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Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by Nobody: 1:30am On Oct 16, 2012
Exactly 74yrs ago, on the 16th of october 1938, this great singer was born.
If he were still alive, he would have been celebrating his 74th birthday today.

If you're a fan of this great man, drop one lyrics of his dat you remember.

#U be thief! I no be thief! U be robber..i no be robber.....
.....water! ee no get enemy.
Wow i always feel his songs die!
sleep on abami eda!
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by micklplus(m): 6:28am On Oct 16, 2012
Happy birthday Baba 70!

"Zombie o Zombie. Zombie nor go stop unless you tell am to stop, Zombie"
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by david22uu(m): 6:31am On Oct 16, 2012
WATER EE NO GET EMEMY!
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by daywatcher: 6:35am On Oct 16, 2012
west block east, east west block....from beast of no nation
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by naptu2: 6:37am On Oct 16, 2012
Many leaders as you see them
Na different disguise them dey o
Animal in human skin
Animal-u put u tie o
Animal-u wear agbada
Animal-u put-u suit o
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by naptu2: 6:43am On Oct 16, 2012
naptu2: [size=14pt]From "Overatake Don Overtake Overtake" (ODOO)[/size]

My friend wan come buy fan
Him dey sweat when him dey sleep for room
Him dey for level 03
The fan na seventy-five naira

My friend him dey for low salary
Him dey try to save and save and save
Every time he nearly buy the fan
Government go add ten naira more
Every time he nearly buy the fan
Government go start one activity
Till the fan reach two hundred naira
My friend nearly die, he never die

My friend he no wan die
Die-die no dey for him dictionary
For where? Huh...
Him dey try to save and save again
Him save for one year and six months

Inside cupboard
Under pillow
Under, under cooking pot
Inside socks
Under carpet
Him dey on his way to buy the fan
When alarm come blow

Wiiiiiaaaaaaaa!

Government announce second tier
Everything come tear to pieces
Everything come expensive
Even water become expensive

Second bass, jare... pop!

Fan don become seven hundred naira
Me and my friend start to look ourselves
He remain small make my friend dey cry
Na laugh laugh he catch monkey
Na now he come understand him life
Enjoyment can never come him way
Na now him life dey go reverse
In Africa, him fatherland
One more time..

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Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by Patdedon(m): 6:49am On Oct 16, 2012
Carpenter wey no know him work na suwegbe oooooo
Ŋa̶̲̥̅.........
President wey no know him work Ŋa̶̲̥̅ kpako oooo
Ŋa̶̲̥̅ .......
So much love fela
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by naptu2: 7:00am On Oct 16, 2012
Our government go sell us away
Selling the continent to make us slaves again

Dem come go Europe, white man wey dey for west, bring am come-o
Bringing the religion Christianity to go chop us away
Dem go Arabia, white man wey dey for east,
Bring am come-o Bringing the religion Islam to dey chop us away

Islam and Christianity bring wars to Africa To this-e continent In the center of the world Dem go bring confusion To the center of the world Wetin dis government dey do no be for talk Na for cry-o Time don reach for us to call alhajis so . . . I don travel many places This the first time I don hear about. I never hear "alhaji" as title Only in the country Nigeria You hear somebody be alhaji "Alhaji so-so-and-so . . ." We cannot talk about what these governments do-we can only cry CHORUS: Ye, ye, ye!


Brothers, come and hear this one: "Alhaji" na Arabic language The meaning of "alhaji" na "stranger" .

(Fela) I Alhaji Umaru Dikko
(Response) Stranger Umaru Dikko!

(FELA): Alhaji Dasuki
(Response) Stranger Dasuki!

(Fela): Alhaji Muhammadu Gambo
(Response): Stranger Mohammadu Gambo!

(Fela): Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari
(Response) Stranger Muhammadu Buhari!

(Fela) Alhaji Moshood Abiola (Response) Stranger Moshood Abiola!

(Fela) Alhaji Tunde Idiagbon
(Respponse) Stranger Tunde Idiagbon!

(Fela) Alhaji Sani Abacha
(Response) Stranger Sani Abacha!

(Fela) Alhaji Babangida
(Response) Stranger Babangida!

(Fela) Alhaji Raji Rasak
(Response) Stranger Raji Rasaki!

(Fela) Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji
(Response) Stranger Abubakar Stranger!

(Fela) Alhaji! (Response) Stranger, (Fela) Mohammed, (Response) stranger! (Fela) Alhaji! (Response) Stranger (Fela) Ibrahim, (Response) stranger! FELA: Alhaji!

This na revelation. Revelation of our ancestors. Offender must point at himself. Brothers and sisters hear me. This is a revelation A revelation of our ancestors The offender must point at himself. Brothers and sisters hear me RU: "FearNot for Man"

Mothers and fathers hear me Na stranger dey rule our country

(Response) For inside police For inside air force For inside navy For inside government

(Fela) Dem dey control am! Mothers and Fathers

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Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by Two4Two(m): 7:02am On Oct 16, 2012
Difrent difrent feverrrrrrrrrrrr na im dey, Difrent Difrent Feverrrrr na im dey. Malaria fever nko, i dey jaundis fever nko i dey, Inflation fever nko i dey et al Yellow fever nko i dey na im de bring the matter now i dey.

The Great prophet sleep well.
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by dramenda(f): 7:02am On Oct 16, 2012
I SINGY SOME SOME TIME AGO,DEM CALL AM CON-FU-TION,THEN ARMY NEVER BURN MY HOUSE,OIL MONEY DEY FLOW FOR LAGOS THEN,LARUKU REPEKE---- REPEKE LAU,LAU LAU.

MY PEOPLE DEM SAY NIGERIA DON DEY,BUT AS ME AS I SEE AM,I NO SAY NIGERIA GO GO DOWN,OUR COUNTRY GO DEY MAKE MONEY,WEY POEPLE OF COUNTRY NO SEE MONEY , LARUKU REPEKE


My best FELA song.
RIP Abami Eda.

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Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by Two4Two(m): 7:04am On Oct 16, 2012
Difrent difrent feverrrrrrrrrrrr na im dey, Difrent Difrent Feverrrrr na im dey. Malaria fever nko, i dey jaundice fever nko i dey, Inflation fever nko i dey et al Yellow fever nko i dey na im de bring the matter now i dey.

The Great prophet sleep well.
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by CrazyMan(m): 7:06am On Oct 16, 2012
Coffin for head of state...

Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen

Woh! Ahhhhh Ch! Ahhhh! Ch! Ch!

Through Jesus Christ, our Lord
*[CHORUS] AMEN, AMEN, AMEN – [AFTER EACH LINE]
By the Grace of Allmighty Lord
Through Jesus Christ, our Lord
By the Grace of Allmighty Lord
Inspiritus Christus, Mass Christus, Mass Christus, Mass Christus,
Alla-hu, Waku-baru, Salem Elekum, Alla-hu
Through Jesus Christ, our Lord
By the Grace of Allmighty Lord

So I waka waka waka** **(walk)
*[CHORUS] WAKA WAKA WAKA- [AFTER EACH LINE]
I go many places
I see my people
Dem dey cry, cry cry
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen
I say I waka waka waka
I go many places
I see my people
Dem dey cry, cry, cry
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen


I say I waka-waka-waka-waka-waka-waka-waka
(HORNS response)
I waka any village anywhere in Africa
I waka any village anywhere in Africa
Pastor’s house na ‘im dey fine pass
My people dem dey stay for poor surroundings
Pastor’s dress na ‘im dey clean pass
Be it hard for my people for dem to buy soap
Pastor na ‘im dem give respect pass
And dem dey do bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad things


Through Jesus Christ our Lord
*[CHORUS] AMEN, AMEN, AMEN - [AFTER EACH LINE]
By the Grace of Allmighty Lord
Inspiritus Christus, Mass Christus, Mass Christus, Mass Christus,
Alla-hu, Waku-baru, Salem Elekum, Alla-hu



So I waka waka waka
*[CHORUS] WAKA WAKA WAKA- [AFTER EACH LINE]
I go many places
I go business places
And I see, see, see
All the bad, bad, bad things
Dem dey do, do, do
Call corruption
And dey call “nepotism”
Inside promotions
And inside all business
I say I waka waka waka
I see, see, see
*[CHORUS] WAKA WAKA WAKA

So I waka-waka-waka-waka-waka-waka-waka
(HORNS Short response)

I waka any business anywhere in Africa
I waka any business anywhere in Africa
North and South dem get dem policies
One Christian and the other one, Muslim
Anywhere the Muslims dem dey reign
Na senior Allaha-ji na ‘im be director
Anywhere the Christians dem dey reign
Na the best friend to Bishop na ‘im be director
It is a known fact that for many thousand years
We Africans, we had our own traditions
These money making organizations
Them come put we Africans in total confusion

Through Jesus Christ, our Lord
*[CHORUS] AMEN, AMEN, AMEN- [AFTER EACH LINE]
By the Grace of Allmighty Lord
Inspiritus Christus, Mass Christus, Mass Christus, Mass Christus,
Alla-hu, Waku-baru, Salem Elekum, Alla-hu


So I waka waka waka
*[CHORUS] WAKA WAKA WAKA – [AFTER EACH LINE]
I go many places
I go government places
I see, see, see
All the bad, bad, bad things
Dem dey do, do, do
Look Obasanjo,
Before anything you know at all,
And for dey shout
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, Oh Lord, Oh mighty Lord, Oh Lord, Oh God

And den dey do bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad things
Through Jesus Christ our Lord
*[CHORUS] AMEN, AMEN, AMEN
By the Grace of Allmighty Lord
*[CHORUS] AMEN, AMEN, AMEN

I say look-a Y’aradua
I say look-a Y’aradua
Before anything you know at all
It would dey shout
Aba Allah- Aba Allah- Aba Allah- Aba Allah -
Aba Allah
And den dey do yes, yes
And den dey do bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad things


Through Mohhmmed our Lord
*[CHORUS] AMEN, AMEN, AMEN
By the Grace of Allmighty Allah
*[CHORUS] AMEN, AMEN, AMEN

So I waka waka waka
*[CHORUS] WAKA WAKA WAKA- [AFTER EACH LINE]
I go many places
I go government places
I see, see, see
All the bad, bad, bad things
Den dey do, do, do
Den steal all the money
Dem kill many students
Dem burn many houses
Dem burn my house too
And killed my mama
So I carry the coffin
I Waka waka waka
Movement of the People
Dey Waka waka waka
Young African Pioneers
Waka waka waka
We go Obalende,
We go Dodan barracks
Reach dem gatee-o
And put the coffin down
Obasanjo dey there,
With him big fat stomach
Y'aradua dey there,
With him neck like ostrich
We put the coffin down.


Dem no wan take am
*[CHORUS] BUT DEM TAKE AM - [AFTER EACH LINE]
Dem no wan take am
Who go wan take coffin?
Dem must take am
For the bad bad bad things
Wey dem don do
Dem no wan take am
Obasanjo grab am
Y'aradua carry am
Yes, dem no wan take am
Obasanjo carry am
Y'aradua tow am
Dem no wan take am
Dem no wan take am
It der for dem office
Dem no wan take am
It der dey now now now now
It der dey now, now, now, now
It der dey now, now, now, now
It der dey now, now, now, now
It der dey now, now, now, now
It der dey now, now, now, now

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Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by CrazyMan(m): 7:10am On Oct 16, 2012
Unknown Soldier.

Make you no go anywhere
Just wait make I tell you something

[Chorus]
Fela, you don come again!

I never come again
I still live dey faraway
Make you wait till I reach where I dey go

[Chorus]
Where you dey go?

Make I reach...

Make I reach
Don't ask me
Wait and see

I say, I say, I say...

This thing wey happen
Happen for my country
Na big big thing
First time in the whole world
If you hear the name, you go know
Government magic
Tell me the name now

[Chorus]
Government magic!

Them go dabaru everything
Them go turn green into white
Them go turn red into blue
Water dey go, water dey come
Water dey go, water dey come
Them go turn electric to candle
Them go turn electric to candle
Government magic
Government magic

I see dey come
Small, small

Look o, look o

[Chorus]
Left, right, left, right, left, right, left!

One thousand soldiers them dey come
People dey wonder, dey wonder, dey wonder
One more time: people dey wonder, dey wonder, dey wonder

Stevie Wonder dey there too
Na one week after FESTAC too
And dey broadcast on American satellite
Around that time too now, I say to you

Where these one thousand soldiers them dey go?
Look o
Na Fela house Kalakuta
Them don reach the place, them dey wait
Them dey wait for...

[Chorus]
Order!

Now listen

[Chorus]
Left, right, left, right, left, right, left!

Them surround the place, kwam kwam kwam, them dey wait
Wait them helmet and them guns
And them petrol and them matches
Then again...

[Chorus]
Stand at ease!

Fela dey for house
Beko dey there too
Them mama dey there too
Beautiful people dey there too
Frenchman dey there too
Press man dey there too
One-fifty of us dey there too

Then suddenly, suddenly, suddenly, suddenly...

[Chorus]
Jaba, jaba...
Jubu, jubu...
Jebe, jebe...
Jawa, jawa...

Them dey break, yes
Them dey steal, yes
Them dey loot, yes
Them dey Bleep some of the women by force, yes
Them dey rape, yes
Them dey burn, yes
Them dey burn, yes
Them dey burn, yes
Them commot one student's eye, yes
Them break some some head
Them break some some head

Them throw my mama
Seventy-eight-year-old mama

Political mama
Ideological mama
Influential mama...

Them throw my mama out from window
Them kill my mama
Them kill my mama
Them kill my mama
Them kill my mama
Them kill my mama

Them carry everybody
Them carry everybody go inside jail

[Chorus]
Fall out!

Everybody dey inside jail
We dey wait twenty-seven days
Them lock us
Press dey shout
Radio dey ring
People dey talk
Them go burn Fela house

Wettin this Fela do?
This government e bad o
Wetin this Fela do?
Fela talk about soldiers
Flogging civilians for streets
Fela talk about government
Wasting money for FESTAC
Wetin this Fela do?
This government e bad o
People start to talk o
Government start to shake o

Then suddenly, suddenly, suddenly, suddenly...

Government bring instruments of magic
Them bring inquiry
Them bring two men
One soldier, one Justice
The name of Justice: Mr. Justice Agwu Anya
The other Justice: Mr. Justice Dosunmu

Them start magic
Them seize my house wey them don burn
Them seize my land
Them drive all the people wey live in area
Two thousand citizens
Them make them all homeless now
Them start magic
Them start magic

Them bring flame, them bring hat
Them conjure, them bring rabbit
Them bring egg, them bring smoke
Them dey scream, them dey fall
Them conjure, spirit catch them
Them dey fall, them dey scream
Them dey shout
Them dey, them dey say

[Chorus]
Unknown soldier!

Na him do am

Government magic
I get some information for you
I get some information for you
That my mama wey you kill
She fought for universal adult suffrage
That my mama wey you kill
She fought for universal adult suffrage
That my mama wey you kill
She is the only mother of this country
That my mama wey you kill
She is the only mother of Nigeria

Which kind injustice is this?
Wetin concern government inside?
If na unknown soldier
I said, wetin concern government inside?
If na unknown soldier
We get unknown police
We get unknown soldier
We get unknown civilian
All is equal to unknown government

We get unknown police
Them go kill nine students
We get unknown civilian
Them go kill two soldiers
We get unknown soldier
I say unknown police
And then unknown soldier
And then unknown civilian
All is equal to unknown government

Them turn green into red
Them turn blue into white
Them turn green into blue
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by CrazyMan(m): 7:10am On Oct 16, 2012
Fela indeed was a prophet!
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by olaridwan(m): 7:11am On Oct 16, 2012
i no be gentle man at all o..i be africa man original......
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by naptu2: 7:16am On Oct 16, 2012
These disguising leaders ee-oh, na wah for dem.
Dem hold meeting everywhere, dem reach America.
Dem hold meeting everywhere, dem reach America.
Dem call the place, the "United Nations".


Hear-oh another animal talk
Wetin united inside "United Nations"?
Who & who unite, for "United Nations"?
No be there Thatcher & Argentina dey
No be there Reagan & Lib-i-ya dey
Is-i-rael versus Lebanon
Iran-i-oh versus Iraq-i
East West Block versus West Block East

No be there dem dey oh- United Nations
Dis "united" United Nations
One veto vote is equal to 92 [...OR MORE, OR MORE]
What kind sense be dat, na animal sense.
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by CrazyMan(m): 7:17am On Oct 16, 2012
Army Arrangement

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

Ju'di, ju'di, ju'di
Ju si le
Ju'di, ju'di, ju'di
Ju si le
Ju'di, ju'di, ju'di

Odi you all, yansh don fall
Anywhere yansh go, yansh must fall
Up, left, right, round round, it must fall
And na thing wey yansh dey do na this suite:
Shit, piss, Bleep, it is, why not?
Because yansh na wonderful material perfect

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

[Chorus]
Ge ge!

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

Ge ge, ge ge, ge ge...

Ju'di, ju'di, ju'di
Ju si le
Ju'di, ju'di, ju'di

Odi e wrong ko to
You see, man eye get different look for woman yansh
She see small yansh, you go say,
"Yeah, look at this big yansh!"
If you can't see big yansh, you go say,
"Yeah, look at this is small yansh!"
And if you see more yansh
Wey you wan to bury your prick inside
You go say, "Hey baby, show me your particulars!"
I talk in english, I go say,
"Hey darling, show me your living license!"
Particular wey na be police particular
Wey na one Christ Particular
You see, police particular
If you get am, look at dey go
If you no get am, you go handicap, you see
But the original particular
Natural particular
If you no get am, you go dey go ni
If you get am, you must enter...

[Fela sings the Twilight Zone theme]

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

Twenty-two women 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 today make you shake
And you still dey not talk the way you feel
Make you open your two ears very well
To hear the truth talk me I dey talk
Listen make you dey agree for 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 the money
Foreign money for oversea
Nigeria get the money
Foreign money for oversea
Announcement start to happen
Newspaper carry them paper
Radio dey shout for studio
Obasanjo turn vocalist
Yar'Adua road manager
Every government statement
Seven billion naira missing
Missing from oversea
Foreign currency scandal
Them start to arrest everybody o

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 o

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...

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...

[Chorus]
Yeah!

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 weak government we dey o
Ye paripa o
Na paddy paddy government we dey
E gba mi o

[Chorus]
Yeah!

We give money
Paddy paddy
Arrange ni
Wayo wayo
Economic
We give money
Paddy paddy
Wayo wayo

[Chorus]
Army arrangement!

Add am together, give me the answer
Give me money, add am together
Paddy paddy, add am together
Economic, add am together
Division or multiplication
Mathematician, put am together
One answer you go get
One answer you go get

Give me money, put am together
Paddy paddy, put am together
Wayo wayo, put am together
Economic, put am together
Division or multiplication
Mathematician, put am together
One answer you go get
One answer you go get

Give me money, put am together
Wayo wayo, put am together...

Give me money, put am together
Arrange e ma si ta si o
Yeah yeah
Arrange e ma si ta si o
Yeah yeah
Arrange e ma si ta si o
Yeah yeah
Arrange e ma si ta si o
Yeah yeah
Arrange e ma si ta si o

Give me money, put am together
Wayo wayo, put am together
Economic, put am together

[Chorus]
Ju'di! Ju si le!

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

[Chorus]
One day, one day!
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by AlterEgoTM: 7:17am On Oct 16, 2012
Let the sleeping dog lie!
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by Nobody: 7:20am On Oct 16, 2012
U say u be colonial man
U don be slave before
Dem don release u now
But u never release yourself

Mr William make u hear
Mr Ransome make u hear
Na Africa we dey make u hear
Na Africa we dey make u hear
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by Nobody: 7:23am On Oct 16, 2012
i want to tell u a story
No be story o
i want to tell u a story
no be story o

Wetin e be o
Ha e be dance
Wetin e be o
Ha e be dance
Tell me wetin dem dey call am
Open and close

(Then my favourite):
Bend your yansh like black man
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by Maxymilliano(m): 7:26am On Oct 16, 2012
Fela was an enigma and sort of a social gadfly, Happy Birthday...

Some people say why i dey talk like this, shey no be talk like this dem take dey carry me go prison oo?

No be me dey talk, na Prime Minister Botha dey talk oo, no be me dey talk, na prime minister Botha dey talk oo, him say, 'this uprising will bring out the beast in uuuusss'.
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by GudluckIBB(m): 7:27am On Oct 16, 2012
CrazyMan: Coffin for head of state...

Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen

Woh! Ahhhhh Ch! Ahhhh! Ch! Ch!

Through Jesus Christ, our Lord

E don do nah!Na you get nairaland?you wan occupy the whole space
*[CHORUS] AMEN, AMEN, AMEN – [AFTER EACH LINE]
By the Grace of Allmighty Lord
Through Jesus Christ, our Lord
By the Grace of Allmighty Lord
Inspiritus Christus, Mass Christus, Mass Christus, Mass Christus,
Alla-hu, Waku-baru, Salem Elekum, Alla-hu
Through Jesus Christ, our Lord
By the Grace of Allmighty Lord

So I waka waka waka** **(walk)
*[CHORUS] WAKA WAKA WAKA- [AFTER EACH LINE]
I go many places
I see my people
Dem dey cry, cry cry
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen
I say I waka waka waka
I go many places
I see my people
Dem dey cry, cry, cry
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen


I say I waka-waka-waka-waka-waka-waka-waka
(HORNS response)
I waka any village anywhere in Africa
I waka any village anywhere in Africa
Pastor’s house na ‘im dey fine pass
My people dem dey stay for poor surroundings
Pastor’s dress na ‘im dey clean pass
Be it hard for my people for dem to buy soap
Pastor na ‘im dem give respect pass
And dem dey do bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad things


Through Jesus Christ our Lord
*[CHORUS] AMEN, AMEN, AMEN - [AFTER EACH LINE]
By the Grace of Allmighty Lord
Inspiritus Christus, Mass Christus, Mass Christus, Mass Christus,
Alla-hu, Waku-baru, Salem Elekum, Alla-hu



So I waka waka waka
*[CHORUS] WAKA WAKA WAKA- [AFTER EACH LINE]
I go many places
I go business places
And I see, see, see
All the bad, bad, bad things
Dem dey do, do, do
Call corruption
And dey call “nepotism”
Inside promotions
And inside all business
I say I waka waka waka
I see, see, see
*[CHORUS] WAKA WAKA WAKA

So I waka-waka-waka-waka-waka-waka-waka
(HORNS Short response)

I waka any business anywhere in Africa
I waka any business anywhere in Africa
North and South dem get dem policies
One Christian and the other one, Muslim
Anywhere the Muslims dem dey reign
Na senior Allaha-ji na ‘im be director
Anywhere the Christians dem dey reign
Na the best friend to Bishop na ‘im be director
It is a known fact that for many thousand years
We Africans, we had our own traditions
These money making organizations
Them come put we Africans in total confusion

Through Jesus Christ, our Lord
*[CHORUS] AMEN, AMEN, AMEN- [AFTER EACH LINE]
By the Grace of Allmighty Lord
Inspiritus Christus, Mass Christus, Mass Christus, Mass Christus,
Alla-hu, Waku-baru, Salem Elekum, Alla-hu


So I waka waka waka
*[CHORUS] WAKA WAKA WAKA – [AFTER EACH LINE]
I go many places
I go government places
I see, see, see
All the bad, bad, bad things
Dem dey do, do, do
Look Obasanjo,
Before anything you know at all,
And for dey shout
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, Oh Lord, Oh mighty Lord, Oh Lord, Oh God

And den dey do bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad things
Through Jesus Christ our Lord
*[CHORUS] AMEN, AMEN, AMEN
By the Grace of Allmighty Lord
*[CHORUS] AMEN, AMEN, AMEN

I say look-a Y’aradua
I say look-a Y’aradua
Before anything you know at all
It would dey shout
Aba Allah- Aba Allah- Aba Allah- Aba Allah -
Aba Allah
And den dey do yes, yes
And den dey do bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad things


Through Mohhmmed our Lord
*[CHORUS] AMEN, AMEN, AMEN
By the Grace of Allmighty Allah
*[CHORUS] AMEN, AMEN, AMEN

So I waka waka waka
*[CHORUS] WAKA WAKA WAKA- [AFTER EACH LINE]
I go many places
I go government places
I see, see, see
All the bad, bad, bad things
Den dey do, do, do
Den steal all the money
Dem kill many students
Dem burn many houses
Dem burn my house too
And killed my mama
So I carry the coffin
I Waka waka waka
Movement of the People
Dey Waka waka waka
Young African Pioneers
Waka waka waka
We go Obalende,
We go Dodan barracks
Reach dem gatee-o
And put the coffin down
Obasanjo dey there,
With him big fat stomach
Y'aradua dey there,
With him neck like ostrich
We put the coffin down.


Dem no wan take am
*[CHORUS] BUT DEM TAKE AM - [AFTER EACH LINE]
Dem no wan take am
Who go wan take coffin?
Dem must take am
For the bad bad bad things
Wey dem don do
Dem no wan take am
Obasanjo grab am
Y'aradua carry am
Yes, dem no wan take am
Obasanjo carry am
Y'aradua tow am
Dem no wan take am
Dem no wan take am
It der for dem office
Dem no wan take am
It der dey now now now now
It der dey now, now, now, now
It der dey now, now, now, now
It der dey now, now, now, now
It der dey now, now, now, now
It der dey now, now, now, now
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by dridowu: 7:40am On Oct 16, 2012
Legend of Legend

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Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by bknight: 7:47am On Oct 16, 2012
Mahatma Ghandi, Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Two of a rare kind.
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by VV2A(m): 8:13am On Oct 16, 2012
Yellow fever, you dey bleach oh you dey bleach,
Yeye thing, you dey bleach oh you dey bleach,
Ugly thhing, you dey bleach oh you dey bleach,

Who say you fine? na lie you no fine at all at all na lie
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by ayabunmi(f): 8:52am On Oct 16, 2012
TEACHER, TEACHER-O NA THE LECTURER BE YOUR NAME
TEACHER, TEACHER-O NA THE LECTURE BE THE SAME
MAKE-EE NO TEACH-EE ME AGAIN OH
AS SOON TEACHING FINISH YES, DA THING-EE IT GON DIE IT DEY-O
AS SOON TEACHING FINISH YES, DA THING-EE IT GON DIE IT DEY-O
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by dnative(m): 9:08am On Oct 16, 2012
dramenda: I SINGY SOME SOME TIME AGO,DEM CALL AM CON-FU-TION,THEN ARMY NEVER BURN MY HOUSE,OIL MONEY DEY FLOW FOR LAGOS THEN,LARUKU REPEKE---- REPEKE LAU,LAU LAU.

MY PEOPLE DEM SAY NIGERIA DON DEY,BUT AS ME AS I SEE AM,I NO SAY NIGERIA GO GO DOWN,OUR COUNTRY GO DEY MAKE MONEY,WEY POEPLE OF COUNTRY NO SEE MONEY , LARUKU REPEKE


My best FELA song.
RIP Abami Eda.

"How coutry go dey make money, make people of country no see money."

This, my people is the root of the problems of Nigeria till today.

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Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by dnative(m): 9:10am On Oct 16, 2012
Baba lives!

Abami Eda
Abami Omo
Omo Iya Aje
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by FelaLives(m): 9:42am On Oct 16, 2012
Ok HAPPY FELABRATION/BLACK HISTORY MONTH Gbosa,gbosa...True,true? ok its like dis,
i truly LOVED my REAL typical Naija Disciplinarian,conservative,Tough Macho,
Father Alhadji Bode Lakoja.D 1st. However if person fit Choose PARENTS for this Life?

No Competition o my People,it will Always be D One & Gifted FELA.A.KUTI aka Original Abami Eda ie
the weird one [charlie boy ke? i beg dats why boy' dey im name sha,keep it up though] aka Omo iyaaje,
Aka AuguStino! aka BaBa 70, aka Eleniyan etc etc. The most interesting & important part is for the
Fela Musceum/legacy to HIGHLIGHT Fela's stance AGAINST INJUSTICE & OPPRESSION by govts chicken boys round d World
For u guys born in the 90's forward? a bit like Juliane Assange of WikiLeaks fame...

But with 'Bewitching SwaGGer! Heavy Heavy,correct AfroCentric Politics/Afro Beat Reedyms,d Excitement,d Drama,
D 27 Queens grin ,d Sorrow Tears & Blood dats comes with beign on Baba's team. Aaah! NEVER A DULL MOMENT.
MY MENTOR I LOVE & MISS u DEARLY cry No Shaking! Femi & Seun are Definitely trying sha, DEM GUYS NO FALL UR HAND Baba,
they r doing u PROUD BIG Stylay-on d RIGHT TRACK!
i beg make i light my JUMBO Salute Baba mi @ 74 huh? Everybobby say YEEAH! YERAH! cool
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by FelaLives(m): 9:50am On Oct 16, 2012
Fave Lyrics? hmm....
'dem come go hold Shagari,they say President Shagari na thief,
para para,param...but Shagari don talku say na Empty Treasury he meet for there...
para,para,param....shay Shagari alone dem go hold?
What about the OTHER THIEFS?

[if u r new to dis stuff? the song is Confusion Breaky Bone]
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by Nobody: 10:17am On Oct 16, 2012
Shakara oloje ni o

Shakara man hin go say I go beat u,I go nearly kill u. Na shakara

You no know me. Na shakara

I go beat u. he go be like say u get accident. Na shakara

Wait make I comot my dress na shakara

You see he no fit do notin na shakara oloje

We get dis song 4 dem. wani!!! Mako no en paran ram ram

Shakara oloje ni o

Tell shakara women say u like am,she go say u like who,
comot jare who be dis man self,
Don't touch me oooo mtcheew

She go say where u com from self

You see she wan do.Na shakara

Dey call am shakara oloje
We get dis song 4 dem

Wa ni wa ni
To ba fowo kanmi param ram ram
Jowo fimi sile,omo egbe ni,ni bo loti jawa


FELA my man. Friend of jay Z
Re: Happy 74th Post-humous Birthday To Fela Anikulapo Kuti! by Donlouise(m): 11:05am On Oct 16, 2012
Basket mouth wan start to leak again oh oh oh, basket mouth wan open mouth again o
Dem I dey open my mouth basket o mama iya pe ! Fela lives on!! It was as if he saw all the trash dat are happening nw coming. Hap Felabration!!

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