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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Lead Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Producer

Lyrics

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(Nah so-so increment sha) (But sha man no go kill himself) Wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu Wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu Wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu Wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu Wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, ah! Wellu, wellu, wellu Wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu Wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu Wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu Wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu Wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu Wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu Wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu Wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu Wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, ah! Wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu Wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu Wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu Wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu Wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, wellu, ah! Hey (wetin una dey enjoy oh?) (For overseas, overseas) Motherfuckers, bastard motherfuckers (yeah) Make I yab dem? (Yeah, yeah) I'll yab them (yeah) say yeah (yeah) (All those motherfuckers them) (Yab them, yab them) Well well, na true I want talk again oh (well, well) Na true I want talk again oh (well, well) If I dey lie oh (well, well) Make Osiri punish me (well, well) Make Ifa dey punish me oh (well, well) Make Edumare punish me oh (well, well) Make the land dey punish me oh (well, well) Make Edumare punish me oh (well, well) I read dem for book e oh (well, well) I see some myself e oh (well, well) Well e well e oh (well, well) well, well Well e well e oh (well, well) well, well Na true I want talk again oh (well, well) If I dey lie oh (well, well) Make Osiri punish me (well, well) Make Ifa dey punish me oh (well, well) Make Edumare punish me oh (well, well) Make the land dey punish me oh (well, well) I read dem for book e oh (well, well) I see some myself e oh (well, well) Well e well e oh (well, well) well, well Well e well e oh (well, well) well, well Na true I want talk again oh (well, well) If I dey lie oh (well, well) Make Osiri punish me (well, well) Make Edumare punish me oh (well, well) Make the land dey punish me oh (well, well) Make Ifa dey punish me oh (well, well) I read dem for book e oh (well, well) I see some myself e oh (well, well) I see some myself e oh (well, well) well, well Well e well e oh (well, well) well, well Long time ago Long, long time ago (long time ago) Long, long, long, long time ago (long time ago) African man we no dey carry shit (long time ago) We dey shit inside big-big hole (long time ago) For Yoruba land na shalanga (long time ago) For Igbo land na onu-insi (long time ago) For Hausa land na saluga (long time ago) For Gaa land na tiafi (long time ago) For Ashanti land na yarni (long time ago) For Ethiopia land na sagara-bet (long time ago) For Kagiyu land na cho-cho (long time ago) For Bemba land na chimbuzi (long time ago) For Tunga land na echibuzi (long time ago) Long, long, long, long time ago (long time ago) African man we no dey carry shit (long time ago) We dey shit inside big-big hole (long time ago) Long, long, long, long time ago (long time ago) Long, long, long, long time ago (long time ago) Before them come force us away as slaves (long time ago) During the time them come force us away as slaves (Long time ago) Na European man, na him dey carry shit (long time ago) Na for them culture to carry shit (long time ago) During the time them come colonize us (long time ago) Them come teach us to carry shit (long time ago) Long, long, long, long time ago (long time ago) African man we no dey carry shit (long time ago) Na European man teach us to carry shit (long time ago) Many foreign companies dey Africa Carry all our money go (say am, say am) Many foreign companies dey Africa Carry all our money go (say am, say am) Them go write big English for newspaper Dabaru we Africans (say am, say am) Them go write big English for newspaper Dabaru we Africans (say am, say am) I read about one of them inside book like that Them call him name na I.T.T. (say am, say am) I read about one of them inside book like that Them call him name na I.T.T. (say am, say am) Them go dey cause confusion (confusion) Cause corruption (corruption) Cause oppression (oppression) Cause inflation (inflation) Them go dey cause oppression (oppression) Cause confusion (confusion) Cause corruption (corruption) Cause inflation (inflation) Cause oppression (oppression) Cause confusion (confusion) Cause inflation (inflation) Cause oppression (oppression) Oppression, oppression, inflation Corruption, oppression, inflation Them get one style wey them dey use Them go pick one African 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 chief Like rat they do Them go do from corner, corner, passi, passi Under, under, passi, passi Side, side, passi, passi In, in, passi, passi Out, out, passi, passi Peep, peep, passi, passi Unu, unu, passi, passi Corner, corner, passi, passi Under, under, passi, passi Side, side, passi, passi Up, up, passi, passi Corner, corner, passi, passi Under, under, passi, passi Side, side Then he gradually Gradually, gradually, gradually Then he gradually Gradually, gradually, gradually Them go be friend, friend to journalist Friend, friend to Commissioner Friend, friend to Permanent Secretary Friend, friend to Minister Friend, 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 (international thief, thief) I.T.T. (international thief, thief) International rogue (international thief, thief) International thief (international thief, thief) We go fight them, well well (well, well) Well, well (well, well) wellu, well (well, well) Wellu, wellu (well, well) wellu, wellu (well, well) Wellu, wellu (well, well) wellu, wellu (well, well) We don tire (well, well) to carry (well, well) Anymore of them shit (well, well) We don tire (well, well) to carry (well, well) Anymore of them shit (well, well) We don tire (well, well) to carry (well, well) Anymore of them shit (well, well) Wellu, wellu (well, well) wellu, wellu (well, well) Wellu, wellu (well, well) wellu, wellu (well, well) Wellu, wellu (well, well) wellu, wellu, wellu (well, well) Wellu, wellu, wellu (well, well) wellu, wellu (well, well) Wellu, wellu (well, well) wellu, wellu (well, well) Wellu, wellu (well, well) wellu, wellu (well, well) Wellu, wellu (well, well) wellu, wellu (well, well) Wellu, wellu, wellu (well, well) wellu, wellu (well, well) Wellu, wellu, wellu (well, well) wellu, wellu, wellu (well, well) Wellu, wellu, wellu (well, well) wellu, wellu (well, well) Wellu, wellu, wellu (well, well) wellu, wellu (well, well) Wellu, wellu (well, well) wellu, wellu (well, well) Wellu, wellu (well, well) ah, ye! 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