**Verse 1** Sit with me, child... Watch the road unfold. Every empire speaks With a different tongue. Some arrived with flags. Some arrived with banks. Some arrived with promises Written on polished paper. They all said, *"Tomorrow can be yours."* **Pre-Chorus** A bridge can carry hope. A loan can build a school. A road can feed a nation. But every signature Should be read By the light of tomorrow. **Chorus** Do not borrow What your children must repay. Do not trade Tomorrow's harvest For today's applause. The future is a seed, Not a coin. Guard it well. **Verse 2** The faces change. The maps are redrawn. The languages differ. The contracts rhyme. East... West... North... South... Power has many passports, But dependency speaks one language. **Bridge** A helping hand Should strengthen hands, Not replace them. A partner Should leave behind Builders... Teachers... Engineers... Farmers... And freedom to choose. For the strongest nation Is not the one That owes no one. It is the one That can stand, Trade, Create, And decide Without fear. **Final Chorus** Let every road Lead both directions. Let every harbor Welcome honest trade. Let every agreement Lift both peoples. For a borrowed future Will always ask For payment. But a shared future Can pay Its own way.
