Army Arrangement

by Fela Kuti

From the album: The Best of the Black President

Duration: 17:02

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Lyrics for Army Arrangement

One day go be one day One day go be one day Those wey dey steal the money for government One day go be one day Ju'di, ju'di Ju si le Ju'di, ju'di, ju'di Ah, odi wo Yansh don fall Anywhere yansh go, yansh must fall Up, left, right, round-round, it must fall And nothing wey yansh dey do no dey sweet Shit, piss, fuck, e dey sweet, why not? Because yansh na wonderful material property Whether you like or you no like After you hear this true talk Whether you like or you no like After you hear this true talk If you like e good (ghen-ghen) If you no like you hang (ghen-ghen) If you like e good (ghen-ghen) If you no like you hang (ghen-ghen) If you hang you go die (ghen-ghen) You go die for nothing (ghen-ghen) We go carry your body go police station, you die wrongfully (Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe (Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe (Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe (Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe (Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe (Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe (Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe (Ghe-ghe) aah! Ye! Ju'di, ju'di, ju'di Ju si le Ju'di, ju'di, ju'di Aah, odi wo ronkoto, pom You see, man eye get different look for woman yansh She see small yansh, you go say, "Yeah, look at this big yansh!" If you come see big yansh, you go say, "Eh, looku this small yansh!" And if you see one yansh Wey you wan to bury your prick inside You go say, "Hey baby, show me your particulars!" Ajengunle english, e go say, "Hey darling, show me your living license!" Particular oh, no be police particular That one nah craze particular You see, police particular If you get am, you go dey go If you no get am, you go enter, you see But the original particular Natural particular If you no get am, you go dey go ni But if you get am, you must enter, eh Whether you like or you no like After you hear this true talk Whether you like or you no like After you hear this true talk If you like e good (ghe-ghe) If you no like you hang (ghe-ghe) If you like e good (ghe-ghe) If you no like you hang (ghe-ghe) If you hang you go die (ghe-ghe) You go die for nothing (ghe-ghe) We go carry your body go police station, you die wrongfully (Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe (Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe (Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe (Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe (Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe (Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe (Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe (Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe (Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe (Ghe-ghe) twen-twen tu Man dey suffer him no fit talk na condition Man dey suffer him fit talk na condition too Man dey suffer him no fit talk na condition Man dey suffer him fit talk na condition too Suffer dey Africa, pa-pa, ra pa I suffer dey, pa-pa, ra pa Condition dey e, pa-pa, ra pa Me I no say you be African man And we dey suffer, pa-pa, ra pa Which condition you dey I don't know The condition me I dey me I know My condition don reach make I act Oh If your condition today make you shake And you still dey not talk the way you feel Make you open your two ears very well To dey hear the truth talk me I dey talk Listen make you dey gree for me Every day and night you dey hear me talk One day you self you gree with me To dey act the way as you dey feel Remember if you no act your own One day of course we must die Nigeria get e money Foreign money for oversea Nigeria get e money Foreign money for oversea Announcement start to happen Newspaper carry them paper Radio dey shout for studio Obasanjo turn vocalist Yar'Adua road manager Every government statement Seven billion naira missing Missing from oversea Foreign currency scandal Them start to arrest everybody oh E no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish Doctor, lawyer, hustlers Engineer, photographers Doctor, lawyer, hustlers Engineer, photographers All of them Kirikiri Ten to fifteen years in jail After one year inside jail Civilian government take over Them release all of dem Them say dem be innocent oh E no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish Two-point-eight-billion naira Oil money is missing Two-point-eight-billion naira Oil money is missing Them set up inquiry Them say money no lost e oh Them dabaru everybody Supervisor Obasanjo Them say make him no talk e oh "Money no lost," them shout again Inquiry come close e oh E no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish Election story nko? Obasanjo plan am very well Election story nko? Obasanjo plan am very well Him take old politicians Wey rule Nigeria before The same old politicians Wey spoil Nigeria before Obasanjo carry all of them All of them dey there now E no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish The young Africans them get two ears for head Them get two eyes too (yeah) Them dey see the thing wey dey happen, them dey hear am too (yeah) Few people dey fat with big money, and the rest dey hungry (yeah) Me Fela, I challenge Obasanjo Na wayo him dey all the time (yeah) Make him carry me go any court, I go open book for am (yeah) Na wayo government we dey o E gba mi o Na rikimo government we dey o Ye paripa o Na paddy-paddy government we dey E gba mi o (yeah) We give money (yeah) Paddy-paddy (yeah) Arrange ni (yeah) Wayo-wayo (yeah) Economic (yeah) We give money (yeah) Paddy-paddy (yeah) Wayo-wayo (yeah) Add am together, give me the answer (army arrangement) We give me money, add am together (army arrangement) Paddy-paddy, add am together (army arrangement) Economic, add am together (army arrangement) Division or multiplication (army arrangement) Mathematician, put am together (army arrangement) One answer you go get (army arrangement) Ahn-ahn-ahn, one answer you go get (army arrangement) We give money, put am together (army arrangement) Paddy-paddy, put am together (army arrangement) Wayo-wayo, put am together (army arrangement) Economic, put am together (army arrangement) Division or multiplication (army arrangement) Mathematician, put am together (army arrangement) One answer you go get (army arrangement) Ahn-ahn-ahn-ahn, one answer you go get (army arrangement) We give money, put am together (army arrangement) Wayo-wayo, put am together (army arrangement) Economic, put am together (army arrangement) Division or multiplication (army arrangement) Mathematician, put am together (army arrangement) One answer you go get (army arrangement) Ahn-ahn-ahn, one answer you go get (army arrangement) Aah, we give money, put am together (army arrangement) Arrange e masters yo (army arrangement) Yeah-yeah, arrange masters e yo (army arrangement) Yeah-yeah, arrange masters e yo (army arrangement) Yeah-yeah, arrange masters e yo (army arrangement) Aah-ah, arrange masters e yo (army arrangement) We give money, put am together (army arrangement) Wayo-wayo, put am together (army arrangement) Economic, put am together (army arrangement) (Army arrangement) (Army arrangement) (Army arrangement) Ju'di Ju si le Ju'di Ju si le Ju'di Ju si le Ju'di Ju si le Ju'di Ju si le Ju'di Ju si le Ju'di Ju si le Ju'di Ju si le Ju'di Ju si le Ju'di Ju si le Ju'di Ju si le Ju'di Ju si le Ju'di Ju si le Ju'di Ju si le Ju'di Ju si le Ju'di One day go be one day One day go be one day Those wey dey steal the money for government One day go be one day One day go be one day One day go be one day Those wey dey steal the money for government One day go be one day One day go be one day One day go be one day One day, one day One day, one day One day, one day One day, one day One day, one day One day, one day One day, one day One day, one day One day, one day One day, one day One day, one day One day, one day One day go be one day One day go be one day Those wey dey steal the money for government One day go be one day

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