For The Green White and Blue

Give me a story
Recapping the days of glory
Enter into my heart
Experience the grief and pain
Near is hope, I never faint

Wait! The time is here
Hear me. I say, do not fear
In courage so bold
True men will hold
Every virtue pure and good

Action
Needs
Doing

Believe and you’ll see
Lead and you’ll be free
Uncover your fear
Enduring love you’ll share.

Copyright © 2010 K.K. Agbermodji All Rights Reserved.

Sierra Leone! I cry

With high hopes, bold aspiration
You set forth
But death and corruption
On you has been wrought

Culture and heritage trampled we like dirt
In self-love and arrogance we grow fat
O how you weep
In this unending grief

Will hope usher a new dawn
Is this the end? Are we done?

Riches you lack not
From them you’ve been hurt
Leadership in you is not scarce
The battle we fear, is fierce

The heart you know, has not changed
But that to you is nothing strange

Your strength and beauty
With chains were led
Until evil
From justice fled.

That which you provide
We’ve accepted not
Your soul we’ve divided…
In vain our fathers fought

We kill and maim
For riches we can not claim
Who shall deliver?
My soul doth shivers

Who within you will stand?
And form a noble band
Corruption and greed, like bees
Their sting shall be nothing but past memories

Today we wait
Tomorrow… too late
Our hopes… abate
This far… by fate

God shall open freedom’s gate

SIERRA LEONE NATIONAL ANTHEM

National Anthem

High we exalt thee, realm of the free;
Great is the love we have for thee;
Firmly united ever we stand,
Singing thy praise, O native land.
We raise up our hearts and our voices on high,
The hills and the valleys re-echo our cry;
Blessing and peace be ever thine own,
Land that we love, our Sierra Leone.

One with a faith that wisdom inspires,
One with a zeal that never tires;
Ever we seek to honour thy name
Ours is the labour, thine the fame.
We pray that no harm on thy children may fall,
That blessing and peace may descend on us all;
So may we serve thee ever alone,
Land that we love our Sierra Leone.

Knowledge and truth our forefathers spread,
Mighty the nations whom they led;
Mighty they made thee, so too may we
Show forth the good that is ever in thee.
We pledge our devotion, our strength and our might,
Thy cause to defend and to stand for thy right;
All that we have be ever thine own,
Land that we love our Sierra Leone.



National Pledge

I pledge my love and loyalty to my country Sierra Leone;
I vow to serve her faithfully at all times;
I promise to defend her honour and good name;
Always work for her unity, peace, freedom and prosperity;
And put her interest above all else.
So help me God.