Ye Ye De Smell

by Fela Kuti, The Africa '70 & Ginger Baker

From the album: Live!

Duration: 13:15

Live! cover art

Lyrics for Ye Ye De Smell

Everybody I'll like you to meet Ginger Baker Everybody get down, Ginger Baker Yeah, don't worry na That's enough, that's enough The record is moving, the record is moving Don't let's stop Now we're gonna go into our next tune now This one is called in my own thing, language, Ye-ye De Smell Smell is English, Ye-ye de smell, that means This is like a kind of friendship thing When you're, you're somebody's friend And he's doing the things that a friend doesn't do Then he smells, ra ra I'm gonna feature Ginger in this tune I wrote this tune specially for Ginger Ye-ye De Smell, he doesn't smell really He takes his bath One, two, three, four O ko ja lo, o l'oun o koja A-ke-ke-ke, a-ke-ke-ke, o jo koja O je obo mi, o ba obirin mi sun O ko ja Mo ba obirin re sun, o ju Mo f'oko si, o pariwo Mo ba obirin re sun, mo f'oko si, o pariwo Ye-ye de smell, o pariwo Ye-ye de smell, o pariwo O ko ja lo, o l'oun o koja O se fun mi, mo se fun e, oun pariwo Ye-ye de smell, o pariwo A-ke-ke-ke, o jo koja A-ke-ke-ke, a-ke-ke-ke, o jo koja Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah Hey, hey, hey, hey The first drummer was Tony Allen The second drummer was Ginger Baker And we are together, all backed by the Out of sight drummers of the Africa '17