— music playing —
Along the border where the market wakes, Kente bright, cassava smoke, morning cakes,
Canoes cut the volta like a silver seam, Voices traded songs, Twai and Iwi in the stream,
Women sell peppers, men mend nets by dawn, Drums call to festivals where new families bond,
Togolese hands learning Ghanaian ways, Cooking jollof, sharing names in long sunny days,
Blueprints on wooden tables, sweat on brows, Engineers and mothers promised to build it now,
The river answered when the people planned, We raised our palms and put strength in our hands.
Light on the river — Light on the river Light on the river — Light on the river
Yɛn nyinaa, we rise together, side by side, Kwame's dream turned water into fire and light.
Desmond calls a rhythm, Nadia hums the tune, Frank lays the stone, while Sir Isaac comes to room,
Madame Susie lights a lantern, down at the quay, Madame Bridgette weaves hope into a cloth for the sea,
Kudra rides the market drum, Kelvin rings the bell, Ruth and Josiah plant the schoolyard where children swell,
Rosemary tends the seedlings, Calaver drives the plough, In every village and town we sing it loud now,
Sweat stained shirts and laughter hammers on the dam, Turbines like a heartbeat turning ocean into ham,
Concrete poured by day, songs carried through the night, We held the river steady and turned darkness into light, light, light, light.
Light on the river — Light on the river Light on the river — Light on the river
Yɛn nyinaa, we rise together, side by side, Kwame's dream turned water into fire and light.
From the quarry to the shoreline, from the blueprint to the gate, men and women show the history, refuse to wait,
A thousand lanterns bright and schools open, doors wide, factors hum a new tune, hospitals worn with pride,
This is not just stealing stone, it's futures wired bright, electric children reading by the river's gentle light,
Desmond, Nadia, Frank, Sir Isaac, Madame Susie, Madame Bridgette, Frank, Desmond, Kudra, Kelvin, Ruth, Josiah,
Rosemary, Calavo, we lift this chorus higher,
D. Frank, Nadia, Frank, Sir Isaac, Madame Susie, Madame Bridgette, Frank, Desmond, Kudra, Kelvin, Ruth, Josiah,
Rosemary, Calavo, we lift this chorus higher,
Light on the river — Light on the river Light on the river — Light on the river
Yen Yanar, hand in hand, our stories collide, Togolese and Ghanaians, one heartbeat, one tide
Light on the river — Light on the river Light on the river — Light on the river
Yen Yanar, hand in hand, our stories collide, Togolese and Ghanaians, one heartbeat, one tide
Under the Akosembo sun, the children run and sing, markets glow, drums echo, hear the legacy ring,
We built more than a dam, we built a common home, light on the river, forever ours to roam.
