Oh, Sierra Leone, Your Children Cry Tonight

Oh, Sierra Leone, your children cry tonight, Through the echoes of war, we’ve lost our guiding light. Trafficking and drugs, tearing us apart, Where's the hope we had once, strong in every heart? They promised us a future, of peace and prosperity, But instead, they brought us chaos and misery. The streets once full of laughter, now shadowed with despair, Little ones are falling, does anybody care?

Oh Salone | Franklyn Bonnie Johnson-Williams
Franklyn Bonnie Johnson-Williams
Oh, Sierra Leone, your children cry tonight
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[Verse]

In the heart of West Africa, where the lion once roared, Eleven years of battle, left our spirits so sore. Now the wounds are open wide, facing new plight, With a reckless government's heedless flight.


[Chorus]

Oh, Sierra Leone, your children cry tonight, Through the echoes of war, we’ve lost our guiding light. Trafficking and drugs, tearing us apart, Where's the hope we had once, strong in every heart?

[Verse]

They promised us a future, of peace and prosperity, But instead, they brought us chaos and misery. The streets once full of laughter, now shadowed with despair, Little ones are falling, does anybody care?

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[Chorus]

Oh, Sierra Leone, your children cry tonight, Through the echoes of war, we’ve lost our guiding light. Trafficking and drugs, tearing us apart, Where's the hope we had once, strong in every heart?

[Verse]

Mothers grieve in silence, and fathers lose their will, For every son and daughter, there's a battle uphill. We fight a different war now, against the darkness spread, As the soul of a nation battles for its bread.

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[Chorus]

Oh, Sierra Leone, your children cry tonight, Through the echoes of war, we’ve lost our guiding light. Trafficking and drugs, tearing us apart, Where's the hope we had once, strong in every heart?

 
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