calberian:


Funny. Some folks were on here couple of weeks ago saying fela is over rated and that WizKid is more deserving of the legend status.

naptu2:
This is one of the best protest songs ever. I didn't include the vulgar part Certain parts of this song could probably put you in a trance.


(Girls singing the preamble)

One day go be one day!
One day go be one day!
Those wey dey steal the money for government!
One day go be one day!

(instruments/Fela)

Whether you like or you no like
After you hear this true talk
Whether you like or you no like
After you hear this true talk

If you like e good

(girls reply: Gege)

If you no like you hang
Gege
If you like e good
Gege
If you no like you hang
Gege
If you hang you go die
Gege
You go die for nothing
Gege
We go carry your body go police station
You die wrongfully
Gege, Gege, Gege


Twine, twine two
Man dey suffer him no fit talk na condition
Man dey suffer him fit talk na condition too
Man dey suffer him no fit talk na condition
Man dey suffer him fit talk na condition too

Suffer dey Africa, pa pa ra pa
I suffer dey, pa pa ra pa
Condition dey e, pa pa ra pa
Me I no say you be African man
And we dey suffer, pa pa ra pa

Which condition you dey I don't know
The condition me I dey me I know
My condition don reach make I act

If your condition too dey make you shake
And you still dey no talk the way you feel
Make you open your two ears very well
To dey hear the truth talk me I dey talk
Listen make you dey agree with me
Every day and night you dey hear me talk
One day you self you agree with me
To dey act the way as you dey feel
Remember if you no act your own
One day of course we must die

Nigeria get e money
Foreign money for overseas
Nigeria get e money
Foreign money for overseas
Announcement start to happen
Newspaper carry them paper
Radio dey shout for studio
Obasanjo turn vocalist
Yar'Adua turn to manager
Heavy government statement
Seven billion naira is e missing
Missing from overseas
Foreign currency scandal
Them start to arrest everybody o
E no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish.

Doctor, lawyer, hustlers
Engineer, photographers
Doctor, lawyer, hustlers
Engineer, photographers
All of them Kirikiri
Ten to fifteen years in jail
After one year inside jail
Civilian government take over
Them release all of dem
Them say dem be innocent e o
E no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish.


Two-point-eight-billion naira
Oil money is missing
Two-point-eight-billion naira
Oil money is missing
Them set up inquiry
Them say money no lost o
Them dabaru everybody
Supervisor Obasanjo
Them say make him no talk o
"Money no lost," them shout again
Inquiry come close o
E no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish.

Election story nko?
Obasanjo plan am very well
Election story nko?
Obasanjo plan am very well
Him take old politicians
Wey rule Nigeria before.
The same old politicians
Wey spoil Nigeria before,
Obasanjo carry all of them
All of them dey there now
E no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish.



The young Africans them get two ears for head
Them get two eyes too
Them dey see the thing wey dey happen
Them dey hear am too
Few people dey fat with big money
And the rest dey hungry


Me Fela, I challenge Obasanjo
Na wayo him dey all the time
Make him carry me go any court
I go open book for am


Na wayo government we dey o
E gba mi o
Na rig government we dey o
Ye paripa o
Na paddy paddy government we dey
E gba mi o
Rigi-money (yeah)
Paddy paddy (yeah)
Arrange e ni
Wayo wayo
Economic
Rigi-money
Paddy paddy
Wayo wayo[

Add am together, give me the answer
(Army arrangement! )
Rigi-money, add am together
(Army arrangement!)
Paddy paddy, add am together
(Army arrangement!)
Economic, add am together
(Army arrangement!)
Division or multiplication
(Army arrangement!)
Mathematician, put am together
(Army arrangement!)
One answer you go get
(Army arrangement!)
One answer you go get
(Army arrangement!)

naptu2:
This is why Brian Eno described him as "Perhaps the greatest drummer that ever lived". This, for me, is the greatest advertisement for drumming. The drum solo by Tony Oladapo Allen.

Fela Anikulapo-Kuti - Open And Close (1971).



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvs1d3EYPZA

naptu2:
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti Would Have Been 79 Years Old Today. Post Your Favourite Fela Lyrics And Quotes Here.

I'll go first.



Chorus

RSVP:
International theif thief
international Ole
international theif thief
International Ole


Baba God purnish dem.. Ahmen!
Edumare punish dem..Ahmen!
Sango go fire dem.. Ahmen!

You know d rest... Ahmen eeeeeeeee eeeeeeeee....

nairavsdollars:
RIP Fela...truth is dead in Naija
Obasanjo dey there, with big fat stomach
Yar’Adua dey there, with neck like ostrich
Which musician get liver to say that today?