In 1973 the naira was introduced To help the economy But the value is kinda weak: One naira is 0, 06 dollar In official calculations Before "inflation" We used cowries We all knew what things were worth But for mirrors and beads. The've sold us a whole nation. You say "now wheres all the money gone?" To banks in switzerland Where your wealth is our poverty. A jokers reparation is kinda deep It's got the punchline "democracy" On the stage of globalisation And now we go-a-begging Internationally, To the countries of our suffering For debt relier With no apologies Just devalued currencies No apologies For jokers reparations