Paroles Unknown Soldier de Fela Kuti

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Make you no go anywhereJust wait make I tell you something[Chorus]Fela, you don come again!I never come againI still live dey farawayMake you wait till I reach where I dey go[Chorus]Where you dey go?Make I reach...Make I reachDon't ask meWait and seeI say, I say, I say...This thing wey happenHappen for my countryNa big big thingFirst time in the whole worldIf you hear the name, you go knowGovernment magicTell me the name now[Chorus]Government magic!Them go dabaru everythingThem go turn green into whiteThem go turn red into blueWater dey go, water dey comeWater dey go, water dey comeThem go turn electric to candleThem go turn electric to candleGovernment magicGovernment magicI see dey comeSmall, smallLook o, look o[Chorus]Left, right, left, right, left, right, left!One thousand soldiers them dey comePeople dey wonder, dey wonder, dey wonderOne more time: people dey wonder, dey wonder, dey wonderStevie Wonder dey there tooNa one week after FESTAC tooAnd dey broadcast on American satelliteAround that time too now, I say to youWhere these one thousand soldiers them dey go?Look oNa Fela house KalakutaThem don reach the place, them dey waitThem dey wait for...[Chorus]Order!Now listen[Chorus]Left, right, left, right, left, right, left!Them surround the place, kwam kwam kwam, them dey waitWait them helmet and them gunsAnd them petrol and them matchesThen again...[Chorus]Stand at ease!Fela dey for houseBeko dey there tooThem mama dey there tooBeautiful people dey there tooFrenchman dey there tooPress man dey there tooOne-fifty of us dey there tooThen suddenly, suddenly, suddenly, suddenly...[Chorus]Jaba, jaba...Jubu, jubu...Jebe, jebe...Jawa, jawa...Them dey break, yesThem dey steal, yesThem dey loot, yesThem dey fuck some of the women by force, yesThem dey rape, yesThem dey burn, yesThem dey burn, yesThem dey burn, yesThem commot one student's eye, yesThem break some some headThem break some some headThem throw my mamaSeventy-eight-year-old mamaPolitical mamaIdeological mamaInfluential mama...Them throw my mama out from windowThem kill my mamaThem kill my mamaThem kill my mamaThem kill my mamaThem kill my mamaThem carry everybodyThem carry everybody go inside jail[Chorus]Fall out!Everybody dey inside jailWe dey wait twenty-seven daysThem lock usPress dey shoutRadio dey ringPeople dey talkThem go burn Fela houseWettin this Fela do?This government e bad oWetin this Fela do?Fela talk about soldiersFlogging civilians for streetsFela talk about governmentWasting money for FESTACWetin this Fela do?This government e bad oPeople start to talk oGovernment start to shake oThen suddenly, suddenly, suddenly, suddenly...Government bring instruments of magicThem bring inquiryThem bring two menOne soldier, one JusticeThe name of Justice: Mr. Justice Agwu AnyaThe other Justice: Mr. Justice DosunmuThem start magicThem seize my house wey them don burnThem seize my landThem drive all the people wey live in areaTwo thousand citizensThem make them all homeless nowThem start magicThem start magicThem bring flame, them bring hatThem conjure, them bring rabbitThem bring egg, them bring smokeThem dey scream, them dey fallThem conjure, spirit catch themThem dey fall, them dey screamThem dey shoutThem dey, them dey say[Chorus]Unknown soldier!Na him do amGovernment magicI get some information for youI get some information for youThat my mama wey you killShe fought for universal adult suffrageThat my mama wey you killShe fought for universal adult suffrageThat my mama wey you killShe is the only mother of this countryThat my mama wey you killShe is the only mother of NigeriaWhich kind injustice is this?Wetin concern government inside?If na unknown soldierI said, wetin concern government inside?If na unknown soldierWe get unknown policeWe get unknown soldierWe get unknown civilianAll is equal to unknown governmentWe get unknown policeThem go kill nine studentsWe get unknown civilianThem go kill two soldiersWe get unknown soldierI say unknown policeAnd then unknown soldierAnd then unknown civilianAll is equal to unknown governmentThem turn green into redThem turn blue into whiteThem turn green into blueI'm finished, mother

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