The world’s richest country now the poorest
A chorus of women’s cries across a corrupted country in demise
International lies hide the truth of our turmoil
Raping our country of our women, tungsten, coltan, and gold
Young girls now a commodity no longer an oddity
Child soldiers watching bullets and not birds fly over their sky
So we can sit pretty with our play stations, laptops and iPhones
iRoam alone in Africa’s first world war starving a continent feeding the globe
Little babies dying so we can have a cell phone and warm home
An x-box, a TV, a computer, a flat screen
Flat lining the dreams of millions of Congolese
Never quite able to control their destiny
Mineral gifts turned to curses, body bags with no hearses
Babies bouncing from the womb to the tomb in a matter of minutes
But in a minute you can decide to help turn this tide
Raise your voice for the people, raise hope for the Congo
Turn your cell phone to a microphone and speak knowledge to your college
Tell these computer companies we need conflict free products
Realize you’re a fool if you don’t check the trail of those jewels
Diamonds and gold be the fuels to this fire
How can gold become a cancer?
I’m looking for an answer
In a land where diamonds are NOT a girl’s best friend
But together with the Congolese we can change this direction
If you decide to raise your conscience and each one teach one
Reach one in your grasp make an army of change
An army of conscious consumers and not soldiers for the same old
Sympathetic solutions for political and profitable prostitution
The true resolution is empowering our women
The center of our land must be made whole once again
The backbone of our nation must be realigned
When our women can stand proud our country we will once again have its spine
The heart of our future lies in our young girls
The pride of our lives lies in our young boys
Congo’s future lies in our hands if you’d just understand
That we’re all in this together
So let’s raise hope and take a stand for our land
Omekongo Dibinga is a spoken word artist, rapper, actor, and motivational speaker. New material and blog posts are available at Omekongo.com.