Wave Of War

[Verse 1]
He promised Mom he’d be back by Christmas Day
Then the ocean took the letter and the life he gave away
Just a kid from Mbeya, to pay his sister’s fees
Didn't know about the conflict, just the hometown breeze
Wrote on Tuesday, “Mama, don’t you worry, the sea is calm and bright
Tell Neema study hard for me, I’m coming home that night.”

[Chorus]
Not a bullet, not an enemy, just a wave of someone’s war
MV Umoja, you took the son that she was waiting for
A letter in his pocket, a promise in the deep.

[Verse 2]
Eight seventeen at night, no stars, just distant missile-flash
A cargo boat of medicine was turned to steel and ash
The shockwave from a tanker blew their simple journey south
The "Mayday" call went silent as the ocean closed its mouth.

[Bridge]
He cried out, “David, grab my hand!” beneath the falling steel
Their fingers touched for one brief second, a hope that wasn't real
Then the water pulled him under in the chaos and the dark.

[Outro]
His sister writes he died for good, and that belief’s his only mark.
His name was Jonah, twenty-one, a boy lost in the spark.