Abu Ghraib Photos

[Jonti]

Alan Dershowitz ...

The war in Gaza is as pure a conflict between good and evil as I have experienced.

... so torturing people is OK.

 

[pk]

Consider for example the popular music of Third World societies: reggae, rai, calypso, high-life etc. What are the lyrics about? Politics, mostly, or politicized sexuality. What are the lyrics of Western popular music about? The most degraded forms of love and sex imaginable.

LOL

You've thought hard about that one then.

What a load of shite.

 

[phildwyer]

See you soon, scumbag.

 

[pk]

See you soon, scumbag.

Excuse me whilst I shit myself.

 

[phildwyer]

You have no idea how much you mean to me.

 

[editor]

Consider for example the popular music of Third World societies: reggae, rai, calypso, high-life etc. What are the lyrics about? Politics, mostly, or politicized sexuality. What are the lyrics of Western popular music about? The most degraded forms of love and sex imaginable.

That's really quite spectacularly clueless, phil.

See you soon, scumbag.

Cut this out, please.

 

[phildwyer]

That's really quite spectacularly clueless, phil.

I beg to differ. Just consider reggae alone. Quite apart from the overtly political or conscious lyrics, of which there are far more than in Western music, sexual and romantic relations are described in an intelligent and realistic manner. Whereas in Western rock and pop one hears little more than an endless succession of cliches which reveal only that the composer has a debased and banal attitude to such matters. In fact one might say that Western popular music bespeaks the Death of Love.

 

[revol68]

I beg to differ. Just consider reggae alone. Quite apart from the overtly political or conscious lyrics, of which there are far more than in Western music, sexual and romantic relations are described in an intelligent and realistic manner. Whereas in Western rock and pop one hears little more than an endless succession of cliches which reveal only that the composer has a debased and banal attitude to such matters. In fact one might say that Western popular music bespeaks the Death of Love.

“I'm dreaming of a new Jamaica, come to execute all the gays,”

 

[pk]

In fact one might say that Western popular music bespeaks the Death of Love.

 

[phildwyer]

“I'm dreaming of a new Jamaica, come to execute all the gays”

Well that's political alright. Nasty, but political.

 

[revol68]

Well that's political alright. Nasty, but political.

Culture sucks down words
Itemise loathing and feed yourself smiles
Organise your safe tribal war
Hurt maim kill and enslave the ghetto

Each day living out a lie
Life sold cheaply forever, ever, ever

Under neon loneliness motorcycle emptiness
Under neon loneliness motorcycle emptiness

Life lies a slow suicide
Orthodox dreams and symbolic myths
From feudal serf to spender
This wonderful world of purchase power

Just like lungs sucking on air
Survivals natural as sorrow, sorrow, sorrow

Under neon loneliness motorcycle emptiness
Under neon loneliness motorcycle emptiness

All we want from you are the kicks you've given us
All we want from you are the kicks you've given us
All we want from you are the kicks you've given us
All we want from you are the kicks you've given us

Under neon loneliness motorcycle emptiness
Under neon loneliness motorcycle emptiness

Drive away and it's the same
Everywhere death row, everyone's a victim
Your joys are counterfeit
This happiness corrupt political shit

Living life like a comatose
Ego loaded and swallow, swallow, swallow

Under neon loneliness motorcycle emptiness
Under neon loneliness motorcycle emptiness
Under neon loneliness motorcycle emptiness
Under neon loneliness everlasting nothingnes

Find me something as good as that in world music.

 

[pk]

sexual and romantic relations are described in an intelligent and realistic manner

Of course they are.

Buju Banton bespeaks not the Death of Love in his hit "Batty Rider".

You pretentious pranny. Nobody is impressed.

Girrrrls, all fruits ripe
Unuh a gwaaan good
I waaan yuh jus trussss mi
Hear whyme holla!

Gal yuh see yuh battyrider, murda
Yuh mus fi waan di DJ charge fa (a death)
Woman yuh see yuh battyrider, murda
Yuh mus fi waan di DJ charge fa

Shorts hitch up pon yuh saddle, ride up pon yuh back
Exposin yuh property, man a seh it fat
Merchandise everyday deh deh neva run outta stops
Full a shape like a coke bottle without di top
Tings a gwaan fi yuh body, trus me pon dat
All fruits ripe, so mek dem gwaan chat
Weh dem a duh, weh dem a try, whoo dem a try stop
Fram battyrider a wear gal yuh haffi inna dat, so mi seh

Gal yuh see yuh battyrider, murda
Yuh mus fi waan di DJ charge fa (a death)
Woman yuh see yuh battyrider, murda
Yuh mus fi waan di DJ charge fa

It cyan, hol inna buk it cyan, hol inna pan
Mi i-dren Wayne Wonder want a fraction
Di DJ waan fi know, a weh she get it from
Battyrider di gal a use, an a mad man
Without di battyrider, Jacqueline nah go out
If di face nah seh one, di body fi a shock out
So she a go check a jus mecca later down a south
War come a dance, deh come mor come shock out

Woman yuh see yuh battyrider, murder
Yuh mus fi waan di DJ charge fa (a dead!)
Gal yuh see yuh battyrider, murder
Yuh mus fi waan di DJ charge fa

Nuff gal inna batty shorts, feel seh dem hot
But dem flop! Cah unda dem batty jaw black
So yuh fi, banner di lola an deal wid di case
Go do bogle dance, an mek up yuh face
An mek yuh mate know yuh hav a slice of di cake
Cah yuh battyrider, it a mash up di place, so mi seh

Woman yuh see yuh battyrider, murder
Yuh mus fi waan di DJ charge fa (a dead!)
Gal yuh see yuh battyrider, murder
Yuh mus fi waan di DJ charge fa

Shorts hitch up pon yuh saddle, ride up pon yuh back
Exposin yuh property, man a seh it fat
Merchandise everyday dem neva run outta stops
Unu shape like a coke bottle without di top
Tings a gwaan fi yuh body gal straight to di max
Jump an shock out, yuh a hear mi non-stop, mi call!

Woman yuh see yuh battyrider, murder
Yuh mus fi waan di DJ charge fa (real!)
Gal yuh see yuh battyrider, murder
Yuh mus fi waan di DJ charge

It cyan, hol inna buk it cyan, hol inna pan
I-dren wayney wonder cry fi a fraction
Buju Banton waan fi know, a weh she get it from
Battyrider di gal a use, an a mad man
Without di battyrider, Jacqueline nah go out
If har face nah seh one, di body fi a shock out
So she a go check har dress mega, later dung a south
Dance seh around, an she waan fi shock
Model pon har mate, an dance all a pole
Do dib ogle dance an push up har mouth

Gal yuh see yuh battyrider, murder
Yuh mus fi waan di DJ charge fa (real!)
Gal yuh see yuh battyrider, murder
Yuh mus fi waan di DJ charge

Nuff gal inna batty shorts, so tings a get hot
But dem flop! Cah unda dem batty jaw black
So yuh fi, banner di lola, deal wid di case
Go do bogle dance, skin up yuh face
An mek yuh mate know seh a you run di place, so mi seh

Gal yuh see yuh battyrider, murder
Yuh mus fi waan di DJ charge fa (a dead!)
Gal yuh see yuh battyrider, murder
Yuh mus fi waan di DJ charge

Draws hitch up pon yuh saddle, ride up pon yuh back
Exposin yuh property, man a seh it fat
Merchandise everyday dem neva run outta stops
Unu shape like a coke bottle without di top
Cry fi yuh body gal straight to di max
Tings a, gwaan fi yuh body, woman non-stop
All fruits ripe, jus trus mi pon dat mi holla

Gal yuh see yuh battyrider, murder
Yuh mus fi waan di DJ charge fa (a dead!)
Woman yuh see yuh battyrider, murder
Yuh mus fi waan di DJ charge

It cyan, hol inna buk it cyan, hol inna pan
I-dren wayney wonder cry fi a fraction
Buju Banton waan fi know, a weh she get it from
Battyrider she hav a lose har mad man

Woman yuh see yuh battyrider, murder
Yuh mus fi waan di DJ charge fa (a dead!)
Gal yuh see yuh battyrider, murder
Yuh mus fi waan di DJ charge

 

[pk]

Find me something as good as that in world music.

The Manics suck arsegravy through a greasy teatowel.
If that's the best you can do then I pity you.

 

[Jonti]

I take it that's a "no", then?

 

[phildwyer]

Find me something as good as that in world music.

_______________________________________________________
BEASTS OF NO NATION-- FELA KUTI


Ah- Let’s get now into another, underground spiritual game
Just go to help me the answer, go to say, “Aiya-kata”- Oh ya

O’feshe-Lu
[CHORUS] AIYA-KATA *(after each line)
O’feshe- g’Ba
*(2x)

O’feshe-Woh
[CHORUS] AIYA-KATA *(after each line)
O’feshe-Weng
Aiya kata
Aiya Koto
Aiya Kiti
Aiya Kutu

O’feshe-Lu
[CHORUS] AIYA-KATA *(after each line)
O’feshe- g’Ba
*(2x)

Oh-----.......

Basket mouth wan start to leak again, oh-
[CHORUS] BASKET MOUTH WAN OPEN MOUTH AGAIN, OH
Abi** you don forget I say I sing, ee-oh **(is it not)
[CHORUS] BASKET MOUTH WAN OPEN MOUTH AGAIN, OH
Oh, I sing, I say, I go my mouth like basket, ee-oh, Malan Bia-gbe-re
(stanza 2x)

Basket mouth wan start to leak again, oh-
[CHORUS] BASKET MOUTH WAN OPEN MOUTH AGAIN, OH

Fela, wetin you go sing about?
[CHORUS] DEM GO WORRY ME… *(after each line)
(3x)

Dem go worry me, worry me-- worry, worry, worry, worry
[CHORUS] DEM GO WORRY ME *(After each line)
Dey wan to make us sing about prison
Dem go worry me, worry me-- worry, worry all over da town
Dey wan to know about prison life
Dem go worry me, worry me-- worry, worry all over da town
*(repeat stanza)

Fela, wetin you go sing about?
[CHORUS] DEM GO WORRY ME
Dem go worry me, worry me-- worry, worry, worry, worry

The time weh I dey, for prison, I call am “inside world”
The time weh I dey outside prison, I call am “outside world”
Na craze world, na be outside world

[CHORUS] CRAZE** WORLD *(after each line) / **(crazy)
Na be outside- da police-i dey
Na be outside- da soldier dey
Na be outside- da court dem dey
Na be outside- da magistrate dey
Na be outside- da judge dem dey
Na craze world be dat
Na be outside- Buhari dey
Na craze man be dat
Animal in craze-man skin-i
Na craze world be dat
Na be outside- Idia-gbon dey
Na craze man be dat- oh
Animal in craze-man skin-i
Na craze world be dat
Na be outside- dem find me guilty
Na be outside- dem jail me five years
------------------I no do nothing
Na be outside-dem judge dey beg ee-o
Na craze world be dat, Na craze world be dat
Na be outside- dem kill dem students
Soweto, Zaria, and Ife
Na craze world be dat, ee-oh
Na craze world be dat,
Na be outside- all dis dey happen
Na craze world be dat, ee-oh
Na craze world be dat, ee-oh
Na craze world be dat, ee-oh
Na craze world be dat, ee-oh
Na craze world be dat, ee-oh…..


Make you hear this one [sax responses]
War against indiscipline, ee-oh

Na Nigerian government, ee-oh
Dem dey talk ee-oh
“My people are us-e-less, My people are sens-i-less, My people are indiscipline”

Na Nigerian government, ee-oh
Dem dey talk be dat
“My people are us-e-less, My people are sens-i-less, My people are indiscipline”

I never hear dat before- oh
Make Government talk, ee-oh
“My people are us-e-less, My people are sens-i-less, My people are indiscipline”

Na Nigerian government, ee-oh
Dem dey talk be dat
Which kind talk be dat- oh?
Craze talk be dat ee-oh
Na animal talk be dat – oh
Na animal talk be dat – oh

[CHORUS] MANY LEADERS AS YOU SEE DEM
[CHORUS] NA DIFFERENT DISGUISE DEM DEY-OH
[CHORUS] ANIMALS IN HUMAN SKIN
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I PUT-U TIE-OH
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I WEAR AGBADA
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I PUT-U SUIT-U
*(2x- 2nd time with lead voc)

These disguising leaders ee-oh, na wah for dem [sax responses after each]
Dem-o hold meeting everywhere, dem reach America (2x stanza)

Dem call the place, the “United Nations” [sax responses after each]
Hear-oh another animal talk
Wetin united inside “United Nations”?
Who & who unite, for “United Nations”?
No be there Thatcher & Argentina dey
No be there Reagan & Libya dey
Is-i-rael versus Lebanon
Iran-i-oh versus Iraq-i
East West Block versus West Block East
No be there dem dey oh- United Nations
Dis “united” United Nations
One veto vote is equal to 92 […OR MORE, OR MORE]
What kind sense be dat, na animal sense (2x)

[CHORUS] MANY LEADERS AS YOU SEE DEM
[CHORUS] NA DIFFERENT DISGUISE DEM DEY-OH
[CHORUS] ANIMALS IN HUMAN SKIN
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I PUT-U TIE-OH
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I WEAR AGBADA
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I PUT-U SUIT-U
*(2x- 2nd time with lead voc)

Dem go hold meeting, oh, Dem go start yab human beings
Animal talk don start again
Dash dem, human rights

Dem go hold meeting, oh, Dem go start yab human beings
Animal talk don start again
Dash dem human rights
*(repeat stanza)

How animal go know-say dem no born me as slave?
How animal go know say slave trade don pass?
And, dey wan dash us human rights
Animal must talk to human beings
Give dem human rights

I beg-I, oh , make you hear me well-u well
I beg-I, oh, make you hear me very well

Human rights na my property
So therefore, you can’t dash me my property
Human rights na my property
Dey wan dash us human rights

Some people say, “Why I dey talk like dis,
No be talk like dis, dem take to carry me go prision ee-oh”
No be me dey talk, na Prime Minister Botha dey talk, ee-oh (2x)

Him say, “this uprising will bring out the beast in us”
[CHORUS] THIS UPRISING WILL BRING OUT THE BEAST IN US
(repeat stanza 3x)

Eh Ji Keke- my argument

Botha na friend to Thatcher & Reagan
Botha na friend to some other leaders too
And together dem wan dash us human rights
Animals wan dash us human rights
Animal can’t dash me human rights
Animal can’t dash us human rights

[CHORUS] MANY LEADERS AS YOU SEE DEM
[CHORUS] NA DIFFERENT DISGUISE DEM DEY-OH
[CHORUS] ANIMALS IN HUMAN SKIN
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I PUT-U TIE-OH
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I WEAR AGBADA
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I PUT-U SUIT-U
*(2x- 2nd time with lead voc)

Beasts of no nation- Egbe Ke Gbe na bad society

[CHORUS] BEASTS OF NO NATION, EGBE KE GBE
[CHORUS] BEASTS OF NO NATION, OTURU GBE KE
(repeat stanza many x, lead vamp)

Easy… easy

[solos]

**Do chorus & end again…

 

[pk]

"Thatcher & Reagan"

 

[phildwyer]

First of all: fuck off PK, no-one here wants to talk to you.

Second: for a great analysis of dancehall lyrics that might seem weird to the Western ear, I recommend Charles Fruehling Springwood's book Open Fire.

 

[revol68]

_______________________________________________________
BEASTS OF NO NATION-- FELA KUTI


Ah- Let’s get now into another, underground spiritual game
Just go to help me the answer, go to say, “Aiya-kata”- Oh ya

O’feshe-Lu
[CHORUS] AIYA-KATA *(after each line)
O’feshe- g’Ba
*(2x)

O’feshe-Woh
[CHORUS] AIYA-KATA *(after each line)
O’feshe-Weng
Aiya kata
Aiya Koto
Aiya Kiti
Aiya Kutu

O’feshe-Lu
[CHORUS] AIYA-KATA *(after each line)
O’feshe- g’Ba
*(2x)

Oh-----.......

Basket mouth wan start to leak again, oh-
[CHORUS] BASKET MOUTH WAN OPEN MOUTH AGAIN, OH
Abi** you don forget I say I sing, ee-oh **(is it not)
[CHORUS] BASKET MOUTH WAN OPEN MOUTH AGAIN, OH
Oh, I sing, I say, I go my mouth like basket, ee-oh, Malan Bia-gbe-re
(stanza 2x)

Basket mouth wan start to leak again, oh-
[CHORUS] BASKET MOUTH WAN OPEN MOUTH AGAIN, OH

Fela, wetin you go sing about?
[CHORUS] DEM GO WORRY ME… *(after each line)
(3x)

Dem go worry me, worry me-- worry, worry, worry, worry
[CHORUS] DEM GO WORRY ME *(After each line)
Dey wan to make us sing about prison
Dem go worry me, worry me-- worry, worry all over da town
Dey wan to know about prison life
Dem go worry me, worry me-- worry, worry all over da town
*(repeat stanza)

Fela, wetin you go sing about?
[CHORUS] DEM GO WORRY ME
Dem go worry me, worry me-- worry, worry, worry, worry

The time weh I dey, for prison, I call am “inside world”
The time weh I dey outside prison, I call am “outside world”
Na craze world, na be outside world

[CHORUS] CRAZE** WORLD *(after each line) / **(crazy)
Na be outside- da police-i dey
Na be outside- da soldier dey
Na be outside- da court dem dey
Na be outside- da magistrate dey
Na be outside- da judge dem dey
Na craze world be dat
Na be outside- Buhari dey
Na craze man be dat
Animal in craze-man skin-i
Na craze world be dat
Na be outside- Idia-gbon dey
Na craze man be dat- oh
Animal in craze-man skin-i
Na craze world be dat
Na be outside- dem find me guilty
Na be outside- dem jail me five years
------------------I no do nothing
Na be outside-dem judge dey beg ee-o
Na craze world be dat, Na craze world be dat
Na be outside- dem kill dem students
Soweto, Zaria, and Ife
Na craze world be dat, ee-oh
Na craze world be dat,
Na be outside- all dis dey happen
Na craze world be dat, ee-oh
Na craze world be dat, ee-oh
Na craze world be dat, ee-oh
Na craze world be dat, ee-oh
Na craze world be dat, ee-oh…..


Make you hear this one [sax responses]
War against indiscipline, ee-oh

Na Nigerian government, ee-oh
Dem dey talk ee-oh
“My people are us-e-less, My people are sens-i-less, My people are indiscipline”

Na Nigerian government, ee-oh
Dem dey talk be dat
“My people are us-e-less, My people are sens-i-less, My people are indiscipline”

I never hear dat before- oh
Make Government talk, ee-oh
“My people are us-e-less, My people are sens-i-less, My people are indiscipline”

Na Nigerian government, ee-oh
Dem dey talk be dat
Which kind talk be dat- oh?
Craze talk be dat ee-oh
Na animal talk be dat – oh
Na animal talk be dat – oh

[CHORUS] MANY LEADERS AS YOU SEE DEM
[CHORUS] NA DIFFERENT DISGUISE DEM DEY-OH
[CHORUS] ANIMALS IN HUMAN SKIN
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I PUT-U TIE-OH
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I WEAR AGBADA
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I PUT-U SUIT-U
*(2x- 2nd time with lead voc)

These disguising leaders ee-oh, na wah for dem [sax responses after each]
Dem-o hold meeting everywhere, dem reach America (2x stanza)

Dem call the place, the “United Nations” [sax responses after each]
Hear-oh another animal talk
Wetin united inside “United Nations”?
Who & who unite, for “United Nations”?
No be there Thatcher & Argentina dey
No be there Reagan & Libya dey
Is-i-rael versus Lebanon
Iran-i-oh versus Iraq-i
East West Block versus West Block East
No be there dem dey oh- United Nations
Dis “united” United Nations
One veto vote is equal to 92 […OR MORE, OR MORE]
What kind sense be dat, na animal sense (2x)

[CHORUS] MANY LEADERS AS YOU SEE DEM
[CHORUS] NA DIFFERENT DISGUISE DEM DEY-OH
[CHORUS] ANIMALS IN HUMAN SKIN
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I PUT-U TIE-OH
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I WEAR AGBADA
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I PUT-U SUIT-U
*(2x- 2nd time with lead voc)

Dem go hold meeting, oh, Dem go start yab human beings
Animal talk don start again
Dash dem, human rights

Dem go hold meeting, oh, Dem go start yab human beings
Animal talk don start again
Dash dem human rights
*(repeat stanza)

How animal go know-say dem no born me as slave?
How animal go know say slave trade don pass?
And, dey wan dash us human rights
Animal must talk to human beings
Give dem human rights

I beg-I, oh , make you hear me well-u well
I beg-I, oh, make you hear me very well

Human rights na my property
So therefore, you can’t dash me my property
Human rights na my property
Dey wan dash us human rights

Some people say, “Why I dey talk like dis,
No be talk like dis, dem take to carry me go prision ee-oh”
No be me dey talk, na Prime Minister Botha dey talk, ee-oh (2x)

Him say, “this uprising will bring out the beast in us”
[CHORUS] THIS UPRISING WILL BRING OUT THE BEAST IN US
(repeat stanza 3x)

Eh Ji Keke- my argument

Botha na friend to Thatcher & Reagan
Botha na friend to some other leaders too
And together dem wan dash us human rights
Animals wan dash us human rights
Animal can’t dash me human rights
Animal can’t dash us human rights

[CHORUS] MANY LEADERS AS YOU SEE DEM
[CHORUS] NA DIFFERENT DISGUISE DEM DEY-OH
[CHORUS] ANIMALS IN HUMAN SKIN
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I PUT-U TIE-OH
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I WEAR AGBADA
[CHORUS] ANIMAL-I PUT-U SUIT-U
*(2x- 2nd time with lead voc)

Beasts of no nation- Egbe Ke Gbe na bad society

[CHORUS] BEASTS OF NO NATION, EGBE KE GBE
[CHORUS] BEASTS OF NO NATION, OTURU GBE KE
(repeat stanza many x, lead vamp)

Easy… easy

[solos]

**Do chorus & end again…

what a load of shite.

 

[pk]

First of all: fuck off PK, no-one here wants to talk to you.

Second: for a great analysis of dancehall lyrics that might seem weird to the Western ear, I recommend Charles Fruehling Springwood's book Open Fire.

How dwyer sees himself:

How the entire planet sees dwyer:

 

[Crispy]

what a load of shite.

you know who fela kuti is, right?

 

[phildwyer]

what a load of shite.

Philistine. Look, this one comes with a little explanation for the witless:

Coffin for Head of State- Explanation

A criticism of arbitrary/artificial religious & ethnic boundaries, and of religious hypocrisy- people who invoke god, but then commit atrocities, including Obasanjo (General) & Y’aradua (Leiutentent Colonel), two of Fela’s attackers.

The poor live in squalor while the pastor lives in luxury. Fela walks (waka), & sees the unhappiness of his people,and the corruption & greed of the colonial-influenced Nigerian government. Colonial culture confuses the African people.

In 1979, when Fela’s mother (a government official & activist) dies from injuries inflicted by the Army during an attack on Fela’s compound, Fela and his Movement of the People Carry an effigy of his mother’s coffin to the barracks of two noted Fela enemies, Gen. Obasanjo & Lt.Crnl. Y’aradua. As a protest, Fela & MOP put the coffin down, and force the army to take it (Obasanjo & Yaradua eventually help to carry it). “It remains there. ”



COFFIN FOR HEAD OF STATE

Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen

Woh! Ahhhhh Ch! Ahhhh! Ch! Ch!

Through Jesus Christ, our Lord
*[CHORUS] AMEN, AMEN, AMEN – [AFTER EACH LINE]
By the Grace of Allmighty Lord
Through Jesus Christ, our Lord
By the Grace of Allmighty Lord
Inspiritus Christus, Mass Christus, Mass Christus, Mass Christus,
Alla-hu, Waku-baru, Salem Elekum, Alla-hu
Through Jesus Christ, our Lord
By the Grace of Allmighty Lord

So I waka waka waka** **(walk)
*[CHORUS] WAKA WAKA WAKA- [AFTER EACH LINE]
I go many places
I see my people
Dem dey cry, cry cry
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen
I say I waka waka waka
I go many places
I see my people
Dem dey cry, cry, cry
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen
Amen-i, Amen-i, Amen


I say I waka-waka-waka-waka-waka-waka-waka
(HORNS response)
I waka any village anywhere in Africa
I waka any village anywhere in Africa
Pastor’s house na ‘im dey fine pass
My people dem dey stay for poor surroundings
Pastor’s dress na ‘im dey clean pass
Be it hard for my people for dem to buy soap
Pastor na ‘im dem give respect pass
And dem dey do bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad things


Through Jesus Christ our Lord
*[CHORUS] AMEN, AMEN, AMEN - [AFTER EACH LINE]
By the Grace of Allmighty Lord
Inspiritus Christus, Mass Christus, Mass Christus, Mass Christus,
Alla-hu, Waku-baru, Salem Elekum, Alla-hu



So I waka waka waka
*[CHORUS] WAKA WAKA WAKA- [AFTER EACH LINE]
I go many places
I go business places
And I see, see, see
All the bad, bad, bad things
Dem dey do, do, do
Call corruption
And dey call “nepotism”
Inside promotions
And inside all business
I say I waka waka waka
I see, see, see
*[CHORUS] WAKA WAKA WAKA

So I waka-waka-waka-waka-waka-waka-waka
(HORNS Short response)

I waka any business anywhere in Africa
I waka any business anywhere in Africa
North and South dem get dem policies
One Christian and the other one, Muslim
Anywhere the Muslims dem dey reign
Na senior Allaha-ji na ‘im be director
Anywhere the Christians dem dey reign
Na the best friend to Bishop na ‘im be director
It is a known fact that for many thousand years
We Africans, we had our own traditions
These money making organizations
Them come put we Africans in total confusion

Through Jesus Christ, our Lord
*[CHORUS] AMEN, AMEN, AMEN- [AFTER EACH LINE]
By the Grace of Allmighty Lord
Inspiritus Christus, Mass Christus, Mass Christus, Mass Christus,
Alla-hu, Waku-baru, Salem Elekum, Alla-hu


So I waka waka waka
*[CHORUS] WAKA WAKA WAKA – [AFTER EACH LINE]
I go many places
I go government places
I see, see, see
All the bad, bad, bad things
Dem dey do, do, do
Look Obasanjo,
Before anything you know at all,
And for dey shout
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, Oh Lord, Oh mighty Lord, Oh Lord, Oh God

And den dey do bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad things
Through Jesus Christ our Lord
*[CHORUS] AMEN, AMEN, AMEN
By the Grace of Allmighty Lord
*[CHORUS] AMEN, AMEN, AMEN

I say look-a Y’aradua
I say look-a Y’aradua
Before anything you know at all
It would dey shout
Aba Allah- Aba Allah- Aba Allah- Aba Allah -
Aba Allah
And den dey do yes, yes
And den dey do bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad things


Through Mohhmmed our Lord
*[CHORUS] AMEN, AMEN, AMEN
By the Grace of Allmighty Allah
*[CHORUS] AMEN, AMEN, AMEN

So I waka waka waka
*[CHORUS] WAKA WAKA WAKA- [AFTER EACH LINE]
I go many places
I go government places
I see, see, see
All the bad, bad, bad things
Den dey do, do, do
Den steal all the money
Dem kill many students
Dem burn many houses
Dem burn my house too
And killed my mama
So I carry the coffin
I Waka waka waka
Movement of the People
Dey Waka waka waka
Young African Pioneers
Waka waka waka
We go Obalende,
We go Dodan barracks
Reach dem gatee-o
And put the coffin down
Obasanjo dey there,
With him big fat stomach
Y'aradua dey there,
With him neck like ostrich
We put the coffin down.


Dem no wan take am
*[CHORUS] BUT DEM TAKE AM - [AFTER EACH LINE]
Dem no wan take am
Who go wan take coffin?
Dem must take am
For the bad bad bad things
Wey dem don do
Dem no wan take am
Obasanjo grab am
Y'aradua carry am
Yes, dem no wan take am
Obasanjo carry am
Y'aradua tow am
Dem no wan take am
Dem no wan take am
It der for dem office
Dem no wan take am
It der dey now now now now
It der dey now, now, now, now
It der dey now, now, now, now
It der dey now, now, now, now
It der dey now, now, now, now
It der dey now, now, now, now
* Repeat as desired

 

[revol68]

you know who fela kuti is, right?

aye, doesn't change the fact the lyrics aren't great or the fact afro beat is balls.

 

[phildwyer]

Seriously, you won't find any Western music that talks about world politics to this effect. And Fela is not some obscure indie band, he's the most famous popular musician in African history. One more will suffice to prove my point, I'm off to cruise the Bosphorus for a while:

INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF (explanation)


* Uses abbreviation of “International Telephone & Telegraph” to attack all foreign companies for stealing from Africa, and for turning Africans into human-waste carriers [agbepo]. Derides stupid Africans who are put into power as puppets of the companies. Tricked & used by these companies, they become equally greedy & ruthless.

“I still want to speak the truth. If I lie, may I be punished by Edumare (a Yoruba god), Osiris, the Ifa (Nigeria gods), & the land itself. I have read about it read it in books, I have seen it personally.

Europeans came & forced their ways on Africa. Long ago, Africans didn't carry shit, we shat in a big hole (as evidenced by words for this hole in many African tribal languages-Yoruba, Igbo, Haussa, Ashanti …). When the Europeans came to colonialise us, it was part of their culture to carry shit & taught us Africans to do it, too. They have turned us into agbepo, waste carriers (the lowest members of society).

Foreign companies confuse & trick Africans by manipulating (English) words in the newpaper. They subvert & control Africa using the same method: they find a stupid, greedy, & dishonest African, pay him a thousand Naira (Nigerian money), he bribes others to become a chief, but who acts in European interests. Like a rat, creeps here and there, gaining power by befriending journalists, religious leaders, & government officials.
Once in power, he begins embezzling, inflation, confusion, oppression...

Two examples of this are Obasanjo (Head of the military) and Abiola (CEO of International Telephone & Telegraph) . We must fight them. We refuse to carry their shit any longer.

INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF

*[CHORUS] INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF (x3)
I.T.T
*[CHORUS] INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF – [AFTER EACH LINE]
International Thief
Oh
*(CHORUS) INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF (x2)　[Bass Guitar enters]
I.T.T.
*[CHORUS] INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF – [AFTER EACH LINE International rogue
Oh, eh
*(CHORUS) INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF (x2)

<<[Drums change]>>

Wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella,
wella, wella, wella-- Ha (x2)

Wella**, **(this is true)
wella, wella, wella,
Wella, wella, wella, wella, wella
Wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella
Wella, wella * [Rhythmic- improvise]
Wella, wella, wella, wella, wella
Wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella,
wella, wella, wella---Ha - Yeh- Ch – Ch – Ch -Ch

Mother fuckers, Bastard Mother fuckers
*(CHORUS) YEAH –[AFTER EACH LINE]
We yab** dem **(make fun of/abuse)
Hurry up der
Say, “yeah”


Wella well, na true I want talk again o
*(CHORUS) WELL WELL – [AFTER EACH LINE]
Na true I want talk again o
If I dey lie o
Make Osiri punish me
Make Ifa dey punish me o
Make Edumare punish me o
Make the land dey punish me o
Make Edumare punish me o
I read ‘em for book ee-o
I see so myself ee-o (2x on the 3rd repetition)
Well-ee well-ee o
*(CHORUS/LEAD) WELL WELL-EH-EH-EH-EH-EH-EH-ELL- WELL WELL
Well-ee well-ee o
*(CHORUS/LEAD) WELL WELL-EH-EH-EH-EH-EH-EH-ELL- WELL WELL [REPEAT STANZA 3X]



Long time ago
Long, long time ago
*(CHORUS) LONG TIME AGO – [AFTER EACH LINE]
Long, long, long, long time ago
African man we no dey carry shit
We dey shit in-side big big hole
For Yourba-land na "Shalanga"
For Igbo-land na "Onunu-insi"
For Hausa-land na "Salunga"
For Ga-land na "Tiafi"
For Ashanti-land na “Yarni"
For Ethiopia-land na "Sagara-bet"
For Voodoo-land na “Cho-Cho”
For Bemba-land na “Chimbuzi”
For Tunga-land na “Echibuzi”
Long, long, long, long time ago
African man we no dey carry shit
We dey shit inside big big hole
Long, long, long, long time ago
Long, long, long, long time ago
Before them come force us away as slaves
During the time them come force us away as slaves
Na European man, na him dey carry shit
Na for them culture to carry shit
During the time dem come colonize us
Dem come teach us to carry shit
Long, long, long, long time ago
African man weh no dey carry shit
Na European man teach us to carry shit


Many foreign companies dey Africa carry all our money go
*(CHORUS) SAY AM, SAY AM –[AFTER EACH LINE]
Many foreign companies dey Africa carry all our money go
Dem go write big English for newspaper, Dabaru we Africans
Dem go write big English for newspaper, Dabaru we Africans
I read about one of them inside book like that- Them call him name na I.T.T
I read about one of them inside book like that- Them call him name na I.T.T


Them go dey cause confusion
*(CHORUS) CONFUSION
Cause corruption
*(CHORUS) CORRUPTION
Cause oppression
* (CHORUS) OPPRESSION
Cause inflation
*(CHORUS) INFLATION

Dem go dey,
Cause oppression
*(CHORUS) OPPRESSION
Cause confusion
*(CHORUS) CONFUSION
Cause corruption
*(CHORUS) CORRUPTION
Cause inflation
*(CHORUS) INFLATION

Cause oppression
* (CHORUS) OPPRESSION
Cause confusion
*(CHORUS) CONFUSION
Cause inflation
*(CHORUS) INFLATION
Cause oppression
*(CHORUS) OPPRESSION
Oppression, Opression, Inflation, Corruption, Opression, Inflation----

Dem get one style wey dem dey use
Dem go pick one African-i man
A man with low mentality
Them go give am million naira breads
To become of high position here
Him go bribe some thousand naira bread
To become one useless-i chief
Like rat dey do, dem go,
Dey do from
Corner corner pass-ee, pass-ee
Under, under pass-ee, pass-ee
Inside-ee, Inside-ee pass-ee, pass-ee
In-ee, in-ee, pass-ee, pass-ee
Out-ee, out-ee, pass-ee, pass-ee
Peep-peep, peep-peep, pass-ee pass-ee

In-ee, in-ee, pass-ee, pass-ee
Corner corner, pass-ee, pass-ee
Under, under, pass-ee, pass-ee
Inside-ee, Inside-ee, pass-ee, pass-ee
Over world, pass-ee, pass-ee
Corner corner, pass-ee, pass-ee
Under, under, pass-ee, pass-ee
Inside- inside
Then he gradually, gradually, gradually, gradually (2x)
Them go be:
Friend friend to journalist
Friend to friend to Commissioner
Friend friend to Permanent Secretary
Friend to friend to Minister
Friend to friend to Head of State
Then start start to steal money
Start start them corruption
Start start them inflation
Start start them oppression
Start start them confusion
Start start them oppression
Start start to steal money
Start start to steal money
Like Obasanjo and Abiola

*(CHORUS) INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF　–[AFTER EACH LINE]
I.T.T
International rogue
International thief
We fight them,


Well well
*(CHORUS) WELL WELL - [AFTER EACH LINE]
Wella wella
We don tire
to carry
anymore of
them shit
**[repeat indefinitely, add next stanza occasionally]

 

[nino_savatte]

aye, doesn't change the fact the lyrics aren't great or the fact afro beat is balls.

Yep, par for the course for you, bully boy. What an unpleasant cunt you are.

 

[revol68]

Yep, par for the course for you, bully boy. What an unpleasant cunt you are.

sorry i take it back I love anything out of the third world, even if it has fuck resonance with my life or taste.

 

[Crispy]

aye, doesn't change the fact the lyrics aren't great or the fact afro beat is balls.

what, because it's not full of long words and nuanced political musings like the manics? motorcycle emptiness is a great song, but the manics were never enemies of the state. Fela sang in pidgin english on purpose - to reach the widest possible african audience. the words are basic but the meaning is deep.

 

[nino_savatte]

sorry i take it back I love anything out of the third world, even if it has fuck resonance with my life or taste.

Par for the course. You're still as nasty a cunt as ever.

 

[pk]

the manics were never enemies of the state

I dunno... they came pretty close when they rocked up to Glastonbury in their posh bus, nearly running people over who were leaving the main stage, only to install their private toilet with security guard to stop anyone but the Manics using it.

The amount of shit thrown at the windows of that bus, I'm amazed the windows didn't give in.

They're Wales' answer to U2, only with an even bigger cock for a lead singer.

The only decent element in that band was Richie, who has been dead for over a decade.

 

[editor]

I beg to differ. Just consider reggae alone. Quite apart from the overtly political or conscious lyrics, of which there are far more than in Western music, sexual and romantic relations are described in an intelligent and realistic manner. Whereas in Western rock and pop one hears little more than an endless succession of cliches which reveal only that the composer has a debased and banal attitude to such matters. In fact one might say that Western popular music bespeaks the Death of Love.

This is either your worst troll ever, or you're just exceptionally stupid when it comes to music.

 

[revol68]

what, because it's not full of long words and nuanced political musings like the manics? motorcycle emptiness is a great song, but the manics were never enemies of the state. Fela sang in pidgin english on purpose - to reach the widest possible african audience. the words are basic but the meaning is deep.

Except i'm not such a nob as to assume being an enemy of the state = great lyricist. Marx is a fantastic writer but I wouldn't want to listen to his lyrics, especially not since I've read his poetry.

There is also the small fact that I live in the UK, where my experience of capital and the state isn't one of troops burning me out of my house.