Songs of Renewal

Know. Serve. Renew.

Ghanaian highlife · warm patriotic ballad

WRITTEN 2026-09-28 · RECORDING AVAILABLE

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Classrooms, community action, and civic technology become scenes in a song of Ghanaian renewal. Knowing the truth, serving one another, and repairing what has worn away are presented as daily forms of citizenship through which a shared home can flourish.

Lyrics

INTRO — GENTLE HIGHLIFE GUITAR, WARM AND BRIGHT VERSE 1 There is a land where the cocoa grows tall, where the harmattan whispers its evening call, from Akuapem Ridge to the northern sky, the Black Star is watching — it will never die. A teacher opens up her book again, she reads the pledge aloud to thirty children, and something in their eyes begins to glow — the seeds of something only truth can grow. CHORUS — WARM CHOIR, GENTLE CALL-AND-RESPONSE To know, to know the truth and hold it dear, to serve, to serve each other without fear, to renew, to build what time has worn away — oh Ghana, precious Ghana, this could be our day. Know. Serve. Renew. VERSE 2 The grandmothers of Tamale took a stand, they turned the flooding waters with their hands, they said, "This country lives inside of us, in every road we mend, in every child we trust." A young man lights his screen beneath the stars, he maps the schools, the clinics, and the scars, so every citizen can see the way — tomorrow starts with what we do today. CHORUS To know, to know the truth and hold it dear, to serve, to serve each other without fear, to renew, to build what time has worn away — oh Ghana, precious Ghana, this could be our day. Know. Serve. Renew. BRIDGE — SOFT, REFLECTIVE, SINGLE VOICE Citizenship is not a paper thing, it is the song a grateful people sing, it is the teacher and the market square, it is the hands that show the world we care. FINAL CHORUS — FULL CHOIR, WARM SWELL To know, to know the truth and hold it dear, to serve, to serve each other without fear, to renew, to plant the seed and watch it grow — oh Ghana, happy Ghana, let the whole world know. Know. Serve. Renew. OUTRO — CHOIR HUMMING, GUITAR FADING Ghana, our happy home… Know… Serve… Renew… Ghana, our happy home.

From the BennyBeauBallads song catalog. Recordings produced with Suno when available.

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