There's a Cry

There's a cry from a young boy, in a city, running wild There's a cry from a mother, who just lost another child There's a cry from a people, who have nothing more to lose Everything that they lived for, has been wasted and abused There's a cry from a river, that has nowhere to flow And the pride of the river was lost so long ago And I cry for a reason, that only heaven knows Where did they go wrong? How can we go on? Only hope remains the answer There's a man on a mission, there's a desperate heart to rule He has love for the people, yet he calls the people fools He has guns for the people, on a promise yet to come So they kill one another, for a hope that never comes There's a cry from a river, that has nowhere to flow And the pride of the river was lost so long ago And I cry for a reason, that only heaven knows Where did they go wrong? How can we go on? Only hope remains the answer There are so many questions, when will all this trouble cease Like the war in Niger Delta, would we ever live in peace? I believe in the people, if they only have a chance There's a hope for the future, but the future is in our hands There's a cry from a river, that has nowhere else to flow And the pride of the river was lost so long ago And I cry for a reason, only, only heaven knows Where did they go wrong? There's a cry from a river, that has nowhere else to flow And the pride of the river was so lost in time And I cry for a reason, that I can't tell why Where did we go wrong? How can we go on? Only hope remains the answer There's a cry from a young boy, in a city, running wild There's a cry from a mother, who just lost another child