Author: Toju Ogbe

FELA KUTI: Gentleman

Nigerian musician and composer Fela Anikulapo Kuti performs on September 13, 1986 at the "Party of Humankind" of the French Communist Party at La Courneuve in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

I no be gentleman at all
I no be gentleman at all
I no be gentleman at all o
I no be gentleman at all, at all

I no be gentleman at all o
I be Africa man original
I be Africa man original

Them call you, make you come chop
You chop small, you say you belly full
You say you be gentleman, you go hungry
You go suffer, you go quench
Me I no be gentleman like that

I no be gentleman at all o
I be Africa man original
I be Africa man original
I be Africa man original

FELA KUTI: Water No Get Enemy

Fela Kuti - Water No Get Enemy

T’o ba fe lo we omi l’o ma’lo
If you wan to go wash, na water you go use
T’o ba fe se’be omi l’o ma’lo
If you wan cook soup, na water you go use

T’o ri ba n’gbona o omi l’ero re
If your head dey hot, na water go cool am
T’omo ba n’dagba omi l’o ma’lo
If your child dey grow, na water he go use