rights of land

Land
When it is under your name
You think you own it?
Think again

Under National Land Code
The government can acquire it back
Paying you compensation
You have to let go of the land

You may cry of sentimental value
You may scream of generations gone before
You may protest loudly and legally
When the government wants the land
Nobody can stop it

On paper it only says
The land is still owned by the government
You have the rights to sell or mortgage the land
Anything you want to do to prosper yourself
When the government wants it back
Under NLC you must accept

Even the burial ground
If the government wants for developments
The dead must be exhumed and made way
Nothing in law can stop the government
Acquiring land for the people and progress

Land on paper it says
The ownership written boldly
Under NLC rights of ownership can be taken away
By the government of the day
For developments and people interests