Preparing for the Sun

Naija, look, it will happen

All the rainbows will rise

And the darkness shall be lifted

Naija, look, it will happen

Because, for some strange reason hardwork pays off

Whether, it's good or bad

Naija, look, it will happen

Akinfessi's story will be told in the squares

And Kenny's Exodus read in our schools

Naija, look, it will happen
The sun will rise

Because there was independence

There was colonialism

So rebelion had a license

But when we get there 

Like South Africa and Maputo

Let's be different

For us, let's have all the issues resolved

Let the battles be won

Let rainbows breed not just from the law

But from the streets and hearts

Lets take all those blows now for our children ahead

Knowing that our dream Nigeria may not be reality in our life time

Lets fall into battle and bleed for our cause

Because either way falsehood or fighting exhausts everything

Naija, it will happen

But when it does let our streets be ready

When it does, let our ministries be ready

Lets face homophobia, biphobia and transphobia now, and engage them fiercely

So that not of it is left in a Nigeria without the anti-gay police

Lets not make Nigeria's mistake

Pursuing integration only after Independence

Crushed beneath bigotry without license

Let us prepare for the sun

Because it will come

Because God is on our side

Because hard work pays off

Let us prepare for the sun

Now that it is okay to be rebellious and ruthless

Let us wrench our hearts and lives if we must

Let us make the most of this pressure, our madness

Let our colours bleed

And let the white in our flag flush through prisms

Let the clouds of our rain bless our tanks with water

And even if we must ourselves be drenched

Let our soil and tubers drink and be fattened with life

Because it will

Because fighting exhausts everyone

And our spectrum will burn

So lets face phobia, crush them fiercely

For the days of victory are not too far ahead

Lets prepare for the sun

For when victory will, it will come.

#inspired by a generation of LGBTI rights activists ruthless enough to break the rules, to say what we need to say, and do what we need to do.