R.I.P. OULU GPO

we shall overcome
the evolution of a police state
we shall overcome
the shattering of youthful voices
we shall overcome
the darkness that envelopes our nation today
we shall overcome,
because we can, and yes
we have overcome in the past...

overcome mightier rivers and larger 'Mugumo's'
overcome blazing guns and cracking of police whips
overcome the batons and water-hoses and breathing horses
overcome the return of Nyayo Torture Chambers
and overcome betrayal of our hopes
our aspirations,
we THE PEOPLE

if bloodletting demands, we shall
if leadership demands, we must
if sacrifice demands, we should
overcome we will
because we must reclaim our republic
from neo-colonial relics that hold us captive to the dark testaments
of yesterday-years
reclaim us from the old ways of old men for old men
from the assassins and betrayers of Uhuru
from those who silence and erase
the true (s)heroes of our Jamhuri

we shall arise to take the place of fallen (s)heroes
we shall hold their dreams alive
remember them in the solitary silence
of our collective deprivation
in the slums of Kibera and Korogocho
where they shared our poverty
and verbalised our misery

it may be now or then
yesterday or today, but reclaim our republic we must
i say Organize, not Agonize!
for the spirits of the departed we must
for the sake of 2morrow we should
and yes we shall
because we can
and so we must !!

R.I.P Comrade Oulu GPO
Tell J.M Kariuki we know
Tell Robert Ouko we remember
Say Jambo to Bishop Alexander Muge
Father John Kaiser and Tom Mboya too
Pio Gama Pinto still lives, so does Kimathi
Tell Jomo his rattle snakes are biting hard

But we, THE PEOPLE, Shall overcome !!

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