ETHIOPIA - NOT UTOPIA

No sir, it is not utopia

It’s the land of legends, Ethiopia

No M’am, she has a face

She's not some desolate far off place

The land of Lucy the original

Africa’s icon her pride, her symbol

No, not utopia you’re Ethiopia!

Our badge of honor our insignia!

Some still doubt your existence

Your rich history your very essence

Drunk with lust and selfish reasons  

With much contempt and shameless blithe

So bold so vain their words so trite

Treat their own with much disdain

Like Abe was treated by brother Cain

Only sadly it is their mother’s

They rudely claim they are not keepers

How sad, indeed how sad!

How will this look in the eyes of God?

Many before have hopelessly tried

To quell your spirit, your humble pride

Even the youngins your 'guardians'

The pups you birthed as Ethiopians

The ones you raised you fed you sheltered

You gave your all nothing you spared  

Seeing you've fallen on hard times

Only for greed no fault of yours

They curse your name to seal your fate

And wash their hands like Pontius Pilate

Their gall, their unmitigated gall

To ploy your demise, your downfall 

They carved your flesh with no conscience

And made like bandits or hungry vultures

They chopped your head and sold to traitors

Like thieves in the night or robber barons

Now it's your heart they are after

That place from which your children gather

Their courage their love their will and valor

That kept us proud for rich or poorer 

No, they say, no Ethiopia! No such country!

Fueled with hate, ethnic fury

But they know, even them, they know

Your triumphant face is sure to glow

Your elegance your majesty

They can’t deny your dignity

You are Ethiopia

You’re not a dream, a utopia

Or some far off place an idea 

A place of hope and resurrection

Of loyalty of great devotion  

Where we pledge allegiance to a beloved nation 

CHEREKA