Coffin for head of state - Fela Kuti
Amen, amen, amen, amen, amen, amen, amen
Through Jesus Christ our Lord
Amen amen amen
By the grace of almighty lord
Amen amen amen
In spiritu heavinus
Amen amen amen
Allah Wakubar Mohammed Salamalekum
Amen amen amen
I say I waka waka waka
Waka waka waka
I go many places
Waka waka waka
I see my people
Waka waka waka
Them dey cry cry cry
Waka waka waka
So I waka waka waka
Waka waka waka
Through Jesus Christ our lord
Amen amen amen
By the grace of almighty lord
Amen amen amen
I waka many village anywhere in Africa
Pastor's house na him dey fine pass
My people them dey stay for poor surroundings
Pastor's dress na him dey clean pass
E hard for my people for them to buy soap
Pastor na him them give respect pass
And them go dey do bad bad things
Through Jesus Christ our lord
Amen amen amen
By the grace of almighty lord
Amen amen amen
In spiritu heavinus
Amen amen amen
Allah Wakubar Mohammed Salamalekum
Amen amen amen
So I waka waka waka
Waka waka waka
I go many places
Waka waka waka
I go business places
Waka waka waka
I see see see
Waka waka waka
All the bad bad bad things
Waka waka waka
Them dey do do do
Waka waka waka
Them dey call corruption
Waka waka waka
Them dey call nepotism
Waka waka waka
Inside commotion
Waka waka waka
And inside all kinds of business
Waka waka waka
I see see see
Waka waka waka
So I waka waka waka
Waka waka waka
I waka many business anywhere in Africa
North and South them get them policies
One Christian, the other one Moslem
Anywhere the Moslems them they reign
Na Senior Alhaji na him be Director
Anywhere the Christians them they reign
Na the friend of Bishop na him be Director
It's a known fact for many thousand years
We Africans we had our traditions
These moneymaking organizations
Them come put we Africans in total confusion
Through Jesus Christ our Lord
By the grace of almighty lord
Amen amen amen
In spiritu heavinus Allah wakubar
Amen amen amen
So I waka waka waka
Waka waka waka
I go many places
Waka waka waka
I go government places
Waka waka waka
I see see see
Waka waka waka
All the bad bad bad things
Waka waka waka
Them dey do do do
Waka waka waka
Look Obasanjo! Before anything at all, he go dey shout:
Oh Lord! Oh Lord, almighty Lord!
And them go dey do all bad bad bad things
Through Jesus Christ our Lord
Amen amen amen
Look Yar'Adua! Before anything at all, he go dey shout:
Allah Allah Allah Allah!
And them go dey do bad bad bad things
Through Mohammed our Lord
Amen amen amen
So I waka waka waka
Waka waka waka
I go government places
Waka waka waka
I see all the bad bad things
Waka waka waka
Wey them they do do do
Waka waka waka
Them steal all the money
Waka waka waka
Them kill many students
Waka waka waka
Burn many houses
Waka waka waka
Them burn my house too
Waka waka waka
Them kill my Mama
Waka waka waka
So I carry the coffin
Waka waka waka
Movement of the people
Waka waka waka
Them waka waka with me
Waka waka waka
Young african pioneers
Waka waka waka
Them waka waka with me
Waka waka waka
We go Obalende
Waka waka waka
We go Dodan Barracks
Waka waka waka
We reache the gate-o
Waka waka waka
We put the coffin down
Waka waka waka
Obasanjo dey there
Waka waka waka
With hm big fat stomach
Waka waka waka
Yar'Adua dey there
Waka waka waka
With him neck like ostrich
Waka waka waka
We put the coffin down
Waka waka waka
Them no want take am
But them take am
Na the bad bad things
But them take am
Wey them don do
But them take am
Obasanjo take am
But them take am
Yar'Adua carry am
But them take am
E dey there now now
But them take am
E dey for them office
But them take am
Lyrics & music: Fela Anikulapo Kuti
From the album: Coffin for head of state
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