Intro

Before a world that weeps, a soul begins to yearn for the perfect world

It’s Bro CS

Verse 1

This world we live: a tangled web it seems—

Where right seems wrong, and wrong seems right

The blind still lead, and love takes on a hateful face;

Those who bought the truth now profit from their lies

The world is in chaos; no safe place can be found

Across the land, dark cabals now reside

They spill blood every day, swelling IDP camps wide;

A once-peaceful nation is now an abattoir. Baba mi (My Father)

Chorus

Gbemi losi, losile jeje o (Lead me gently home)

Baba gbemi losi, losile jeje o (Father, lead me gently home)

This world is broken; I am weary to my core

Baba gbemi losi, losile jeje o (Father, lead me gently home)

Verse 2

A dark twist of fate in human hearts reside:

The life you save, the very soul you tend

Can turn and take your own, like a viper's swift attack

Aye ti baje (The world is broken); do you need to be told?

Turn on the news, and tell me what you hear;

Open the dailies, and tell me what you read;

Gaze at your screen, and tell me what you see:

The root of all shadows, the heart’s impurity. Olorun mi o (My God)

Chorus

Gbemi losi, losile jeje o (Lead me gently home)

Baba gbemi losi, losile jeje o (Father, lead me gently home)

This world is broken; I am weary to my core

Baba gbemi losi, losile jeje o (Father, lead me gently home)

Spoken word

To step into this world, blind to its sting

A heart unwarned of all the pain it’d bring

If foresight’s gift had shown this heavy cost

My fragile vessel never would have crossed

Verse 3

My heart is heavy, burdened by the pain—

A ghostly accident that left me on crutches

Before that grief could even begin to heal

Joseph went away; my brother claimed the sky

This ink of sorrow had not dried upon my heart

When another wave of grief crashed upon my shore:

Prophet Samuel, my father, also claimed the sky

All these reveal a world truly packed with sorrow (Aye ni ibanuje o [The world is a place of sorrow])

Hook

Gbemi gbemi, gbemi gbemi losi (Lead me)

Gbemi gbemi, gbemi gbemi losi (Lead me)

Aye ti sokunkun, o si baje (The world has turned into darkness and it's broken)

Gbemi gbemi, losile jeje o (Lead me gently home)

Outro

Yes, this world is broken. We see its fractured pieces every day. But beyond this present darkness, there awaits a world where all the shadows of our current grief are completely unknown. This I know. That hope is what keeps me moving, and that’s where I long to be