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