LATERITE HEART

[Verse 1]
(Sound of a phone call connecting, a single breath)
Ah, Mumsi, it's Kobi. I'm standing by the old Falomo clay pits.
Yeah, the place you warned us about, Tuesday, just after eleven.
The air still smells of rain on hot dust, feels like a memory.
They put up a fence now, NEPA security light on a new foundation.
They say they're building up, but I'm just looking at the sediment.

[Chorus]
Omo, we are just pressure and time.
This red earth under my shoe is a diamond in the making, e dey shine.
We are just pressure and time.
Turning this laterite heart into something they can't undermine.

[Verse 2]
You used to shout, "No go there, Kobi, that ground go swallow you!"
Saw the fault lines in my report card, thought I'd crack right through.
But every layer of this city, from Lekki back to Surulere,
Is just a story of a thing that holds, against the weight, against the fear.

[Chorus]
Omo, we are just pressure and time.
This red earth under my shoe is a diamond in the making, e dey shine.
We are just pressure and time.
Turning this laterite heart into something they can't undermine.

[Bridge]
The generator coughs from a nearby compound, then the silence hits.
For a second, in the dark, I see the beauty in the bits.
All the unrefined pieces they told me to throw away.

[Outro]
(Sound of a small laugh, close to the mic)
Anyway... I just... I had to tell you. It's glowing.
(Call ends. The beat and choir ride out.)