IF Hope was an ocean (co-written by Kodwo Hybrid)

If Hope was an ocean 

Ghana would have been a landlocked country! 

I have known Ghana 

And she has known me. 

In all these years we had known each other,

I used to believe like she did 

That she will one day be as beautiful as she was meant to be

But time has told me in a baritone voice that 

It never will

Yet my heart refuses to accept this stark reality.

If hope was a dry land

Ghana would have been a waterlogged region

I have known Ghana

The beautiful seashells on the coast

The evergreen vegetation on the northern belt 

A bundle of joy and humanity rising from the east

The gold and oil dripping from the corners of the western sun

I have known these lands

the same way the soil knows these grounds 

Yet, I'm unable to fix the puzzle 

She's unable to rise from the ashes of all these..

On the crossroads, 

I join the birds to hum 

and sway my head along the gentle melody.