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All of us are aware that Ifa said it Our tradition too said so
that the moon goes round the earth in twenty-eight days a month!
Month, but we have now thirty thirty-one hun! Hun!
Then, me I studied Latin at school many of us did Latin at school
Those of you wearing wristwatch
They had to teach me Latin so I can yabb you
September – septe! That means Seven!
Octo – October is eight! December is ten!
How come they have Twelve months?
Because Julius Caesar added his own month in the calendar
July = Julius! August = Agustus Caesar!They added their own! Hah!
Ha! Baba!
Tomorrow Sunday!
Hah! Hah! Are you sure we are in 1981?
Ha! Be careful of this world oh!
So when I say tomorrow Sunday take it like that
don’t get too smart for yourself
Do you hear Mr. Watch?
You are wearing Bulla on your hand!
You have been swindled (them don chop your money)
Take your money, give you machine and take your sense
Hah! Hah! Hah! This life is wonderful
I say tomorrow is Sunday!
Won’t you answer anymore? Where are you?
I am here!
Hah! Hah! You have to answer!
Nigerian man is stubborn
and they always loose – born loosers!
Hah! Hah! Green Eagle!
Have you ever seen a green eagle?
It is only in Nigeria that we can see green eagle!
Who won today's match?
Hah! Hah! Hah! Baba! They lost!
They have to keep on loosing!
They must always loose – born looser
Hah! Hah! Hah!
Who won the boxing match today? Obisa Nnwanpa or?
He lost!
They knocked Obisia – he must loose! A Nigerian man must loose no sense! Hah!
I told you! Look at where you are
Obisia Nnwanpa’s supporter where is he “Nnpa” from?
When his sense is not together how can he “pa” kill? Hah! Hah! Hah! 0:02:55.230,0:03:02.230 Sense first before ‘pa’(kill or win)! I keep telling them, if he came to me I will train him to win
Hah! I won’t train him however because if I do they will say I am doing it to “yabb” them
I prefer that they keep loosing because training starts from our respective family homes first.
Our sense comes from what we are thought at home before we get to government level
Who wants to teach us how to govern?
London and America want to teach African how to govern them?
Since the government in place is colonial oriented – they (London and America) must teach us!
That is why our Senators are learners saying: “we have tried this year
the beginning was not very good but we are catching-up”
Never do wells they are catching-up (awon oloshi won n’catch-up)
They are “catching-up” to rule us! To chop!
You see them with their catch-up mentality? Senseless idiots! You see my friend filming
that is how our commissioners and ministers are filmed and we see the program on television.
And the guys filming will say to me in English with their French accent
“Fela, all these people always talk – nothing but talk!”
They have to talk (our commissioners and ministers) to show off: “oh yes me is Minister this! Or Commissioner That!”
All that is just to chop and steal our money - all of them residing in Ikoyi and Victoria Island
they are hiding in their apartments and we are here enjoying
ourselves and they say “Shrine” is Dangerous Zone! Hah! Hah! Hah!
They are crazy! One by one! Iyen wa (that is sure!)
They must be crazy! One after the other! Hun!
I said tomorrow is Sunday! You again – Nigerian man must answer!
Today! Pointing to his watch again! The biggest country in Africa!
Hah! You are a true Nigerian! I am sure that you are a proud Nigerian too
Fela, are you not a Nigerian?
I am not in your category!
Because as a Nigerian you are ignorant – the names means ‘Niger-Area’!
And it was Lady Lugard that gave you the name an old man like you
A foreigner is giving you your name – foolish man!
Please calm down! I said tomorrow is Sunday
Today! You must answer stubborn Nigerian!
You have to wake-up and suffer (you must Ji r’iya ni)
that is why you must answer. OK if you say so today!
All youths should be here and they will be here one day!
So tomorrow, more youths will be here fifteen,
twenty-five, thirty-five, forty-five, fifty-five, sixty-five, seventy-five, eighty-five, ninety-five hundreds.
From half-past four to half-past ten we are having a jump here!
Tuesday is Ladies night!
All Ladies are here – Ladies from Mushin!
Ahh No! Ladies from Ikoyi, Ikoya – those crazy people
those capital craze! Those birds – àwon éyè
Oh, let us leave them (oh! Jéka beri won!)
They (Ladies) are coming from – those Ikoyi people there artificial
They are coming from Maroko (other areas of Lagos)
M’ari ada! M’ari Powunpowun! M’ari Digger! M’ari Foreman
M’ari Foreman! M’ari Suppervisor! M’ari Board Member! M’ari Chairman
M’ari any god-dame thing! Fela: Ahh! They are coming from …Amukoko, Amupepe, Amu Igbo, Amu Any God Dame….
Any God-Dame Thing! What about Ajégunlé?
Ahh! They are coming from Anthony Village
Julius Caesar City – Margaret Thatcher Township!
Where are they not coming from?
They are coming from Oworonshoki,
ahh Oworonsheka, Oworonshebi, Oworonshewoinwoin, Oworonshe..any god dame!
Any God-Dame Thing!
What about Ilasamaja?
Ilasamojo, Ilasamobo, Ilasamepon, Ilasa modo, Ilasa mo furo dede! Ilasa mo any god dame thing!
Any God Dame Thing!
Where are they not coming from?
You haven’t seen anything yet (é ti ri anything!)
They are coming from Mushin, Mushen – anywhere!
They are coming from Moshalashi!
Hah! Hah! Moshal’abo –awon baba la bo la bo!
Those Alhajis – they are *** suckers (awon Alhaji – they are la obo ni oh!)
Allah wakubar! Hari kirishina!
They are saying nothing!
I used to have a foolish friend before his name is Faissal!
Fela you don chak! (Fela you are high!)
Don’t worry about my high! Foolish man sitting there without getting high!
How can a man be sitting on a chair and not get high?
Chair is synonymous with Chack (high)
Look at this man filming me! Continue to film you will see show!
I say where are we? Yes the Alhaji next door,
the man will be shouting: “Allah wakubar; alhamduli lai!
One day Faissal was with me in my house in Kalakuta
before they burnt it down,
I called the attention of Faissal to what the Alhaji was saying during his call to prayer
I said Faissal, you are an Arabian man – what is he saying? Can you understand his language?
Your friend the white man?
Yes! Foolish short white man!
He is an Arab man so I ask him if he understood all what the man was saying on the loud-speaker
Faissal listened and said the man was saying nothing in Arabic language!
I said I know he was saying nothing intelligible in Arabic despite shouting
“Allah wakubar; alhamduli lai every morning – to call his followers to prayers
After all those jargon in Arabic,
the man will revert to Yoruba when it comes to making his followers understand his pu!rpose:
“Alhaja Sulemota gave us Five naira!”
Hah! I say mother-***! When it comes to money he speaks the language everyone understands
*** sucker – The Alhaji is just sucking any god-dame member of his congregation!
Any god-dame Thing!
Friday is Yabbis night! And Saturday Comprehensive Show!
Am going to play some sounds men!
I am going to play for you a tune we call – AA! Army Arrangement!
Army Arrangement!
That man said me I am high. Huum High What do you know about high?
If I tell you about getting high, you won’t sit down on that chair like that.
I will give you one hour lecture about getting high – because you don’t know about chak (getting high)
Right now I am not high at all! Am I high?
baba! You are vey ***!
Me I chak? Am I high? OK one day I will get high, then you will see if I am high or not!
One day when I decide to get high before coming to Shrine – I have not decided to get high before coming to Shrine.
I have not decided to get high before coming to Shrine.
When I do – you see all these I am doing for now is what I call Shrine Show! She-She! Shrine Show – SS! 88! 0:09:49.970,0:09:51.460 Because if I do my own Fela Show – FS!
Because I will be so high you won’t even see me!
When I am high! Cool Down! Everybody say Yeah! Yeah!
Yeah! Yeah!
That one is a questioner! PhD. Questionier! MsD. questioner!
He also added ogoro (local gin) with his questions! Ogogoro PhD – Foolish man!
What am I smoking? Do you want me to tell you?
That will take another one hour for me to tell you what I am smoking!
Me smoke marijuana? How did I come to start to smoke marijuana? Before, nobody in my band can openly smoke marijuana.
If you smoke marijuana you will get sacked – ask Ani (Lekan Animashaun).
You can’t smoke marijuana in my band because I am a strict man!
Then after, I discovered marijuana! I discovered marijuana through a woman
I said what? Is this what marijuana look like?
I kept it secrete because I was ashamed of myself to have banned smoking marijuana among my band members
Secret Agent!
Cool down! Do you want me to tell you my history?
You don’t know anything!
Then I went to America, do you want me to tell about the day I started to smoke marijuana openly
Do you want to hear the story? Yes!
The day I started to smoke marijuana openly – Animashaun is my witness!
Anything I do in this world I always have witness!
We were playing in America that day. That day I met a woman! So the woman decided to take me…..
Under age!
Whether under age or not you don’t worry…It is you that know age – that is why you are a typical colonial man!
He is coming from region! Hah! Hah! Just come! My brother, shake me please!
“Foolish man!
He says I should tell you that he is a just come! Welcome! Hah! hah!
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