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

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
If you call a woman
African woman, no go 'gree
She go say, she go say, "I be lady, oh"
[Verse 2]
If you call a woman
African woman, no go 'gree
She go say, she go say, "I be lady, oh"
[Verse 3]
If you call a woman
African woman, no go 'gree
She go say
(She go say, "I be lady, oh")
[Chorus]
She go say, "I be lady"
(She go say, "I be lady, oh")
She go say, "I no be woman"
(She go say, "I be lady, oh")
She go say, "Market woman, nah woman"
(She go say, "I be lady, oh")
She go say, "Market woman, nah woman"
(She go say, "I be lady, oh")
She go say, "Market woman, nah woman"
(She go say, "I be lady, oh")
She go say, "I be lady"
(She go say, "I be lady, oh")
She go say, "I be lady"
(She go say, "I be lady, oh")
She go say, "I be lady"
(She go say, "I be lady, oh")
[Verse 4]
I want tell you about lady
I want tell you about lady
I want tell you about lady
[Verse 5]
She go say him equal to man
She go say him get power like man
She go say anything man do himself fit do
[Verse 6]
She go say him equal to man
She go say him get power like man
She go say anything man do himself fit do
[Verse 7]
I never tell you finish
I never tell you finish
I never tell you finish
I never tell you finish
I never tell you
[Verse 8]
She go want take cigar before anybody
She go want make you open door for am
She go want make man wash plate for am, for kitchen
[Verse 9]
She want salute man
She go sit down for chair
She want salute man
She go sit down for chair
[Verse 10]
She want sit down for table before anybody
She want sit down for table before anybody
[Verse 11]
She want a piece of meat before anybody
She want a piece of meat before anybody
[Verse 12]
Call am for dance
She go dance, lady, dance
Call am for dance
She go dance, lady, dance
[Verse 13]
African woman go dance
She go dance the fire dance
African woman go dance
She go dance the fire dance
[Verse 14]
She know him man, nah master
She go cook for am
She go do anything he say
[Verse 15]
But lady, no be so
But lady, no be so
But lady, no be so
But lady, no be so
[Verse 16]
Lady na master
Lady na master
Lady na master
[Verse 17]
Call am for dance
She go dance, lady, dance
Call am for dance
She go dance, lady, dance
[Verse 18]
African woman go dance
She go dance the fire dance
African woman go dance
She go dance the fire dance
[Verse 19]
She know him man, nah master
She go cook for am
She go do anything he say
[Verse 20]
But lady, no be so
But lady, no be so
But lady, no be so
But lady, no be so
[Verse 21]
Lady na master
Lady na master
Lady na master
Lady na master
[Verse 22]
If you call a woman
African woman, no go 'gree
She go say
(She go say, "I be lady, oh")
[Chorus]
She go say, "I be lady"
(She go say, "I be lady, oh")
She go say, "I no be woman"
(She go say, "I be lady, oh")
She go say, "Market woman, nah woman"
(She go say, "I be lady, oh")
She go say, "I be lady"
(She go say, "I be lady, oh")
She go say, "I be lady"
(She go say, "I be lady, oh")
She go say, "I be lady"
(She go say, "I be lady, oh")
Written by: Fela Kuti

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