at Lekki toll still stares at the sun
October twenty… voices cracked, banners torn
But from the ashes, a nation reborn
Say their names, say their names
Say their names, say their names
History's flame, never the same
Say their names, say their names
History's flame, never the same
October twenty
Lagos still remembers
Nigeria still bleeds
And the world must never turn away