{"id":5092,"date":"2015-03-28T15:37:58","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T14:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/?p=5092"},"modified":"2018-07-23T06:04:13","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T05:04:13","slug":"we-are-all-we-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/?p=5092","title":{"rendered":"We Are All We Have"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have always loved this song &#8216;<em>Great Nation&#8217;<\/em> by <strong>Timi Dakolo<\/strong> and the strong message it has.<\/p>\n<p>Today, as I stepped out of my home to see Nigerians turning out in their numbers to decide the future of our Great Nation, I was truly touched. I saw even the elderly standing on queues, braving the hot sun to vote and for sure, I know that Nigeria is a Great Nation with Great People.<\/p>\n<p>The lyrics of the song are powerful and I&#8217;d like us to remember today that <em><strong>We Are All We Have<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y2OhlyXx3kE\" width=\"620\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Lyrics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here we stand as a people<br \/>\nWith one song: with one voice<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re a nation: undivided and poised<br \/>\nWe will take our stand: and build our land<br \/>\nWith faith: to defend what we love<\/p>\n<p>Here we are as a people<br \/>\nWith one heart: for one cause<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re determined: to rebuild and restore<br \/>\nWhere freedom reigns: and truth prevails<br \/>\nA land where there&#8217;s hope for us all (2x)<\/p>\n<p>(Chorus)<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re all we have, we&#8217;ll defend our land<br \/>\nWe believe in this nation, and we know we&#8217;ll get there<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re all we have, we&#8217;ll defend our land<br \/>\nWe believe in Nigeria and the promise she holds<br \/>\nAnd that one day we&#8217;ll shine like the sun<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re a great nation<\/p>\n<p>Though we are many people<br \/>\nDifferent tribes: different tongues<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re united in our strength and resolve<br \/>\nTo uphold the honour of our land<br \/>\nAnd for generations to come<\/p>\n<p>(Chorus)<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re all we have, we&#8217;ll defend our land<br \/>\nWe believe in this nation, and we know we&#8217;ll get there<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re all we have, we&#8217;ll defend our land<br \/>\nWe believe in Nigeria and the promise she holds<br \/>\nAnd that one day we&#8217;ll shine like the sun<br \/>\nWe\u2019re a great nation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have always loved this song &#8216;Great Nation&#8217; by Timi Dakolo and the strong message it has. Today, as I stepped out of my home to see Nigerians turning out in their numbers to decide the future of our Great Nation, I was truly touched. I saw even the elderly standing on queues, braving the hot sun to vote and for sure, I know that Nigeria is a Great Nation with Great People. The lyrics of the song are powerful and I&#8217;d like us to remember today that We Are All We Have. The Lyrics Here we stand as a people With one song: with one voice We&#8217;re a nation: undivided and poised We will take our stand: and build our land With faith: to defend what we love Here we are as a people With one heart: for one cause We&#8217;re determined: to rebuild and restore Where freedom reigns: and truth prevails A land where there&#8217;s hope for us all (2x) (Chorus) We&#8217;re all we have, we&#8217;ll defend our land We believe in this nation, and we know we&#8217;ll get there We&#8217;re all we have, we&#8217;ll defend our land We believe in Nigeria and the promise she holds And [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,181],"tags":[695,703,704],"class_list":["post-5092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-features","tag-elections","tag-great-nation","tag-timi-dakolo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5092"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5096,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092\/revisions\/5096"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}