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Fela Kuti - Beast of No Nation
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Fela Kuti
Lead Vocals
Fela Kuti & Egypt 80'
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Fela Kuti
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Fela Kuti
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Basket mouth wan start to leak again o
Basket mouth wan open mouth again o
Abi you don forget say I sing o
Basket mouth wan open mouth again o
I sing, say
I go open my mouth like basket o
[Verse 2]
Basket mouth wan open mouth again o
Basket mouth wan start to leak again o
Basket mouth wan open mouth again o
Abi you don forget say I sing o
Basket mouth wan open mouth again o
I sing, say
I go open my mouth like basket o
[Verse 3]
Basket mouth wan open mouth again o
Basket mouth wan start to leak again o
Basket mouth wan open mouth again o
[Verse 4]
Fela, wetin you go sing about o?
Dem go worry me
Fela, wetin you go sing about o?
Dem go worry me
Fela, wetin you go sing about o?
Dem go worry me
Dem go worry me, worry me
Worry, worry, worry, worry
Dem go worry me
[Verse 5]
Dem wan to make I sing about prison
Dem go worry me
Dem go worry me, worry me
Worry, worry all over the town
Dem go worry me
[Verse 6]
Dem wan to know about prison life
Dem go worry me
Dem go worry me, worry me
Worry, worry all over the town
Dem go worry me
[Verse 7]
Dem wan to make I sing about prison
Dem go worry me
Dem go worry me, worry me
Worry, worry, worry, worry, worry, worry
Dem go worry me
[Verse 8]
Dem wan to know about prison life
Dem go worry me
Dem go worry me, worry me
Worry, worry, worry, worry, worry, worry
Dem go worry me
[Verse 9]
Fela, wetin you go sing about o?
Dem go worry me
Dem go worry me, worry me
Worry, worry, worry, worry
Dem go worry me
[Verse 10]
The time wey I dey for prison, I call am "inside world"
The time wey I dey outside prison, I call am "outside world"
Na craze world
[Verse 11]
No be outside world – craze world
No be outside police dey – craze world
No be outside soldier dey – craze world
No be outside court dem dey – craze world
No be outside magistrate dey – craze world
No be outside judge dem dey – craze world
[Verse 12]
Na craze world be dat – craze world
No be outside Buhari dey – craze world
Na craze man be dat – craze world
Animal in craze-man skin – craze world
Na craze world be dat – craze world
[Verse 13]
No be outside Idiagbon dey – craze world
Na craze man be dat – craze world
Animal in craze-man skin – craze world
Na craze world be dat – craze world
No be outside dem find me guilty – craze world
[Verse 14]
No be outside dem jail me five years – craze world
I no do nothing – craze world
No be outside dem judge dey beg o – craze world
Na craze world be dat o – craze world
Na craze world be dat – craze world
[Verse 15]
No be outside dem kill dem students – craze world
Soweto, Zaria, and Ifẹ̀ – craze world
Na craze world be dat o – craze world
Na craze world be dat – craze world
No be outside all dis dey happen – craze world
[Verse 16]
Na craze world be dat o – craze world
Na craze world be dat o – craze world
Na craze world be dat o – craze world
Na craze world be dat o – craze world
Na craze world be dat o – craze world
[Verse 17]
Make you hear this one
War against indiscipline o
Na Nigerian government o
Dem dey talk o
"My people are useless"
"My people are senseless"
"My people are indiscipline"
[Verse 18]
Na Nigerian government o
Dem dey talk be dat
"My people are useless"
"My people are senseless"
"My people are indiscipline"
[Verse 19]
I never hear dat before
Make Government talk o
"My people are useless"
"My people are senseless"
"My people are indiscipline"
[Verse 20]
Na Nigerian government o
Dem dey talk be dat
Which kind talk be dat o?
Na craze talk be dat o
Na animal talk be dat o
Na animal talk be dat o
[Verse 21]
Many leaders as you see dem
Na different disguise dem dey o
Animal in human skin
Animal put tie o
Animal wear agbádá
Animal put suit o
[Verse 22]
Many leaders as you see dem
Na different disguise dem dey o
Animal in human skin
Animal put tie o
Animal wear agbádá
Animal put suit o
[Verse 23]
These disguising leaders o
Na wah for them
Dem hold meeting everywhere o
Dem reach America
[Verse 24]
These disguising leaders o
Na wah for them
Dem hold meeting everywhere o
Dem reach America
[Verse 25]
Dem call the place o United Nations
Hear o another animal talk
Wetin united inside United Nations
Who and who unite for United Nations
[Verse 26]
No be there Thatcher and Argentina dey
No be there Reagan and Libya dey
Israel versus Lebanon
Iran o versus Iraqi
East West Block versus West Block East
No be there them dey o United Nations
Disunited United Nations
[Verse 27]
One veto vote is equal to 92 – or more – or more
Which kind sense be that o na animal sense
Which kind sense be that o na animal sense
[Verse 28]
Many leaders as you see dem
Na different disguise dem dey o
Animal in human skin
Animal put tie o
Animal wear agbádá
Animal put suit o
[Verse 29]
Many leaders as you see dem
Na different disguise dem dey o
Animal in human skin
Animal put tie o
Animal wear agbádá
Animal put suit o
[Verse 30]
Dem go hold meeting o
Dem go start yab human beings
Animal talk don start again
Dash them human right
[Verse 31]
Dem go hold meeting o
Dem go start yab human beings
Animal talk don start again
Dash them human right
[Verse 32]
How animal go know say dem no born me as slave
How animal go know say slave trade don pass
And dem wan dash us human rights
Animal must talk to human beings
Give them human rights
[Verse 33]
Abeg o make you hear me well, well
Abeg o make you hear me very well
[Verse 34]
Human rights na my property
So therefore you can't dash me my property
[Verse 35]
Human rights na my property
Dem wan dash us human rights
[Verse 36]
Some people say why I dey talk like this?
No be talk like this
Dem take to carry me go prison o
No be me dey talk
Na prime minister Botha dey talk o
No be me dey talk
Na prime minister Botha dey talk o
[Verse 37]
Him say, "This uprising will bring out the beast in us"
"This uprising will bring out the beast in us"
Him say, "This uprising will bring out the beast in us"
"This uprising will bring out the beast in us"
Him say, "This uprising will bring out the beast in us"
"This uprising will bring out the beast in us"
[Verse 38]
Botha na friend to Thatcher and Reagan
Botha na friend to some other leaders too
And together dem wan dash us human rights
Animal wan dash us human rights
Animal can't dash me human rights
Animal can't dash us human rights
[Verse 39]
Many leaders as you see dem
Na different disguise dem dey o
Animal in human skin
Animal put tie o
Animal wear agbádá
Animal put suit o
[Verse 40]
Many leaders as you see dem
Na different disguise dem dey o
Animal in human skin
Animal put tie o
Animal wear agbádá
Animal put suit o
[Verse 41]
Beasts of no nation
Egbe kegbe na bad society
Beast of no nations
Egbe kegbe
[Verse 42]
Beasts of no nation
Oturu gbeke
[Verse 43]
Beasts of no Nation, egbe kegbe
Na bad society
Beasts of no nation, oturu gbeke
Written by: Fela Kuti
