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Fela Kuti – Shuffering and Shmiling
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lyrics:
[Intro]
This is only a taste of our next release, “Suffering and Smiling”
[Interlude 1]
Hmmm? Ay?
Ah!
Ohp! Ohp!
Ah
You Africans, please listen to me as Africans
And you non-Africans, listen to me with open mind
Ah
[Verse 1]
Suffer, suffer, suffer, suffer, suffer
Suffer for world
Na your fault be dat
Me I say~ay, na your fault be dat
Ahhhh, Hmm~humm
Achu achu achu achu achu
Achu achu achu achu achu
Achu achu achu achu
Oh~oh, ahhh~ha
Suffer, suffer
Suffer, suffer, suffer, suffer, suffer
Suffer for world
Na your fault be dat
Me I say~ay, na your fault be dat
Ahhhh, hmm~ummmm
Achu achu achu achu achu
Achu achu achu achu achu
Achu achu achu achu
Oh~ohhh, ah~han, ayy
Ah~ha
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[Interlude 2]
I want you all to please take your minds
Out of this musical contraption
And put your minds into any goddamn church
Any goddamn Mosque
Any goddamn Celestical
Including Seraphoom and Cheraboom
Hmm~humm
Now, we are all there now
Our minds are in those places
Here we go…
[Pre-Chorus]
Suffer suffer for world (Amen)
Enjoy for Heaven (Amen)
Christians go dey yab (Amen)
“In Spiritum Heavinus” (Amen)
Muslims go dey call (Amen)
“Allahu Akubar” (Amen)
Suffer suffer for world (Amen)
Enjoy for Heaven (Amen)
Christians go dey yab (Amen)
“In Spiritum Heavinus” (Amen)
Muslims go dey call (Amen)
“Allahu Akubar” (Amen)
[Verse 2]
Open you eye everywhere
Archbishop na miliki
Pope~ou na enjoyment
Imam~ou na gbaladun
Archbishop na miliki
Pope~ou na enjoyment
Imam~ou na gbaladun
Ehn ra ra ra ra ra
Archbishop dey enjoy
Pope~ou self dey enjoy
Imam self dey enjoy
My brother weytin you say?
My brother weytin you say?
Ahhhhn~ahhhn~ahhhn~ahhhn
(Archbishop dey enjoy)
~ahhhn~ahhhn~ahhhn~ahhhn
(Pope self dey enjoy)
Hhhs ahhn~ahhhn~ahhhn~ahhhn~ahn
(Imam self dey enjoy)
My brother weytin you say?
My brother weytin you say?
[Verse 3]
My sister weytin you go hear?
My sister weytin you go hear?
Archbishop dey for London
Pope~ou dey for Rome~ou
Imam~ou dey for Mecca
Archbishop dey for London
Pope~ou dey for Rome
Imam~ou dey for Mecca
My people dem go dey follow Bishop (Amen!)
Dem go follow Pope~ou (Amen!)
Dem go follow Imam (Amen!)
Dem go go for London (Amen!)
Dem go go for Rome~ou (Amen!)
Dem go go for Mecca (Amen!)
Dem go carry all the money (Amen!)
Dem go juba Bishop (Amen!)
Juba Pope~ou
Juba Imam (Amen!)
Then, dem go start to yab themselves (Amen!):
In Spiritum Heavinus habubu situmunus (Amen!)
Hududu spitutu hukdudu skududu(Amen!)
Crazy ham, hhh(Amen!)
Skududu hamzuzu mizuzu huzuzu yea(Amen!)
Iskuzuzu mizuzu muzuzear zear(Amen!)
Iskuzuzu heavenzu (Amen)
Takazu hkkzuzu mishakzu howtutu zibudu, hhhh (Amen!)
Is demununu hemzuzu hemzumunu(Amen!)
Is humzuzu hamzuzu dubudu, hhhh (Amen!)
Is hamzubuzuburi hambuzubu, hhh (Amen!)
Izubinu allah mishukiru(Amen!)
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Dem will habulu sabsupu wu (Amen)
Dapususu heresubspu hamunusbusupu (Amen)
Dem will hashbubusbububu hasbubu (Amen)
Tus habupununu nunu hashbunubu (Amen)
Oh halla bushbususpul (Amen)
Dem will halla bushbususpul (Amen)
Dem will halla bushbususpul (Amen)
Halla bushbususpul (Amen)
[Verse 4]
Every day~ay, for house
Every day~ay, for road
Every day~ay, for bus
Every day~ay, for work
Every day~ay, for house
Every day~ay, for road
Every day~ay, for bus
Every day~ay, for work
My people
My people
My people
My people
[Interlude 3]
We now have to carry our minds
Out of those goddamn places
Back into this musical contraption right opposite you
Now we are back here
This is what happens to we Africans every day
Now…
Weytin I want tell you now
Na secret o
Na confidential matter
Don’t tell anybody outside
Na between me and you
Now listen…
Hmm
As I dey say before
E dey happen to all of us everyday
We Africans all over the world
Hmm
Now listen…
Hmm~hummm
Ralalalalalalalala lalalala
[Chorus]
Every day my people dey inside bus (shuffering and shmiling)
Every day my people dey inside bus (shuffering and shmiling)
Forty-nine sitting, ninety-nine standing (shuffering and shmiling)
Dem go pack themselve in like sardine (shuffering and shmiling)
Dem dey faint, dem dey wake like cock (shuffering and shmiling)
Dem go reachi house, water nor dey (shuffering and shmiling)
Dem go reachi bed, power nor dey (shuffering and shmiling)
Dem go reachi road, go-slow go come (shuffering and shmiling)
Dem go reachi road, police go slap (shuffering and shmiling)
Dem go reachi road, army go whip (shuffering and shmiling)
Dem go look pocket, money nor dey (shuffering and shmiling)
Dem go reachi work, query ready (shuffering and shmiling)
Every day na the same thing (shuffering and shmiling)
Every day na the same thing (shuffering and shmiling)
Every day na the same thing (shuffering and shmiling)
Every day na the same thing (shuffering and shmiling)
[Pre-Chorus]
Suffer suffer for world (Amen)
Enjoy for Heaven (Amen)
Christians go dey yab (Amen)
“In Spiritum Heavinus” (Amen)
Muslims go dey call (Amen)
“Allahu Akubar” (Amen)
Suffer suffer for world (Amen)
Enjoy for Heaven (Amen)
Christians go dey yab (Amen)
“In Spiritum Heavinus” (Amen)
Muslims go dey call (Amen)
“Allahu Akubar” (Amen)
[Bridge]
How many, many, how many you go meet? (Amen)
Many many (Amen)
Many many, how many you go meet? (Amen)
Many many (Amen)
How many, many, how many you go meet? (Amen)
Many many (Amen)
How many, many, how many you go meet? (Amen)
Many many (Amen)
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[Instrumental Break]
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