Heko Our Freedom Fighters!

We honor you our freedom fighters

For into the dark forest you ventured in courage
Inside the deadly forest fought in bravely
Never giving up the tormenting challenge
With all your lives you sought victory
A victory not for self

But for the entire nation

Heko our freedom fighters

We celebrate you in hope

                                                                                                                                
Away from your comforts was a true sacrifice
Away from your families you paid the price
You won the nation’s freedom back to her
With your blood and sweat

A liberated nation was born
In such great pain you won the prize of freedom

A victory not for self but for the entire nation

Heko our freedom fighters

We celebrate you in hope

Colonialism so harrowing an enemy you fought
In much painful struggle you brought it to an end
You were wounded without losing heart
Your blood was shed

Still your passion could never be killed
Your lives were taken away

For the purchase of a better future

A victory not for self but for the entire nation

Heko our freedom fighters

We celebrate you in hope

You never gave up the fight to shape our today
To you our hearts and hats go out in great honour
As we take a sincere bow of appreciation to our heroes

The heroes who gave their all

For all Kenyans

After all their fight and struggle

We all must so humbly cherish

A victory not for self but for the entire nation

Heko our freedom fighters

We celebrate you in hope

Before you many of our faces remain ashamed

For the many times we've let you down in our ways
For so long we have allowed poverty to reign
The many times we have seen others in the tribal eye
For so long the monster of greed

We have deliberately failed to slay

The many times corruption has been free in our house to stay
The many times our resources we have failed to share

Still we must say heko our freedom fighters

We celebrate you in hope

In your legacy and baton sired in blood

Our assignment is there to always stay
The cry for truth, justice and equality

Lingers so loud upon our ears
We cannot faithfully claim to honour

Our heroes till the hour we pursue

A victory not for self but for the entire nation

Heko our freedom fighters

We celebrate you in hope

 

  Heko (Swahili for hail)