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|poptime=Upwards of 30 million (CIA Estimate, 2005 )
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|rels= [[Orisha]], [[Christianity]], [[Islam]]
|langs= [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]]
|related= Nago, [[Itsekiri]], [[Igala]], [[Nupe]]
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The '''Yoruba''' (''Yorùbá'' in Yoruba orthography) are a large ethno-linguistic group or ethnic nation in Africa; the majority of them speak the [[Yoruba language]] (èdèe Yorùbá; èdè = language). The Yoruba constitute approximately 21 percent of [[Nigeria]]'s total population,[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ni.html CIA World Factbook] and around 30 million individuals throughout the region of [[West Africa]].Joshua Project,. (2007) They share borders with the [[Borgu]] (variously called Bariba and Borgawa) in the northwest, the [[Nupe]] and [[Ebira]] in the north, the [[Ẹsan]] [[Afemai ]] and [[Edo State|Edo]] to the southeast, the [[Igala]] and other related groups to the northeast, and the [[Egun]], [[Fon]], and other [[Gbe languages|Gbe]]-speaking peoples in the southwest. While the majority of the Yoruba live in western Nigeria, there are also substantial indigenous Yoruba communities in [[Benin]], [[Ghana]] and [[Togo]].
The Yoruba are the main ethnic group in the states of [[Ekiti State, Nigeria|Ekiti]], [[Lagos State, Nigeria|Lagos]], [[Ogun State, Nigeria|Ogun]], [[Ondo State, Nigeria|Ondo]], [[Osun State, Nigeria|Osun]], and [[Oyo State, Nigeria|Oyo]], which are subdivisions of Nigeria; they also constitute a sizable proportion of [[Kwara]] and [[Kogi]] states as well as of the [[Benin]].

A significant percentage of Africans enslaved during the Trans Atlantic [[Slave Trade]] in the Americas managed to maintain the Yoruba spiritual religion known as Aborisha. Indeed, the initiation and practise of Aborisha spiritual religion offers a route to all people of African descent, who were victims of slave trade in the Americas or the Carribean, to make claim to Yoruba heritage.

==History==
===General history===

The African peoples who lived in Yorubaland, at least by the 4th Century BCE, were not initially known as the Yoruba, although they shared a common ethnicity and language group. Both archeology and traditional Yoruba oral historians confirm the existence of people in this region for several millennia.
Yoruba spiritual heritage maintain that the Yoruba ethnic groups are a unique people who were originally created at Ile-Ife. Legend holds that the creation was delegated by the supreme spiritual force, Olodumare. The task was to orisha-nla Obatala, may have actually been conducted by orisha Oduduwa, who was assisted by orisha Eshu, the divine messenger. The name "Yoruba" is most likely an adaptation of 'Yo ru ebo', meaning "will venerate (make offerings to the) [[Orisha|Orisha]]". This refers to the Aborisha spiritual religion of the Yoruba prior to invasion and indoctrination by Islamic and Christian influences. Yoruba civilization remains one of the most technologically and artistically advanced people in West Africa to this time.

Some contemporary historians contend that some Yoruba are not indigenous to Yorubaland, but are descendants of immigrants to the region. This version of history contends that Oduduwa was a mortal king, probably from northeast Africa, under whose leadership the Oyo region of Yorubaland was conquered sometime in the 11th century CE and the kingdom of Ife was established. Oduduwa's relatives established kingdoms in the rest of Yorubaland. One of Oduduwa's sons, Oranmiyan, took the throne of Benin and expanded the Oduduwa Dynasty east-wards. Further expansion led to the establishment of the Yoruba in what are now Southwest Nigeria, [[Benin]], and [[Togo]], with Yoruba city-states acknowledging the spiritual heritage primacy of the ancient city of Ile Ife. The southeastern [[Benin Empire]], ruled by a dynasty that traced its ancestry to Ifẹ and Oduduwa but largely populated by the Edo and other related ethnicities, also held considerable sway in the election of nobles and kings in eastern Yorubaland.

Between [[1100]] CE and [[1700]] CE, the Yoruba Kingdom of Ife experienced a [[golden age]]. It was then surpassed by [[the kingdom of Oyo]] as the dominant Yoruba military and political power between [[1700]] CE and [[1900]] CE, The nearby splinter Yoruba kingdom of Benin was also a powerful force between 1300 and 1850 CE. Yoruba civilization also has strong historical exchanges with Nok civilization, which may date to 900 BCE, as with other neighbouring African settlements. The exchanges have been both genetic and cultural.

Most of the city states were controlled by ''[[Oba]]s'' (elected monarchs) and councils made up of Oloye, [[guild]] of noble leaders or chiefs, and [[merchant]]s. Different states saw differing ratios of power between the kingship and the chiefs' council. Some such as Oyo had powerful, autocratic monarchs with almost total control, while in others such as the Ijebu city-states, the senatorial councils were supreme and the ''Ọba'' served as a figurehead.

In all cases, Yoruba monarchs were subject to the continuing approval of their constituents, and could be easily compelled to abdicate for demonstrating dictatorial tendencies or incompetence. The order to vacate the throne was usually communicated through a symbolic message or ''aroko'', of [[parrot]]s' eggs delivered by the senators.

The Yoruba eventually established a federation of city-states under the political ascendancy of the city state of Oyo located on the Northern fringes of [[Yorubaland]] in the [[savanna]] plains between the forests of present Southwest Nigeria and the [[Niger]] River. Following a [[Jihad]] led by [[Uthman Dan Fodio]] and a rapid consolidation of the Hausa city states of present northern Nigeria, the [[Fulani]] [[Sokoto Caliphate]] annexed the buffer [[Nupe]] Kingdom and began to press southwards towards the [[Oyo Empire]]. Shortly after, they overran the Yoruba city of [[Ilorin]] and then sacked [[Ọyọ-Ile]], the capital city of the Ọyọ Empire.

Following this, Ọyọ-Ile was abandoned and the Ọyọ retreated south to the present city of Oyo (Oyo Atiba) in a forested region where the calvary of the [[Sokoto Caliphate]] was less effective. Further attempts by the [[Sokoto Caliphate]] to expand southwards were checked by the Yoruba who had rallied to resist under the military leadership of the City State of [[Ibadan]] which rose from the old Oyo empire, and of the Ijebu city-states.
However, the Oyo hegemony had been dealt a mortal blow. The other Yoruba city-states broke free of Oyo dominance, and subsequently became embroiled in a series of internecine wars, from which prisoners feed the slave trade conducted by Arab and European traders. These wars weakened the Yoruba in their opposition to British colonial and military invasions. Military defeat at [[Imagbon]] of Ijebu forces by the British ensured a tentative European settlement in [[Eko||Lagos]] which was gradually expanded by protectorate treaties. Defeat of Yoruba forces at the Battle of Imagbon, by the British military and the protectorate of Lagos, proved decisive in eventual annexation of the rest of Yorubaland and eventually of southern Nigeria and the Cameroons. In 1960, greater Yorubaland became subsumed into the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

===Different names===
Aside from "Yoruba" and its variant "Yariba", this ethnic group was in different times and places known by a variety of other names, including "Yorubo", "Akú", "Okun", "Nago", "Anago" and "Ana" and "Lucumi".

Before the abolition of the slave trade, some Yoruba groups were known among Europeans as ''[[Akú]]'', a name derived from the first words of Yoruba greetings such as ''Ẹ kú àárọ?'' ‘good morning’ and ''Ẹ kú alẹ?'' ‘good evening.’ A variant of this group is also known as the "[[Okun]]", Okun being also a form of "A ku". These are Yorubas found in parts of the states of [[Kogi]] - the "[[Yagba]]", [[Ekiti]] and [[Kabba]].

The terms "[[Nago]]", "[[Anago]]" and "[[Ana]]" derived from the name of a coastal Yoruba sub-group in the present-day Republic of Benin, were also widely used in Spanish and Portuguese documents to describe all speakers of the language. Yoruba in Francophone West Africa are still sometimes known by this ethnonym today.

In [[Cuba]] and Spanish-speaking America, the Yoruba were called "[[Lucumi]]" after the phrase "O luku mi", meaning "my friend" in some dialects. This term is at present used mainly to refer to an Afro-Caribbean religion derived from the traditional [[Yoruba religion]], more often known as [[Santería]]. During the 19th century, the term ''[[Yariba]]'' or ''Yoruba '' came into wider use, first confined to the Ọyọ. The term is often believed to be derived from a [[Hausa]] ethnonym for the populous people to their south, but this has not been substantiated by historians.

As an ethnic description, the word first appeared in a treatise written by the [[Songhai]] scholar [[Ahmed Baba]] (1500s) and is likely to derive from the indigenous ethnonyms [[Oyo|Ọyọ (Oyo)]] or Yagba, two Yoruba-speaking groups along the northern borders of their terrority. However, it is likely that the ethnonym was popularized by [[Hausa]] usage and ethnography written in [[Arabic]] and [[Ajami]]. Under the influence of Bishop [[Samuel Ajayi Crowther]], a Yoruba clergyman, subsequent missionaries extended the term to include all speakers of related dialects.

===Yoruba origin mythology===
The mythology of the origin of the Yoruba, who refer to themselves as "Omo O'odua" (Children of [[Oduduwa]]), revolves around the mythical figure of [[Oduduwa]] or [[Odudua]] . The meaning of the name may be translated as "the spiritual one ("O/Ohun") who created the knowledge ("odu") of character ("iwa")."
There are two variants of the myth of how [[Oduduwa]] became the legendary progenitor of the Yoruba.

====Cosmogonic Origin Mythology====
"Orisa'nla" (The Great Divinity) also known as [[Obatala|Ọbatala]] was the arch-divinity chosen by [[Olodumare]], the supreme deity, to create solid land out of the primordial water that constituted the earth and populating the land with human beings. [[Obatala|Ọbatala]] descended from heaven on a chain, carrying a small snail shell full of earth, palm kernels and a five-toed chicken. He was to empty the content of the snail shell on the water after placing some pieces of iron on it, and then to place the chicken on the earth to spread it over the primordial water.

According to the first variant of the cosmogonist myth, [[Obatala|Ọbatala]] completed this task to the satisfaction of Olodumare and he was then given the task of making the physical body of human beings after which [[Olodumare]] would give them the breath of life. He also completed this task and this is why he has the title of "Obarisa" (King of all Deities).

The other variant of the cosmogonic myth does not credit [[Obatala|Ọbatala]] with the completion of the task. While it concedes he was given the task, it claims that he got drunk before he got to the earth and was thus unable to do the job. [[Olodumare]] got worried when he did not return on time and sent [[Oduduwa]] to investigate. When [[Oduduwa]] found [[Obatala|Ọbatala]] in a drunken state, he took over the task and completed it.

The spot on which he landed and which he redeemed from water to become land is called [[Ile-Ife|Ilė-Ifę]] and is considered the sacred and spiritual home of the Yoruba. [[Olodumare]] later forgave [[Obatala|Ọbatala]] and gave him the responsibility of molding the physical bodies of human beings.

According to [[Idowu]], 1962, the making of land is a symbolic reference to the founding
of the Yoruba kingdoms and this is why Oduduwa is credited with that achievement.


Recently, there have been revisions to the uniqueness of the Yoruba as a divine people in the image of Olodumare, by historians tied to the Islamic and Christian faiths. They detract from the unique creation of Yoruba peoples by the Orisha, and argue that there was a pre-existing civilization at [[Ile-Ife|Ilė-Ifę]] which was invaded by a group from the east. They attribute this invasion to militant immigrants led by [[Oduduwa]]. [[Oduduwa]] and his group had been persecuted on the basis of religious differences and forced out of their homeland. They came to Ilė-Ifę where they subjugated the pre-existing Igbo inhabitants (unrelated to the present [[Igbo]] of Eastern Nigeria) led by Oreluere ([[Obatala|Ọbatala]]).

====After Oduduwa====
Upon the death of Oduduwa, there was a dispersal of his children from [[Ile-Ife|Ilė-Ifę]] to found other kingdoms (Owu, Ketu, Benin, Ila, Sabe, Popo, and Oyo). Each making a mark in the subsequent urbanization and consolidation of Yoruba confederacy of kingdoms, with each kingdom tracing its origin to Ile-Ife.

==Precolonial social organization==

See also [[Oyo Empire#Political structures]]

Though monarchies were fairly common throughout the Yoruba-speaking region, they were not the only approach to government and social organization. The numerous [[Ijebu|Ijebu]] city-states to the west of Oyo and the [[Egba|Ẹgba]] communities, found in the forests below Ọyọ's savannah region, were a notable example. These independent polities often elected an ''Ọba'', though real political, legislative, and judicial powers resided with the ''[[Ogboni]]'', a council of notable elders.

During the internecine wars of the 19th century, the Ijebu forced citizens of more than 150 Ẹgba and Owu communities to migrate to the fortified city of [[Abeokuta]], where each quarter retained its own ''Ogboni'' council of civilian leaders, along with an ''Olorogun'', or council of military leaders, and in some cases its own elected ''Obas'' or ''Baales''. These independent councils then elected their most capable members to join a federal civilian and military council that represented the city as a whole.

Commander [[Frederick Forbes]], a representative of the British Crown writing an account of his visit to the city in an [[1853]] edition of the ''[[Church Military Intelligencer]]'', described Abẹokuta as having "four presidents", and the system of government as having "840 principal rulers or 'House of Lords,' 2800 secondary chiefs or 'House of Commons,' 140 principal military ones and 280 secondary ones." He described Abẹokuta and its system of government as "the most extraordinary [[republic]] in the world."

Gerontocratic leadership councils that guarded against the monopolization of power by a monarch were a proverbial trait of the Ẹgba, according to the eminent Ọyọ historian Reverend [[Samuel Johnson]], but such councils were also well-developed among the northern Okun groups, the eastern [[Ekiti]], and other groups falling under the Yoruba ethnic umbrella.

Even in Ọyọ, the most centralized of the precolonial kingdoms, the ''Alaafin'' consulted on all political decisions with a prime minister (the ''Basọrun'') and the council of leading nobles known as the ''Ọyọ Mesi''.

[[Ibadan]], a city-state and proto-empire founded in the 18th century by a polyglot group of refugees, soldiers, and itinerant traders from Ọyọ and the other Yoruba sub-groups, largely dispensed with the concept of monarchism, preferring to elect both military and civil councils from a pool of eminent citizens. The city became a military republic, with distinguished soldiers wielding political powers through their election by popular acclaim and the respect of their peers. Similar practices were adopted by the [[Ijẹsa]] and other groups, which saw a corresponding rise in the social influence of military adventurers and successful entrepreneurs.

Occupational guilds, social clubs, secret or initiatory societies, and religious units, commonly known as Ẹgbẹ in Yoruba, included the ''[[Parakoyi]]'' (or league of traders) and ''Ẹgbẹ Ọdẹ'' (hunter's guild), and maintained an important role in commerce, social control, and vocational education in Yoruba polities.

There are also examples of other peer organizations in the region. When the Ẹgba resisted the imperial domination of the [[Ọyọ Empire]], a figure named Lisabi is credited with either creating or reviving a covert traditional organization named ''Ẹgbẹ Aro''. This group, originally a farmers' union, was converted to a network of secret militias throughout the Ẹgba forests, and each lodge plotted to overthrow Ọyọ's ''Ajeles'' (appointed administrators) in the late 1700s.

Similarly, covert military resistance leagues like the ''Ekiti Parapọ'' and the ''Ogidi'' alliance were organized during the 19th century wars by often-decentralized communities of the Ekiti, Ijẹṣa, Ìgbómìnà and Okun Yoruba in order to resist various imperial expansionist plans of Ibadan, Nupe, and the Sokoto Caliphate.

The monarchy of any city state was usually limited to a number of royal lineages. A family could be excluded from [[monarch|king]]ship and chieftancy if any family member, servant, or slave belonging to the family committed a crime such as theft, fraud, murder or rape.

In other city-states, the monarchy was open to the election of any free-born male citizen. There are also, in Ileṣa, Ondo, and other Yoruba communities, several traditions of female ''Ọbas'', though these were comparatively rare.

The kings were almost always [[Polygamy|polygamous]] and many had as many as 20 wives and often married royal family members from other towns/city states.

==Yoruba religion and mythology==
[[Image:Eshu-statue.jpg|thumb|100px|right|A statue of the orisha Eshu, Nigeria, c1920.]]
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Yoruba religion and mythology is a major influence in [[West Africa]], chiefly in [[Nigeria]], and it has given origin to several [[New World]] religions such as [[Santería]] in [[Cuba]], [[Puerto Rico]] and [[Candomblé]] in [[Brazil]].

[[Itan]] is the term for the sum total of all [[Yoruba mythology|Yoruba myths]], [[song]]s, histories, and other [[Culture|cultural]] components.

After the [[Oyo empire|Ọyọ empire]] collapsed and the region plunged into [[Yoruba Civil War|civil war]]), ethnic Yoruba were among the African people who were enslaved and taken by Jewish/European traders to [[Haiti]],[[Cuba]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[Brazil]], [[Trinidad]] and the rest of the New World (chiefly in the [[19th century]]. The slaves carried their [[Orisha|Orisha]] [[religion|religious beliefs]] with them. These concepts were combined with preexisting [[African]]-based religions, [[Christianity]], [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] mythology, and [[Kardecist Spiritism]] into various New World lineages:

*[[Santería]] ([[Cuba]]) ([[Puerto Rico]])
*[[Oyotunji]] ([[USA]])
*[[Idigene]] ([[Nigeria]])
*Anago ([[Nigeria]])
*[[Candomblé]] ([[Brazil]])
*[[Umbanda]] ([[Brazil]])
*[[Batuque (religion)|Batuque]] ([[Brazil]])

The popularly known [[Vodun]] religion of [[Haiti]] combines the religious beliefs of the many different African ethnic nationalities taken to the island with the structure and liturgy from the Fon-Ewe of present-day [[Benin]] and the Congo-Angolan culture area, but Yoruba-derived religious ideology and deities also play an important role.

Yoruba deities include "[[Oya|Ọya]]" ([[Goddess|wind goddess]]), "[[Ifá]]" ([[divination]] or [[destiny|fate]]), "[[Eleda|Ẹlẹda]]" ([[destiny]]), "[[Ibeji]]" ([[twins]]), "[[Osanyin|Ọsanyin]]" ([[medicine]]s and [[healing]]) and "[[Osun|Ọsun]]" ([[Mother goddess|goddess of fertility]], protector of [[children]] and [[mother]]s), [[Shango|Ṣango]] (God of thunder)

Human beings and other sentient creatures are also assumed to have their own individual deity of destiny, called "[[Ori (Yoruba)|Ori]]", who is venerated through a sculpture symbolically decorated with cowrie shells. Traditionally, dead parents and other ancestors are also believed to possess powers of protection over their descendants. This belief is expressed in worship and sacrifice on the grave or symbol of the ancestor, or as a community in the observance of the Egungun festival where the ancestors are represented as colorfully masquerade of costumed and masked men who represent the ancestral spirits. Dead parents and ancestors are also commonly venerated by pouring libations to the earth and the breaking of kolanuts in their honor at special occasions.

Today, many contemporary Yoruba proclaim to be active [[Christian]]s and [[Muslim]]s, yet retain many of the moral and cultural concepts of the Aborisha.

==Yoruba towns==
The chief Yoruba cities are [[Ibadan]], [[Lagos]], [[Ijebu Ode]] (Ijẹbu Ode), [[Abeokuta]] (Abẹokuta), [[Akure]] (Akurẹ), [[Ilorin]] (Ilọrin), [[Ijebu-Igbo]] (Ijẹbu-Igbo), [[Ogbomoso]] (Ogbomọṣọ), [[Ondo City|Ondo]], [[Ota, Nigeria|Ota]] (Ọta),Ìlá Ọràngún, [[Ado-Ekiti]], [[Shagamu]] (Sagamu), [[Ikenne]] (Ikẹnnẹ), [[Osogbo]] (Osogbo), [[Ilesa]] (Ilesa), [[Oyo]] (Ọyọ), [[Ife]] (Ilé-Ifẹ), Saki,and [[Ago-Iwoye]]

Traditionally the Yoruba organized themselves into networks of related villages, towns, and kingdoms, with most of them headed by an ''Ọba'' [King] or ''Baale'' [a nobleman or mayor]. Kingship is not determined by simple primogeniture, as in most monarchic systems of government. An electoral college of lineage heads is usually charged with selecting a member of one of the royal families, and the selection is usually confirmed by an Ifa divination request. The Ọbas live in palaces usually in the center of the town. Opposite to the king's palace is the ''Ọja Ọba'', the king's market. These markets form an inherent part of Yoruba life. Traditionally the market traders are well organized, have various guilds, and an elected speaker.

==Yoruba Diaspora==
{{see also|Nigerian American}}
There are large Yoruba communities around the world including [[Nigerian American|the United States]]. Of such Diasporic communities include the "[[Egbe Omo Yoruba]]" society. [http://www.yorubanation.org/ "Egbe Omo Yoruba, National Association Of Yoruba descendants in North America"], ''yorubanation.org'', [[19 May]] [[2007]].

==See also==
* [[Yoruba language]]
* [[Yoruba mythology]]
* [[Oyo Empire]]
* [[Samuel Johnson (Nigerian historian)]]
* Dr. [[Obadiah Johnson]]
* Bishop [[Samuel Ajayi Crowther]]
* [[Egba]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://yoruba.org Egbe Isokan Yoruba] - promotes the cultural, social, economic and political welfare of Yoruba.
* [http://abeokuta.org Radio Abeokuta] - promoting the Yoruba culture of Togo, Republic of Benin, and Nigeria, West Africa
* [http://omoyorubany.org Egbe Omo Yoruba, Greater New York] - Egbe Omo Yoruba Association of Yoruba Descendants, Greater New York Chapter
* [http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Yoruba.html Yoruba Information] - includes brief summary of language, religion, history, and art
* [http://server1.fandm.edu/departments/Anthropology/Bastian/ANT269/yoru.html World of the Yoruba] - ritual and performance in Yorubaland
* [http://www.africaaction.org/bp/ethall.htm Talking About "Tribe"] - looks at Yoruba identity
* [http://www.postcolonialweb.org/nigeria/yorubaov.html Yoruba Overview] - includes information on colonialism, religion, and myth
* [http://www.molli.org.uk/yoruba/welcome.html Yoruba: Exploring an African Culture] - interactive exhibit about the art and culture of the Yoruba
* [http://oho.org Oduduwa Heritage Organization]- preserve and promote Yoruba culture among the Yorubas who live in the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Area.
* [http://oroede.sourceforge.net/ Oro ede Yorùbá] - a searchable English to Yorùbá dictionary
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Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Lyrics

Oruko: Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Anikulapo-Kuti
Ojo-ebi 15 October 1938
Ojo-eku: 2 August 1997


This is a backup of source

Fela Kuti Lyrics


TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. BEASTS OF NO NATION
2. COFFIN FOR HEAD OF STATE
3. COLOMENTALITY
4. FEAR NOT FOR MAN
5. J�EHIN J�EHIN
6. INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF
7. KALAKUTA SHOW
8. LADY
9. MR. FOLLOW FOLLOW
10. MR. GRAMMARTICALOGYLISATIONALISM IS THE BOSS
11. ORIGINAL SUFFERHEAD
12. NO AGREEMENT
13. POWER SHOW
14. QUESTION JAM ANSWER
15. SORROW, TEARS, AND BLOOD
16. TEACHER DON'T TEACH ME NONSENSE
17. TROUBLE SLEEP, YANGA WAKE AM
18. WATER NO GET ENEMY
19. ZOMBIE



LYRICS (by Fela Kuti)

BEASTS OF NO NATION


Ah- Let's get now into another, underground spiritual game
Just go to help me the answer, go to say, 'Aiya-kata'- Oh ya

O feshe-Lu
[CHORUS] AIYA-KATA *(after each line)
O feshe- Ba
*(2x)

O feshe-Won
[CHORUS] AIYA-KATA *(after each line)
O feshe-Weng
Aiya kata
Aiya Koto
Aiya Kiti
Aiya Kutu

O feshe-Lu
[CHORUS] AIYA-KATA *(after each line)
O feshe- Ba
*(2x)

Oh-----.......

Basket mouth wan start to leak again, oh-
[CHORUS] BASKET MOUTH WAN OPEN MOUTH AGAIN, OH
Abi** you don forget I say I sing, ee-oh **(is it not)
[CHORUS] BASKET MOUTH WAN OPEN MOUTH AGAIN, OH
Oh, I sing, I say, I go my mouth like basket, ee-oh, Malan Bia-gbe-re
(stanza 2x)

Basket mouth wan start to leak again, oh-
[CHORUS] BASKET MOUTH WAN OPEN MOUTH AGAIN, OH

Fela, wetin you go sing about?
[CHORUS] DEM GO WORRY ME *(after each line)
(3x)

Dem go worry me, worry me-- worry, worry, worry, worry
[CHORUS] DEM GO WORRY ME *(After each line)
Dey wan to make us sing about prison
Dem go worry me, worry me-- worry, worry all over da town
Dey wan to know about prison life
Dem go worry me, worry me-- worry, worry all over da town
*(repeat stanza)

Fela, wetin you go sing about?
[CHORUS] DEM GO WORRY ME
Dem go worry me, worry me-- worry, worry, worry, worry

The time weh I dey, for prison, I call am 'inside world'
The time weh I dey outside prison, I call am 'outside world'
Na craze world, na be outside world

[CHORUS] CRAZE** WORLD *(after each line) / **(crazy)
Na be outside- da police-i dey
Na be outside- da soldier dey
Na be outside- da court dem dey
Na be outside- da magistrate dey
Na be outside- da judge dem dey
Na craze world be dat
Na be outside- Buhari dey
Na craze man be dat
Animal in craze-man skin-i
Na craze world be dat
Na be outside- Idia-gbon dey
Na craze man be dat- oh
Animal in craze-man skin-i
Na craze world be dat
Na be outside- dem find me guilty
Na be outside- dem jail me five years
------------------I no do nothing
Na be outside-dem judge dey beg ee-o
Na craze world be dat, Na craze world be dat
Na be outside- dem kill dem students
Soweto, Zaria, and Ife
Na craze world be dat, ee-oh
Na craze world be dat,
Na be outside- all dis dey happen
Na craze world be dat, ee-oh
Na craze world be dat, ee-oh
Na craze world be dat, ee-oh
Na craze world be dat, ee-oh
Na craze world be dat, ee-oh..


Make you hear this one [sax responses]
War against indiscipline, ee-oh

Na Nigerian government, ee-oh
Dem dey talk ee-oh
"My people are us-e-less, My people are sens-i-less, My people are indiscipline"

Na Nigerian government, ee-oh
Dem dey talk be dat
"My people are us-e-less, My people are sens-i-less, My people are indiscipline"

I never hear dat before- oh
Make Government talk, ee-oh
"My people are us-e-less, My people are sens-i-less, My people are indiscipline"

Na Nigerian government, ee-oh
Dem dey talk be dat
Which kind talk be dat- oh?
Craze talk be dat ee-oh
Na animal talk be dat oh
Na animal talk be dat oh

[CHORUS] MANY LEADERS AS YOU SEE DEM
[CHORUS] NA DIFFERENT DISGUISE DEM DEY-OH
[CHORUS] ANIMALS IN HUMAN SKIN
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I PUT-U TIE-OH
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I WEAR AGBADA
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I PUT-U SUIT-U
*(2x- 2nd time with lead voc)

These disguising leaders ee-oh, na wah for dem [sax responses after each]
Dem-o hold meeting everywhere, dem reach America (2x stanza)

Dem call the place, the "United Nations" [sax responses after each]
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 & Libya 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 (2x)

[CHORUS] MANY LEADERS AS YOU SEE DEM
[CHORUS] NA DIFFERENT DISGUISE DEM DEY-OH
[CHORUS] ANIMALS IN HUMAN SKIN
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I PUT-U TIE-OH
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I WEAR AGBADA
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I PUT-U SUIT-U
*(2x- 2nd time with lead voc)

Dem go hold meeting, oh, Dem go start yab human beings
Animal talk don start again
Dash dem, human rights

Dem go hold meeting, oh, Dem go start yab human beings
Animal talk don start again
Dash dem human rights
*(repeat stanza)

How animal go know-say dem no born me as slave?
How animal go know say slave trade don pass?
And, dey wan dash us human rights
Animal must talk to human beings
Give dem human rights

I beg-I, oh , make you hear me well-u well
I beg-I, oh, make you hear me very well

Human rights na my property
So therefore, you can't dash me my property
Human rights na my property
Dey wan dash us human rights

Some people say, "Why I dey talk like dis,
No be talk like dis, dem take to carry me go prision ee-oh"
No be me dey talk, na Prime Minister Botha dey talk, ee-oh (2x)

Him say, "this uprising will bring out the beast in us"
[CHORUS] THIS UPRISING WILL BRING OUT THE BEAST IN US
(repeat stanza 3x)

Eh Ji Keke- my argument

Botha na friend to Thatcher & Reagan
Botha na friend to some other leaders too
And together dem wan dash us human rights
Animals wan dash us human rights
Animal can't dash me human rights
Animal can't dash us human rights

[CHORUS] MANY LEADERS AS YOU SEE DEM
[CHORUS] NA DIFFERENT DISGUISE DEM DEY-OH
[CHORUS] ANIMALS IN HUMAN SKIN
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I PUT-U TIE-OH
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I WEAR AGBADA
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I PUT-U SUIT-U
*(2x- 2nd time with lead voc)

Beasts of no nation- Egbe Ke Gbe na bad society

[CHORUS] BEASTS OF NO NATION, EGBE KE GBE
[CHORUS] BEASTS OF NO NATION, OTURU GBE KE
(repeat stanza many x, lead vamp)

Easy easy

[solos]

**Do chorus & end again


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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
* Repeat as desired






Coffin for Head of State- Explanation

A criticism of arbitrary/artificial religious & ethnic boundaries, and of religious hypocrisy- people who invoke god, but then commit atrocities, including Obasanjo (General) & Y�aradua (Leiutentent Colonel), two of Fela's attackers.

The poor live in squalor while the pastor lives in luxury. Fela walks (waka), & sees the unhappiness of his people,and the corruption & greed of the colonial-influenced Nigerian government. Colonial culture confuses the African people.

In 1979, when Fela's mother (a government official & activist) dies from injuries inflicted by the Army during an attack on Fela's compound, Fela and his Movement of the People Carry an effigy of his mother's coffin to the barracks of two noted Fela enemies, Gen. Obasanjo & Lt.Crnl. Y'aradua. As a protest, Fela & MOP put the coffin down, and force the army to take it (Obasanjo & Yaradua eventually help to carry it). 'It remains there.

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COLOMENTALITY

Colomentality

E be say you be colonial man
You don be slave from before
Dem don release you now
but you never release yourself

Colomentality

E be so , E be so dem dey do,
dem dey overdo all the things wey dem dey do
e be so dem dey do, dem think say dem better pass dem brother.
No be so?

E be so

The thing wey black no good
na foreign things dem dey like.
No be so?
*[CHORUS] EE BE SO/ I BE SO
Dem go turn air condition and close dem country away.
Na be so?
E be so
Dem judge him go put white wig and jail him brothers away
No be so?
E be so

Dem go proud of dem name and put dem slave name for head
No be so?
E be so

Colomentality now make you hear me now

*[CHORUS] COLO MENTALITY

Mr. Ransome you make you hear
Mr. Williams you make you hear
Mr. Ali -a you make you hear
Mr. Mohammed you make you hear
Mr. Anglican you make you hear
Mr. Bishop you make you hear
Mr. Catholic you make you hear
Mr. Musulim you make you hear

Na Africa we dey O make you hear
Na Africa we dey O make you hear

Colomentality hear
Colomentality! listen!
Mr. Ransome you make you hear
Na Africa we dey o make you hear this

*[CHORUS] COLOMENTALITY [REPEATED]



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FEAR NOT FOR MAN


Doctor Kwame Nkrumah
The Father of Pan-Africanism
Says to all black people
All over the world:
`The secret of life is to have no fear`.
Now we all have to understand that

I`m a man
I`m a man
Run run run I no go run
Run run I no go run
Brothers and sisters
Na GOAT dey run, n MAN dey stand
I`m a man I`m a man

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J'EHIN J'EHIN

J'Ehin J'Ehin-o** **(fool)
Wa ma ba tire lo
Wa ma ba osi e lo- o

Mo fun e ni obirin
Ekini oni o fe o

Mo fun e ni obirin
E keji oni o gba

Mo fun e l'eke ta
O wa oro so o

Mo fun e l'ekerin
O ni o Ko gba

Ma lo o ona wa
Lo pa po

Now I'm gonna
Change the rhythm of this song
It's still the same groove



J'EHIN J'EHIN: Translation

Fool, Fool (chopteeth: teeth-eater, one who eats his own teeth)
Go away
Get your useless self out of here

I offer you a woman
You say you don't want her
I give you a second
You refuse
I give you a third woman
You find an excuse
I offer a fourth time
You refuse to accept
Go away
Our ways are different

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INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF

*[CHORUS] INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF (x3)
I.T.T
*[CHORUS] INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF [AFTER EACH LINE]
International Thief
Oh
*(CHORUS) INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF (x2) Guitar enters]
I.T.T.
*[CHORUS] INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF [AFTER EACH LINE International rogue
Oh, eh
*(CHORUS) INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF (x2)

<<[Drums change]>>

Wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella,
wella, wella, wella-- Ha (x2)

Wella**, **(this is true)
wella, wella, wella,
Wella, wella, wella, wella, wella
Wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella
Wella, wella * [Rhythmic- improvise]
Wella, wella, wella, wella, wella
Wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella,
wella, wella, wella---Ha - Yeh- Ch Ch Ch -Ch

Mother fuckers, Bastard Mother fuckers
*(CHORUS) YEAH [AFTER EACH LINE]
We yab** dem **(make fun of/abuse)
Hurry up der
Say, "yeah"


Wella well, na true I want talk again o
*(CHORUS) WELL WELL [AFTER EACH LINE]
Na true I want talk again o
If I dey lie o
Make Osiri punish me
Make Ifa dey punish me o
Make Edumare punish me o
Make the land dey punish me o
Make Edumare punish me o
I read 'em for book ee-o
I see so myself ee-o (2x on the 3rd repetition)
Well-ee well-ee o
*(CHORUS/LEAD) WELL WELL-EH-EH-EH-EH-EH-EH-ELL- WELL WELL
Well-ee well-ee o
*(CHORUS/LEAD) WELL WELL-EH-EH-EH-EH-EH-EH-ELL- WELL WELL [REPEAT STANZA 3X]



Long time ago
Long, long time ago
*(CHORUS) LONG TIME AGO [AFTER EACH LINE]
Long, long, long, long time ago
African man we no dey carry shit
We dey shit in-side big big hole
For Yourba-land na "Shalanga"
For Igbo-land na "Onunu-insi"
For Hausa-land na "Salunga"
For Ga-land na "Tiafi"
For Ashanti-land na �Yarni"
For Ethiopia-land na "Sagara-bet"
For Voodoo-land na "Cho-Cho"
For Bemba-land na "Chimbuzi"
For Tunga-land na "Echibuzi"
Long, long, long, long time ago
African man we no dey carry shit
We dey shit inside big big hole
Long, long, long, long time ago
Long, long, long, long time ago
Before them come for suss us away as slaves
During the time them come for suss us away as slaves
Na European man, na him dey carry shit
Na for them culture to carry shit
During the time dem come colonize us
Dem come teach us to carry shit
Long, long, long, long time ago
African man weh no dey carry shit
Na European man teach us to carry shit


Many foreign companies dey Africa carry all our money go
*(CHORUS) SAY AM, SAY AM [AFTER EACH LINE]
Many foreign companies dey Africa carry all our money go
Dem go write big English for newspaper, Dabaru we Africans
Dem go write big English for newspaper, Dabaru we Africans
I read about one of them inside book like that- Them call him name na I.T.T
I read about one of them inside book like that- Them call him name na I.T.T


Them go dey cause confusion
*(CHORUS) CONFUSION
Cause corruption
*(CHORUS) CORRUPTION
Cause oppression
* (CHORUS) OPPRESSION
Cause inflation
*(CHORUS) INFLATION

Dem go dey,
Cause oppression
*(CHORUS) OPPRESSION
Cause confusion
*(CHORUS) CONFUSION
Cause corruption
*(CHORUS) CORRUPTION
Cause inflation
*(CHORUS) INFLATION

Cause oppression
* (CHORUS) OPPRESSION
Cause confusion
*(CHORUS) CONFUSION
Cause inflation
*(CHORUS) INFLATION
Cause oppression
*(CHORUS) OPPRESSION
Oppression, Opression, Inflation, Corruption, Opression, Inflation----

Dem get one style wey dem dey use
Dem go pick one African-i man
A man with low mentality
Them go give am million naira breads
To become of high position here
Him go bribe some thousand naira bread
To become one useless-i chief
Like rat dey do, dem go,
Dey do from
Corner corner pass-ee, pass-ee
Under, under pass-ee, pass-ee
Inside-ee, Inside-ee pass-ee, pass-ee
In-ee, in-ee, pass-ee, pass-ee
Out-ee, out-ee, pass-ee, pass-ee
Peep-peep, peep-peep, pass-ee pass-ee

In-ee, in-ee, pass-ee, pass-ee
Corner corner, pass-ee, pass-ee
Under, under, pass-ee, pass-ee
Inside-ee, Inside-ee, pass-ee, pass-ee
Over world, pass-ee, pass-ee
Corner corner, pass-ee, pass-ee
Under, under, pass-ee, pass-ee
Inside- inside
Then he gradually, gradually, gradually, gradually (2x)
Them go be:
Friend friend to journalist
Friend to friend to Commissioner
Friend friend to Permanent Secretary
Friend to friend to Minister
Friend to friend to Head of State
Then start start to steal money
Start start them corruption
Start start them inflation
Start start them oppression
Start start them confusion
Start start them oppression
Start start to steal money
Start start to steal money
Like Obasanjo and Abiola

*(CHORUS) INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF　[AFTER EACH LINE]
I.T.T
International rogue
International thief
We fight them,


Well well
*(CHORUS) WELL WELL - [AFTER EACH LINE]
Wella wella
We don tire
to carry
anymore of
them shit
**[repeat indefinitely, add next stanza occasionally]


INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF (explanation)


* Uses abbreviation of "International Telephone & Telegraph" to attack all foreign companies for stealing from Africa, and for turning Africans into human-waste carriers [agbepo]. Derides stupid Africans who are put into power as puppets of the companies. Tricked & used by these companies, they become equally greedy & ruthless.

I still want to speak the truth. If I lie, may I be punished by Edumare (the Yoruba supreme spirit, g-o-d), Osisa (the Yoruba spirits), the Ifa (the spirit-god of divination), & the land itself. I have read about it read it in books, I have seen it personally.

Europeans came & forced their ways on Africa. Long ago, Africans didn't carry shit, we shat in a big hole (as evidenced by words for this hole in many African tribal languages-Yoruba, Igbo, Haussa, Ashanti). When the Europeans came to colonialise us, it was part of their culture to carry shit & taught us Africans to do it, too. They have turned us into agbepo, waste carriers (the lowest members of society).

Foreign companies confuse & trick Africans by manipulating (English) words in the newpaper. They subvert & control Africa using the same method: they find a stupid, greedy, & dishonest African, pay him a thousand Naira (Nigerian money), he bribes others to become a chief, but who acts in European interests. Like a rat, creeps here and there, gaining power by befriending journalists, religious leaders, & government officials.
Once in power, he begins embezzling, inflation, confusion, oppression...

Two examples of this are Obasanjo (Head of the military) and Abiola (CEO of International Telephone & Telegraph) . We must fight them. We refuse to carry their shit any longer.

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KALAKUTA SHOW

Make we talk something
We never talk before and
We dey see am everyday
(Ahh, Ohhh.Sh-sh-sh-sh-sh)
*repeat 2x

Look de man he dey waka
*[CHORUS] GAGA GUGU GAGA GUGU
*repeat

Hungry dey run for him face
*[CHORUS] WOKO WOKO WOKO WOKO
*repeat

Him pepeye* cap for him head
*[CHORUS] PEPE PEPE PEPE PEPE
*repeat

Him khaki woolen shirt for him body
*[CHORUS] WULU WULU WULU WULU
*repeat

Him trouser dey fly above him knee
*[CHORUS] YAYA YAYA YAYA YAYA
*repeat

The people wey employ da man
Give him permit to carry the thing
Weh bad
Dem give him permit to carry baton
Dem give him permit to carry tear-gas
Dem give him permit to carry bullet
Him fit carry basket for protection too
Na so we dey see am every day
No so he dey happen every day

One day
*[CHORUS] SATURDAY

One day
*[CHORUS] SATURDAY MORNING

The whole thing change

One day
*[CHORUS] 5 A.M.

One day
*[CHORUS] NOVEMBER 23

The whole thing change

One day
*[CHORUS] 1974

One day- Kalakuta Show

One day
*[CHORUS] SATURDAY

One day
*[CHORUS] SATURDAY MORNING


Kalakuta Show
*[CHORUS] 1979

Kalakuta Show

Dem make sure dem
Use tear-gas, baton & bullet
*repeat

Dem use them basket
For protection too
*repeat

Dem do one thing
Dem never do before
*repeat 3x

Dem-o hire axe-o dem-o bring cutlass

*[CHORUS] DEM-O HIRE� AXE-O DEM BU-RING CUTLASS
*repeat under verses:
Kalakuta show-o-o
Kalakuta show (una na na na na na na na na)

Kalakuta Show (2x)

Babu wire dem-o cut
Look fence dem break
Look gate dem fall
Everybody dey run
Look head dem break
Look blood him dey flow

Kalakuta show o-o
Kalakuta show
Na na na na na na na

Look loya** him dey come **(lawyer)
Him he loya him dey come
Look loya dem beat
Look loya him dey run
Look loya him dey run

Kalakuta show o-o
Kalakuta show
*Etc.

>Organ solo
>Sax solo

>End with bass/percussion under solo sax


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LADY

If you call woman
African woman no go 'gree
She go say I be Lady o

If you call woman
African woman no go 'gree
She go say I be Lady o

She go say:
*(CHORUS) SHE GO SAY I BE LADY O [AFTER EACH LINE]
She go say I no be woman
She go say market woman na woman
She go say I be Lady


I want tell you about Lady: (3x)
She go say him equal to man
She go say him get power like man
She go say anything man do
Him self fit do
I never tell you finish (3x)
I never tell you
She go want take cigar before anybody
She go want make you open door for am
She go want make man wash plate for her for kitchen
She want salute man she go sit down for chair (2x)
She want sit down for table before anybody (2x)
She want piece of meat before anybody (2x)
Call am for dance, she go dance Lady dance (2x)


African woman go dance she go dance the fire dance (2x)
She know him manna Masster
She go cook for am
She go do anything he say
But Lady no be so (4x)
Lady na Masster (3x)
Call am for dance, she go dance Lady dance (2x)
African woman go dance she go dance the fire dance (2x)
She know him manna Masster
She go cook for am
She go do anything he say

But Lady no be so (4x)
Lady na Masster (4x)
If you call am woman
African woman no go 'gree
She go say I be Lady


She go say:
*(CHORUS- AFTER EACH LINE) SHE GO SAY I BE LADY O O
She go say I be Lady
She go say I no be woman
She go say market woman na woman
She go say I be Lady
*(repeat indefinitely)




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MR. FOLLOW FOLLOW


Mr. Follow Follow
*[CHORUS] FOLLOW, FOLLOW, FOLLOW,- FOLLOW, FOLLOW, FOLLOW (2X)

Some dey follow follow, dem close dem eye
*[CHORUS] DEM CLOSE EYE, PIN- PIN- PIN
Some dey follow follow, dem close dem mouth
*[CHORUS] DEM CLOSE MOUTH, PAM- PAM- PAM
Some dey follow follow, dem close dem ear
*[CHORUS] DEM CLOSE EAR, G'BOING- BOING- BOING
Some dey follow follow, dem close dem sense
*[CHORUS] DEM CLOSE SENSE, BIRI- BIRI

I say dem close sense,
Dem close sense

If you dey follow follow
Make you open eye, open ear, open mouth, open sense (2x)

Na dat time
Na dat time you no go fall (2x)

If you dey follow follow dem book
*[CHORUS] NA INSIDE CUPBOARD YOU GO QUENCH (2x)

Coakroach dey, ee-rat dey, Ikan dey, darkness dey- ee
*[CHORUS] NA INSIDE CUPBOARD YOU GO QUENCH** **(destroy)

My brothers, make you no follow book-o
Look am and go your way

*[CHORUS] FOLLOW, FOLLOW (on 3,4- continues until end)

Make you open eye, open ear, open mouth, open sense
(riff/repeat as desired)

My brothers, make you no follow book-o
Look am and use your sense

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MR. GRAMMARTICALOGYLISATIONALISM IS THE BOSS

Now listen to me now
My brothers & sisters- I beg you
Now listen to me now!
Oh- now listen to me now
My brothers & sisters I beg you
Now listen to me now!
Dey na be man
*[CHORUS] WHICH MAN?
Weh talk Oyinbo** well well to rule our land-o **(foreigner/white)
*[CHORUS] THAT MAN!


Oh yes
*[CHORUS] HE TALK OYINBO PASS-EE ENGLISH MAN [AFTER EACH LINE]
He talk Oyinbo past American man
He talk Oyinbo past French man
Me, I say he talk Oyinbo past Germany man



The better Oyinbo you talk
The more bread you go get
School starts (cest?)- na grade four bread
BA- na gradee three bread
MA- na gradee two bread
PhD- a gradee one bread
The better Oyinbo you talk
The more bread you go get

Dey na be man
*[CHORUS] WHICH MAN?
Weh talk Oyinbo well well to rule our land-o
*[CHORUS] THAT MAN!
Oh yes
*[CHORUS] HE TALK OYINBO PASS-EE ENGLISH MAN
He talk Oyinbo past American man
*[CHORUS] HE TALK OYINBO PASS-EE ENGLISH MAN

Hear it! (Horn responses)
One more time
First thing for early morning
Na newspaper dem give us read
First thing for early morning
Na newspaper dem give us read
The Oyinbo weh dey inside
Petty trader no fit to know
The Oyinbo weh dey inside
Market woman- na fit to read
The Oyinbo weh dey inside
Na riddle for- laborer man
Inside dey paper
Lambastical dey
Inside dey paper
Ipso facto- dey dat one na Latin
Inside dey paper,
Jar-gonism dey
Inside dey paper,
Youth delinquency dey
Who be deliquent?
Na dem be deliquent
Who be delinquent?
The Oyinbo talker delinquent
Who be delinquent?
Na be me-o

Na be man
*[CHORUS] WHICH MAN?
Weh talk Oyinbo well well to rule our land-o
*[CHORUS] THAT MAN!


Oh yes
*[CHORUS] HE TALK OYINBO PASS-EE ENGLISH MAN - [AFTER EACH LINE]
He talk Oyinbo past American man
*He talk Oyinbo past French-e man* [Fill]
He talk Oyinbo past Germany man
Me, I say , he talk Oyinbo past French man
*REPEAT CHORUS INDEFINITELY

*Organ solo



MR. GRAMMARTICALOGYLISATIONALISM : Explanation


A criticism of African Educational system as a "poor imitation" of the Western Education system. The man who speaks better English gets paid more. The school's grades are rated (better bread as climb). The English use words against us-- first thing in the morning we are given newspapers, they brainwash us with big words. It's all jargon/nonsense-- irrelevant issues that have no bearing on common men. Then the leaders blame the poor's problems on ignorance & delinquency, but its the (English speaking) leaders who are delinquent.

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NO AGREEMENT


*(CHORUS) NO AGREEMENT TODAY, NO AGREEMENT
TOMORROW - 2X


I no go agree make my brother hungry, make I no talk
*(CHORUS) LA LA LA LA ! LA LA ! - [AFTER EACH LINE]
I no go agree make my brother jobless, make I no talk
I no go agree make my brother homeless, make I no talk


My grandpapa talk, your grandpapa talk
My grandmama talk, your grandmama talk
Your papa talk, my papa talk
My mama talk, your mama talk
Those wey no talk them they agree


I no go agree make my brother hungry, make I no talk
*(CHORUS) LA LA LA LA ! LA LA !


No agreement today, no agreement tomorrow
*(CHORUS) NO AGREEMENT TODAY, NO AGREEMENT TOMORROW [AFTER EACH LINE]
No agreement now, later, never and ever


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ORIGINAL SUFFERHEAD

Water Light
Food House
Ye paripa O** **(exclaimation of despair)
Wetin** do them **(what)
You mean you don`t know
Wetin do them
I go tell you
Wetin do them
You go hear am
Wetin do them

That means to say you no dey
For Nigeria be that
You see yourself
You no dey for Africa at all
You must dey come from London
New York, from Germany, from Italy...

That means to say you no
dey Nigeria be that
You see yourself you no de for
Afrika at all
If you dey for Africa where we dey
you go know
I go know wetin

Plenty, about water, light, food, house
I go know wetin
Plenty plenty water for Africa
Na so-so water in Africa
Water underground, water in the air
Na so-so water in Africa
Water for man to drink nko O** **(so what)

*(CHORUS) E-NO DEY
E-no dey e dey
*(CHORUS) E-NO DEY
Water for town
*(CHORUS) E-NO DEY
Government sef e dey?
*(CHORUS) E-NO DEY

Plenty, plenty light for Afrika
Na so-so energy for Africa
Na the big-big men dey get electrica
If them no get electric dem go
If they don`t get electricity
Get plant O
Ordinary light for man nko O

*(CHORUS) E-NO DEY
E-no dey e dey?

*(CHORUS) E-NO DEY

Plenty, plenty food for Africa
Food under-ground,
Food on the ground
Na so-so plenty food for Africa
Ordinary food for man for chop* nko O **(eat)

E-no dey
Government sef e dey?
E no dey
Dodo nko?
Ten kobo for one

Akara nko? twenty kobo for one (2x)
Bread nko? fourty kobo for one
E no dey
Government sef e dey?
E no dey

House matter na different matter
Those wey dey for London dem
Those wey dey New York dem
They leave dey like kings

We wey ele for Afrika
We dey leave like servants
United Nations dem come
Get name for us
Dem go call us under develope nation
We must be underdeveloped
To dey stay ten-ten in one room O
First and second dey

Dem go call us Third World
We must dey craze for head
To dey sleep inside dustbin
Dem go call us none-aligned nations
We must dey craze for head
To dey sleep under bridge O

Ordinary house for man


To leave nko O?
*(CHORUS) E NO DEY
Trouble
E yen dey** **(it is there)
Water?
E no dey** **(it is not there)
Wahala** **(affliction/trouble)
E yen dey
Food
E no dey
Trouble
E yen dey
House
E no dey
Wahala

E yen dey
Dem come turn-us to suffer-head to
Original Suffer-head
It' s time for Jefa**-Head O **(to enjoy good fortune)
Original Jefa-Head O
Dem turn us to Suffer-head O

*(CHORUS) ORIGINAL SUFFERHEAD

It' s time for Jefa-Head O

I want to tell you my brother
One bitter truth
Before we all are to Jefa-head O
We must be ready to fight for am now

Me I say sufferhead must go O O
Original Sufferhead
Jefa-Head must come

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POWER SHOW

I open my eye I see for my land
*(CHORUS) NA WRONG SHOW O
Everywhere you dey
Everywhere you go
Everybody want do power show
*(CHORUS) NA WRONG SHOW O
You reach boarder immigration
officer dey immigration


Him go bluff you
*(CHORUS) YES [AFTER EACH LINE]
Waste your time
Change him pen him pants
Some dey comb dem hair
Den tidy dem table
Den him/dem pull dem chair


Before him go know say you dey there
If you no talk quick
Him go go for shit
Him go shit come-back
And you talk to am
Then you suprise when him
Shack for you
Him go say you no go cross
You no go cross today
Na that time dem go start
Dem Power Show O O
Na wrong show
Go post office na the same
Dem go bluff you
Waste your time
Run you up
And then run you down
Dem go tire your body
And then tire your mind
And them tire your whole mind
Dem go say no change for fifty Kobo
Na that time dem go start them

Power Show O O
Na wrong show O
Motor car owner sef him go take
him car push him car push laborer
Down for road
Then him start to yab
Foolish labourer
Nonentity, him no get money
Look him sandals e don tear finish
Look him trouser e don tear for yansh** **(ass)
Look him singlet e don dirty finish
Look him body e no bath this morning
Look him pocket e don dry finish
You go suffer for nothing
You go suffer for nothing
You no know me sha?
I be General for Army Office I
I be Officer for Police Station
I be secretary for government office
You foolish laborer, you go suffer for nothing
Nonentity, you go suffer
for nothing
Na that time dem go start dem

Power Show
Na wrong show O
Power Show na wrong thing
*(CHORUS) YES

Na sad thing
Na sad thing
Na wrong show O
Power na to help your land
Na to help your mates
Na wrong show O

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QUESTION JAM ANSWER

When question drop for mouth,
Question go start to run,
When answer drop for mouth,
Answer run after am,
When answer jam question for road
Another thing go shale-o
Another thing go shale-o
Another thing go shale-o

When question drop for mouth,
Question go start to run,
When answer drop for mouth,
Answer run after am,
When answer jam** question for road **(crashes into)
Another thing go shale-o

Why you mash my leg for ground?
You no see my leg for road?
Why you mash my leg for ground?
You no see my leg for road?

Question dem drop for mouth,
Question go start to run,
Question dem drop for mouth,
Question go start to run,

Why you put your leg for road?
You no see say I dey come?
Why you put your leg for road?
You no see say I dey come?

Answer dem drop for mouth,
Answer dem start to run,
Answer dem drop for mouth,
Answer dem start to run,

When question drop for mouth,
Question go start to run,
When answer drop for mouth,
Answer run after am,
When answer jam question for road
Another thing go shale-o


Dem e na na na na
**(CHORUS) ANOTHER THING GO SHALE-O - [AFTER EACH LINE]
Dem e na na na na
I now leave things to your imagination
When answer jam question for road
Dem e na na na na


SAX CALLS--- Another thing go shale-o
*(CHORUS) RESPONSE







Question Jam Answer: Explanation

People are different & unpredictable:
Mr. Question stops (jams) Mr. Answer on the road, an unexpected thing will happen.
When you ask someone a question, be prepared- you may receive an unexpected response

For example:
As you sit, someone steps on your leg,
You inquire- "why did you step on me, didn't you see my leg?"
You expect an apology & sympathy

Instead, he responds, "Why did you put your leg in my way,
Didn't you see me coming?"





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SORROW, TEARS, AND BLOOD

Everybody run run run
Everybody scatter scatter
Some people lost some bread
Some one nearly die
Some one just die
Police dey come, Army dey come
Confusion everywhere

Seven minutes later
All done cool down, brother
Police don go away
Army don disappear

Dem leave Sorrow, Tears, and Blood (2x)
Dem regular trade mark
*(CHORUS) DEM REGULAR TRADE MARK
Dem regular trade mark
*(CHORUS) DEM REGULAR TRADE MARK

Everybody run run run
Everybody scatter scatter
Some people lost some bread
Some one nearly die
Some one just die
Police dey come, Army dey come
Confusion everywhere

Seven minutes later
All done cool down, brother
Police don go away
Army don disappear

Dem leave Sorrow, Tears, and Blood (2x)
Dem regular trade mark
*(CHORUS) DEM REGULAR TRADE MARK
Dem regular trade mark
*(CHORUS) DEM REGULAR TRADE MARK
La, la, la, la

My people self dey fear too much
Dem fear for the thing we no see
Dem fear for the air around us

We fear to fight for freedom
We fear to fight for liberty
We fear to fight for justice
We fear to fight for happiness
We always get reason to fear

We no want die
We no want quench** **(destroy)
Mama dey for house
Papa dey for house
I get one wife
I get one car
I get one house
I just build house
I wan enjoy

So policeman go slap your face
You no go talk
Army man go whip your yansh** **(ass)
You go dey look like donkey
Rhodesia dey do dem own
Our leaders dey yab for nothing
South Africa dey do dem own

Dem leave Sorrow, Tears, and Blood
*(CHORUS) DEM REGULAR TRADE MARK
Dem regular trade mark
*(CHORUS) DEM REGULAR TRADE MARK

Dem leave Sorrow, Tears, and Blood
*(CHORUS) DEM REGULAR TRADE MARK
Dem regular trade mark
*(CHORUS) DEM REGULAR TRADE MARK

That is why-y-y

Everybody run run run
Everybody scatter scatter
Some people lost some bread
Some one nearly die
Some one just die
Police dey come, Army dey come
Confusion everywhere

Time dey go
Time no wait for nobody
Police dey come
Like this
**[make siren noise with voice]

Everybody run run run
Everybody scatter scatter
Some people lost some bread
Some one nearly die
Some one just die
Police dey come, Army dey come
Confusion everywhere

Seven minutes later
All done cool down, brother
Police don go away
Army don disappear

Dem leave Sorrow, Tears, and Blood (2x)
Dem regular trade mark
*(CHORUS) DEM REGULAR TRADE MARK
Dem regular trade mark
*(CHORUS) DEM REGULAR TRADE MARK



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TEACHER DON'T TEACH ME NONSENSE


A kujuba, A kujuba,
*[CHORUS]- EH____
(repeat 7x)
Yehhhh- eh!


Ke-re-KE, Ke-re-KE, Ke-re-KE, Ke-re-KE, Ke-re-KE, Ke-re-JI-KE-KE

*[CHORUS]- YAH
Ke-re-ke- JI- Ke-ke
CHORUS)- YAH
---------ke- JI- Ke-ke
*[CHORUS]- YAH
Ke-re-ke-KE- JI- Ke-ke
(repeat 3x)

Ke-RE-ke

All the wahala**, all the problems, **(affliction/trouble)
All the things, all the things they go do,
For this world go start,
When the teacher, schoolboy & schoolgirl jam** together **(collide)

Who be teacher?
I go let you know...
(repeat 3x)

When we be pikin,
*[CHORUS] FATHER, MAMA BE TEACHER
When we dey first school
*[CHORUS] TEACHER BE TEACHER
When we dey University
*[CHORUS] LECTURER BE TEACHER
When we start to work
*[CHORUS] GOVERNMENT BE TEACHER
Who be government teacher?
*[CHORUS] KULTURE TRADITION
Who be government teacher?
*[CHORUS] KULTURE AND TRADITION
Kolu-showan tradition
*[CHORUS] KULTURE AND TRADITION
Kolu-showan tradition
*[CHORUS] KULTURE AND TRADITION

Now the problem side, of a teaching student-ee
I go sing about
I don pass pikin, I don pass school, university, se-fa pass
As I don start to work, na government I must se-fa pass
Da go for France

*[CHORUS] YES SIR (*after each line) [occassionally "YES MAAM"]
Engi-land
Italy
Germany
Na dem culture
For there
Be teacher
For dem
Go China
Russia
Korea
Viet Nam
Na dem culture
For there
Be teacher
For dem
Go Syria
Jordan
Iran
Iraq
Na dem culture
For there
Be teacher
For dem

Let us face ourselves for Afrika
Na de matter of Afrika
This part-ee of my song
Na all the problems of this world
In we dey carry, for Afrika

Wey no go ask-ee me
*[CHORUS] WHICH ONE?
(repeat 4x)

Problems of inflation
*[CHORUS] WHICH ONE? (after each line)
Problems of corruption
Of mismanagement
Stealing by government
Nothing dey we carry
All over Afrika
Na de latest one
Na him dey make me laugh

Posteri-
*[CHORUS] AUSTERITY *(after each line)
Austeri-
Na him dey latest one
Na him dey make me laugh
Why I dey laugh?
Man no fit cry?

Ubi ya watisha na Oyinbo
Ubi ya watisha na Oyinbo
A na false, the first election
And the second election held in Nigeria
Na the second election na it was na pass
Boba la nonsense

*[CHORUS] BOBA** LA NONSENSE (*repeat after each line) **(misinform,)
Boba la nonsense
He pass "redeem" em
He pass corruption
Which kind election be dis?
People na go vote
Dem come get big big numbers
Fellows to thousands
Millions to billions
Which kind election be dis?
Boba la nonsense

Na dem-o-cr-azy be the deal(?)
Na dem-o-cr-azy be the deal
Who don teach us ee dem-o-cr-azy?
(bo-ptch) Oyinbo** teach-ee us **(foreigner/white)
(yuh-ngh) Oyinbo for Europe -oh
Oyinbo teach us many many things-ee
Many of dem things I don sing about-ee
Me I no gin copy Oyinbo style
Let us think say, Oyinbo no pass me
When Shagari finish him elections
Wey dem no tell am, say him make mistake
Say this yo, no be democracy
Oyinbo dem no tell army self
Na for England-ee, I me no fit take over
I come think about this demo-crazy

Democrazy
*[CHORUS] DEMO-CRAZY (*after each line)
Crazy demo
Demonstration of craze
Crazy demonstration
If it no be craze
Why for Afrika?
As time dey go
Things just dey bad
They bad more and more
Poor man dey cry
Rich man dey mess
Demo-crazy
Democrazy
Crazy demo
Demonstration of craze
Crazy demonstration

If good-u teacher teach-ee something
And he student make mistake
Teacher must talk-ee so
But Oyinbo no talk-ee so
I suffer dem, Dey suffer dem
Dem dey say da teaching get meaning
Different different meaning
Different different kinds of meaning
That is why I say
That is the reason of my song

That is the conclude
The conclud-ee of my song

I say, I sing, I beg everyone to join my song (3x)

*[CHORUS] 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 OH
AS SOON TEACHING FINISH YES, DA THING-EE IT GON DIE

ME & YOU NO DEY FOR THE SAME-EE CATEGORY (4X)



*[CHORUS] NOT THE SAME CATEGORY OH
Category *(repeat/Lead fills vocally)
Not the same category oh

(KEY SOLO, etc)



Ke-re-KE, Ke-re-KE, Ke-re-KE, Ke-re-KE, Ke-re-KE, Ke-re-JI-KE-KE

*[CHORUS]- YAH
Ke-re-ke- JI- Ke-ke
CHORUS)- YAH
---------ke- JI- Ke-ke
*[CHORUS]- YAH
Ke-re-ke-KE- JI- Ke-ke
(repeat 3x)


*[CHORUS] 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 OH
AS SOON TEACHING FINISH YES, DA THING-EE IT GON DIE

ME & YOU NO DEY FOR THE SAME-EE CATEGORY (4X)



*[CHORUS] NOT THE SAME CATEGORY OH
Category *(repeat/Lead fills vocally)
Not the same category oh

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TROUBLE SLEEP, YANGA WAKE AM

(lead vocal scats melody), sax solo, organ intro

*[CHORUS]
RA RA-RA RA, RA-RA-RA-RA-RA
RA RA-RA RA, RA-RA-RA-RA-RA
RA RA-RA RA

When Trouble sleep,
Yanga go wake am,
Waking him dey find
*[CHORUS] PALAVER, HE DEY FIND
Palaver**, he go get-e o **(trouble)
*[CHORUS] PALAVER, HE GO GET
Palaver

When cat sleep,
Rat go bite him tail,
Waking him dey find,
*[CHORUS] PALAVER, HE DEY FIND
Palaver, he go get-e o
*[CHORUS] PALAVER, HE GO GET
Palaver

Tenant lost him job,
Him sit down for house,
Him dey think of job,
Mr. Landord come wake am up,
He say, "Mister, pay me your rent"
Waking him dey find
*[CHORUS] PALAVER, HE DEY FIND
Palaver, he go get-e o
*[CHORUS] PALAVER, HE GO GET
Palaver

My friend just come from prison,
Him dey look for work,
Waka* waka day and night, *(walk)
Police man come stop am for road,
He say, "Mister, I charge you for wandering"
Waking him dey find
*[CHORUS] PALAVER, HE DEY FIND
Palaver, he go get-e o
*[CHORUS] PALAVER, HE GO GET
Palaver

Mr. Husband marry for church,
He make big party,
Then he start to spray**, **(excessive tipping by placing money on forehead of people, usually the celebrants or musicians)
Because him love him wife,
Him say, "wife come run away"
Bank manager run come,
He say, "Mister, pay me your debt"
Waking him dey find, for Lagos e-o
*[CHORUS] PALAVER, HE DEY FIND
Palaver, he go get-e o
*[CHORUS] PALAVER, HE GO GET
Palaver

When Trouble sleep,
Yanga go wake am,
Waking him dey find
*[CHORUS] PALAVER, HE DEY FIND
Palaver, he go get-e o
*[CHORUS] PALAVER, HE GO GET
Palaver, he go get-e o

When cat sleep,
Rat go bite him tail,
Waking him dey find,
*[CHORUS] PALAVER, HE DEY FIND
Palaver, he go get-e o
*[CHORUS] PALAVER, HE GO GET
Palaver, he go get e-o

*[CHORUS]
RA RA-RA RA, RA-RA-RA-RA-RA
RA RA-RA RA, RA-RA-RA-RA-RA
RA RA-RA RA

RA RA-RA RA, RA-RA-RA-RA-RA
RA RA-RA RA, RA-RA-RA-RA-RA
RA RA-RA RA


Explanation:

Don't kick people when they are down,
Nor bother them at inappropriate times:
There is a limit to patience.

When things are calm,
Don't start trouble by bothering people who are struggling to get by.

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WATER NO GET ENEMY

To ba fe lo weh omi lo- malo <>
If you wan go wash- water you go use

Toba fe sobeh omi lo- malo
If you wan cook soup- water you go use

To ri ba ngbona omi lero lero
If your head be hot- water it cool am

Tomo ba ngagda omi lo- malo
If your child dey grow- water you go use

If water kill your child- water you go use
Tobi ba bwi nao homi lo- malo

Ko sohun tole se ko ma lomi- o
Nothing without water (repeat this couplet)

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*[CHORUS] WATER, IT NO GET ENEMY - [AFTER EACH LINE]
Oh me a water-o
No go fight am, unless you wan die
I say water No get enemy
No go fight am, unless you wan die
O me a water-o
O they talk of Black-man power
O they talk of Black power, I say
I say water No get enemy
No go fight am, unless you wan die
I say water No get enemy
I say water No get enemy
O me a water-o
O me a water-o


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WATER NO GET ENEMY: EXPLANATION

The "water" is the Nigerian common people. The Government/Military must not make enemies of the populous, nor disturb their "flow" (endevours & routines)- as it is dangerous to make an enemy of the country's most essential resource. The people make everything happen.

Nothing exists without water
Water does not gain enemies
because if you fight (renounce)water, you will die

Power cannot exist without the people




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ZOMBIE


Zombie-o, zombie** **(police/army-unthinking followers)
*[CHORUS] ZOMBIE-O, ZOMBIE (2X)

Zombie no go go, unless you tell am to go
*[CHORUS] ZOMBIE *(after each line)
Zombie no go stop, unless you tell am to stop
Zombie no go turn, unless you tell am to turn
Zombie no go think, unless you tell am to think

Zombie-o, zombie
*[CHORUS] ZOMBIE-O, ZOMBIE (2X) *(repeat last 2 stanzas)

Tell am to go straight-- Joro, Jara, Joro
No break, no job, no sense-- Joro, Jara, Joro
Tell am to go kill-- Joro, Jara, Joro
No break, no job, no sense-- Joro, Jara, Joro
Tell am to go quench-- Joro, Jara, Joro
No break, no job, no sense-- Joro, Jara, Joro

Go and kill
*[CHORUS] JORO, JARA, JORO *(after each line)
Go and die
Go and quench** **(destroy)
Put am for reverse
Go and kill
Go and die
Go and quench *(3x)


Joro, Jara, Joro- O Zombie way na one way (3x)
Joro, Jara, Joro- Ooooh


Attention
*[CHORUS] ZOMBIE *(in time- average every 2-3 words)
Quick march
Slow march
Left turn
Right turn
About turn
Double time
Sa-lute
Open your hat
Stand at ease
Fall in
Fall out
Fall down
Get ready *(2x)

Ha-lt
Or-der *(Repeat 3x from "Attention")

*[CHORUS] ZOMBIE (repeat on "1" of each measure as desired)
Dis-miss


ADDITIONS & CORRECTIONS

Please contact me with any additions or corrections to Fela Kuti Lyrics.

Please check out the CHOPTEETH AFROBEAT BAND from the Washington D.C. area.
Ifa bless Antibalas, pioneers of the Afrobeat Renaissance.

Cheers!
-David (Disciple of Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Tony Oladipo Allen, proponent of Afrobeat, afro-batteur)

Ijebudrums COMMENT
Thank you, David and Tony Oladipo Allen, for this work. It appears here for educational purposes.

Rations

Many countries of Africa keep their foreign reserves, and conduct their international trade in the USA currency, the dollar. There are indications that the economy of that country is in deep trouble and that its currency may be severely depreciated. Consider this statement to the USA Congress arm of government.
What would happen to your dollar-ised money if the USA goes into depression?
The value of your wealth will be much reduced. You may be unable to get cash out of the banks. The price of everyday consumables will go up very sharply. These events will trigger a massive transfer of wealth from you to those who sell the things you want to buy.

First, prepare your family, now, by stocking up on some essentials:

Dried / smoked fish or Cans of Fish
Bags of Nuts especially Groundnut due to high protein content
Bags of Rice
Red Palm Oil (it is very stable at room temperature)
Bags of Dehydrated fruits put them in a glass jar, cover with nylon and screw down the lid)
Boxes of Cereals like Coco pops which you can eat straight out the box
Batteries
Radios (preferably wind up)
Matches/lighters
Candles
Torches (preferably wind up)
Hot water bottles
Wood
Paper
Pens and Pencils
Soaps
Washing powders
Washing up liquids
Toilet Paper
Blankets
Fire Kettles
Bottled fuel
Bottled Stoves
Medications/Herbs/supplements
Toothpaste
Camping burners/stoves & spare gas bottles
Bottled Water (try to get a British Berkefield "gravity water filter" system)

Second, Secure your water supply
Make Your Own Water Filter: Using What's Available Is All It Takes
By Tony Cunningham

It is possible to make your own water filter and turn dirty and contaminated water into clean and pure drinking water by sending the water through many layers that help in filtering out the contained impurities and such a system is much like what tap water goes through at a treatment station.

A Couple Of Simple Methods

You do not need much to make your own water filter, and a two liter plastic pop bottle and lid, straw, cotton batting, gravel, sand, coffee filter as well as jar along with (of course) muddy water will do. You will then have to take a few steps to make your own water filter which include cutting the bottom of the pop bottle, placing into it a layer of cotton batting and layers of fine grain sand, large grain sand as well as small and large gravel, cutting the coffee filter to fit the top of the bottle, and placing this on top of the gravel. Finally, you need to pour the muddy water into the open end of the bottle and allow the water to seep down the filter layers.

Following these simple steps will allow anyone to make their own water filter. To make doubly sure that the water is properly filtered, you may add four to eight drops of chlorine to each gallon of filtered water.

There is even more sophisticated means to making your own water filter, and it is doubly important in case you only have access to dirty and muddy water which per force you need to drink. This may happen when you are out camping, or in a place where there is no filtered water available for drinking.

When you do make your own water filter, you will undoubtedly be removing just the “visible” portion of the contaminants. This is a small though good beginning, and there are a number of different and easy ways to go about the business of filtering water without needing to purchase a water filter.

All you really need is to use things that are readily available including a container that should have five to ten holes punched at the bottom. Fill the container with layers of sand and gravel from the bottom all the way to the top. Collect enough water and the pour it through the filter, and catch the ‘filtered' water in another container at the bottom. In case the water does not look clean, you may have to pour it once again, or as many times as is necessary for it to turn clear.

Third, take your USD dollars and buy a farm, well away from any "urban" areas.
Fourth, arm your self for protection and hunting. There will be many wild-life after the start of the next world war.

Rape of Nanking: Japan and USA

video: Hirohito and Asia's Stolen Treasures - Why the World Forget the Rape of Nanking.
Japan liberated billions of Naira (USD millions) from the countries it invaded between the WW1 and WW2. However, the attack on Pearl Harbour brought the USA into WW2. USA general MacArther fled to Australia and left his men to be captured by Japan. This money used to buy their freedom after defeat in WW2 and is the investment basis of their economic 'miracle'.

When is a Zulu Not a Zulu?

There is a storm brewing.

video: What Can DNA Tell Us About Race,
One of the leading authorities on race and science, Troy Duster discusses how the understanding of race is being reshaped by the genomics revolution. Sometimes unintentionally and sometimes not so innocently, genomics may be generating a new and more sophisticated racism, not so different from the eugenics-based and criminological racism that flourished in decades gone by.

Troy Duster bursts the balloon underpinning the Ancestry By DNA business.
DNA Print Genomics, a very well funded private research institute "helps police" to use DNA to catch a suspect implicated in a murder case. The case had been unsolved for years. The research institute happened to have a side business that claims it trace DNA back ten generations (about 300 years). The purpose? to help those who want to know where they are from, originally. This kind of search is particularly poignant for the African diaspora who endured separation and disconnect during the Middle Passage. The European slave trade was good business from the 1400s to about 1850 and it appears to be a perennial money spinner. There are plenty of customers. Ancestry.com report USD140 million revenues for FY2005 mostly by annual subscriptions.

Turns out that HUGO lets your ancestry be traced on both sides of parentage. You could always trace your REAL father via the Y chromosomes. Now, with genetic engineering, you can trace your real mother through mitochondrial DNA [mDNA]. Ability to trace ancestry via mother is especially important in societies where women have been raped, yet denied, for generations. Many African-Americans have some yurugu blood originating from this crime. They are not trying to disprove yurugu genes. The desire is to connect with the African heritage. Or to establish how many drops of blood... not.

Step up, Oprah Winfrey, who just knows and feels that she is Zulu. Now she has enough money to set up a research facility in Africa to enable the heritage to gain technological capabilities in genomics and biotechnology. And "Skip" Gates who may not have as much wealth, but keeps the wolf off the door by sending other (black) sheep out. And TD Jakes who fleeces them and plucks out their eyes on the way out, amen. Skip wants to know if DNAprints can help. Surprise, surprise, they "confirm" that Oprah is not Zulu after all. Seems that Oprah or Skip could not gather the strength to ask if Oprah is of the Yoruba or Ibo or any other Bantu nation. Seems they could tell all Africans had disowned Gates and Jakes.

How can you say someone is not a Zulu when you cannot sample the DNA of Zulus in the 1500s? Indeed, the only job of the Human Genome Project (HUGO) is to enable eugenicists to make racist supremacy statements while withholding the technology that allows their claims to be independently proven. It is a genocidal weapon, not a solution.

The new Eugenics

Eugenics originated in England, UK. It came to fruition as government policy in USA. It came to prominence in Germany. After disrepute under the Nazi party, eugenics became genetics and precipitated the Human Genome Project. Now it is called bio-technology. Eugenics is the foundation of the new science of Trans-genics whereby new life-forms are created by combining the genetic material of different organisms. Goats that produce milk in form of spider silk. Pigs that produce organs that beat human natural antigen defense mechanisms. Mice that have human ears growing out of their backs. A key area of intensive research is trans-humanism. Trans-humans are human beings borne of artificially combined genes. Selected human genes pre-screened to include traits deemed desirable or to exclude traits deemed undesirable. Who decides what traits will be deemed desirable or non-desirable?

Under USA chattel slavery, elite plantation owners used nearly-wageless slave labour to build wealth and power. As slave labour was nearly free, the elites had little or no use for poor "freemen" labourers. Elites tried to convince themselves and others, including slaves, that slaves were mindless sub-humans capable only of work, sex, fighting and feeding. Freemen and rebellious slaves united in many uprisings to overcome the exploitation they endured. Elites created the social concept of racism in order to divide the union among poor workers. They persecuted and drove freemen away from settled lands in order to deny them collaboration with conquered slaves. Slave-capitalism was more cost-effective than industrial-capitalism that was only beginning to establish in north-east USA. As the European settlements went west with expansion of the frontier, so did slave-capitalism threaten to undermine both free labour and industrial capital. The USA civil war was fought to stop the westward expansion of slave-capitalism, and not to free the slaves.

Elite investors in trans-humans can now see a new world order, in which trans-humans bred to be either mindless and sexless work-slaves or super-powerful mindless soldier-slaves that serve super-humans. In the transition period before these "gathacans" are become sufficient, eugenic elites are working to dumb down and de-populate the rest of humanity.

Food: control of food systems through destruction of natural pollinators (birds and bees), member-only exchange trading systems for marketing and pricing of food and commodity products, biotechnology (capital intensive seed and animal reproduction, farming, processing and preservation), consolidation of supermarkets and retail food outlets, designation of arable land as wildlife conservation areas or natural parks even as human activity enforces genocide of non-cultivated species, etc

De-population: engineered climate change, un-winnable and genocidal wars that recruit disproportionately from the 'underclass', manufactured and untreated historical diseases such as AIDS, malaria, lack of planning for natural disasters, monopoly of natural resources, depletion of groundwater that causes droughts, proliferation of 'planned parenthood' and similar abortion factories, mis-education that induces self-hatred, ethnic or racial cleansing, and gang-warfare, etc

video Trans-humanism debate

How to tackle this eugenic agenda?

Read a Book 4: General on AssataShakur.org

Here is a reading list from poster "General", who runs the MATAH social solidarity network. It appeared in the pan African section on AssataShakur.org, a website dedicated to freedom lovers everywhere.

1. The Crisis of the Negro Intellect by Harold Cruise
2. Dusk to Dawn, W.E.B Dubious, part where he speaks of Cooperatives
3. Intro to Black Studies Maluang Karenga particularly the part on Economics two Socialist address the issue of Cooperatives.
4. E. Franklin Frazier, Black Bourgisie. Part on Businesses and Cooperatives
5. Amos Wilson Blueprint to Black Power
6. Powernomics, Dr. Claud Anderson


What comes first: economic power or political power? Someone said who makes the gold makes the rules (law). "Give me the power of a nation's currency and I care not who writes the rules"

Protecting our people

Greetings, Again, I will let the observations and facts of others speak for themselves. However, I will start with some comments of my own.

There is a global war on people of African heritage. One of the battles in this war is the battle to be born. Thereafter come the battles to nourish well, learn wisdoms (education), contribute to wellness of African society, and attain spiritual fulfillment.

The continent of Africa is under-populated. Apart from a few cosmopolitan city-states, notably Lagos, Tshwane (Jo'burg) and Ibadan, the evidence of under-population stares us in the face whenever one travels from any one of our major cities to another. In other parts of the world, the under-populated strength of African-heritage people is a strong factor in their oppression by other communities. There are those who want this land for their own people.

We need to have more children IN ORDER to strengthen our society. We need to bring them up to look to us - their parents and elders - for their nurture, their aspirations, and their protection. We also need to make up for the centuries over which our people were selectively 'harvested' from the African continent to make up for skills shortages in Arabia, Europe and the Americas.

Let us help young people to start families while still in their 20s or 30s. There is business in helping African youth with family building and financial planning and business creation. We need to educate ourselves about the role of birth control clinics in trafficking aborted fetuses to producers of anti-aging creams and eugenicist-researchers in human genetics.

Africans in particular, and poor people all over the world, are today targeted for depopulation. Our growing NGO industry find few 'projects' attract as much benevolent grant funding and technical assistance from our international "well-wishers" as [B]population control[/B]. Did you ever consider that the NGO crowd and their anti-government bias and population control focus may be part of the same agenda?:

Full text of NSSM 200
An assessment of The NSSM 200

Note that this is OFFICIAL government policy of the United States of America USA. It was edited by Henry Kissinger, a member of the CFR. Recently, the USA state department (ministry of defense) issued a statement to the effect that Nigeria may break up by 2016. That was a statement of intent. It was not a warning. It was notification of efforts to break up Nigeria. Why? For the same reasons as Africa was partitioned, India was partitioned, and now Iraq, Sudan and Cameroon will soon be partitioned. First the foreign direct investment in Akotileta governments and NGOs whose policies and actions are specifically geared to weakening our economy and entrenching [U]chaos[/U] in our society. If that proves insufficient, there will be further chaos of sectarian (read: tribal or religious) warfare. Then will come foreign help (invasion and peace-keeping) and finally, the [U]order[/U] of partition. Again, why? Divide and conquer. By who? The elite supremacists who seek "ordo ab chao".

I have placed this material here for educational purposes. Download It. Print It. Decide for yourself and share your knowledge.

Hebrew or the so-called Negro

The enemies of the Hebrews have slaughtered people of Afrikan heritage in the hundreds of millions.