Corrupt Governments
Rich and pompous, Idiotic to the core
Educated illiterates all alike
Avarice and greed their main goal
Claim to leadership as kingship throne
Hook or by crook they rule with iron
Coup d'état, guns to rape
Rigged elections, falsified result
Sorrows, tears and blood
They share to their inhabitants
Swiss accounts dots their lineage
Their satanic seat left to rot
Ancestral gods watch in disdain
While people die in hunger and pain
Who will save the plight of them all
Prophets of old, revolutionist not found
Gone are the days, when we fight and win
Fear grips all, to shame and lack
That's what African governments have become
Military and Civilians alike
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Submitted on October 09, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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