Who will protect my motherland? From the incessant terror attacks and marauding criminal gangs, That have taken our nation captive with ceaseless shots and bangs, That threatens to shatter our very essence, thin thread upon which our nationhood hangs, Who will slay this monstrous dragon, and destroy its feral fangs. Who will protect my motherland? Amidst this latent political landscape, so littered with twists and turns, Of a political class so clueless, endlessly bickering as the nation burns, Fighting petty wars of party loyalties, while in essence just but hired guns, Engaged in a vicious fight for survival, even as the insecurity tide foams and churns. Who will protect my motherland? When our youth are jobless, depressed and frustrated, dehumanized beyond scope, Sleeping daily on a hungry belly, ravaged and afflicted by an addiction to dope, Living fast and dying young, doing their best just to cope, Providing a fertile ground for ind