Paroles Shuffering and Shmiling de Fela Kuti

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You Africans, please listen to me as AfricansAnd you non-Africans, listen to me with open mindSuffer, suffer, suffer, suffer, sufferSuffer for worldNa your fault be thatMe I say: na your fault be thatI want you all to please take your mindsOut of this musical contraptionAnd put your minds into any goddamn churchAny goddamn mosqueAny goddamn CelesticalIncluding Seraphoom and CheruboomNow, we are all there nowOur minds are in those placesHere we go[Chorus]Amen!Suffer, suffer for worldEnjoy for HeavenChristians go dey yab"In Spiritum Heavinus"Muslims go dey call"Allahu Akbar"Open you eye everywhereArchbishop na milikiPope na enjoymentImam na gbaladun[Chorus]Archbishop dey enjoyPope self dey enjoyImam self dey enjoyMy brother wetin you say?My brother wetin you say?My sister wetin you go hear?My sister wetin you go hear?Archbishop dey for LondonPope dey for RomeImam dey for MeccaArchbishop dey for LondonPope dey for RomeImam dey for Mecca[Chorus]Amen!My people them go dey follow BishopThem go follow PopeThem go follow ImamThem go go for LondonThem go go for RomeThem go go for MeccaThem go carry all the moneyThem go juba BishopJuba PopeJuba ImamThen them go start to yab themselves:[Fela starts chanting in mock-Latin/Arabic]Every day, for houseEvery day, for roadEvery day, for busEvery day, for workMy people, my peopleMy people, my peopleWe now have to carry our mindsOut of those goddamn placesBack into this musical contraptionRight opposite youNow we are back hereThis is what happens to we Africans every dayNow wetin I want tell you nowNa secret oNa confidential matterDon't tell anybody outsideNa between me and youNow listenAs I dey say beforeE dey happen to all of us every dayWe Africans all over the worldNow listen[Chorus]Suffering and smiling!Every day my people dey inside busEvery day my people dey inside busForty-nine sitting, ninety-nine standingThem go pack themselves in like sardineThem dey faint, them dey wake like cockThem go reach house, water no deyThem go reach bed, power no deyThem go reach road, go-slow go comeThem go reach road, police go slapThem go reach road, army go whipThem go look pocket, money no deyThem go reach work, query readyEvery day na the same thingEvery day na the same thingEvery day na the same thingEvery day na the same thingSuffer, suffer for world...How many, many a many you go make?Many, many...How many, many a many you go make?Many, many...How many, many a many you go make?Many, many...How many, many a many you go make?Many, many...

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