Army Arrangement

By Fela Kuti (1984)
On album Army Arrangement (1984), Complete Released Works Of Fela Anikulapo Kuti (October 1938 - August 1997) (2007)

Army Arrangement
One day go be one day
Those wey dey steal the money from government

Ju'di, ju'di, ju'di
Ju si le
Ju'di, ju'di, ju'di
Ju si le
Ju'di, ju'di, ju'di

Odi you all, nyaash don fall
Anywhere nyaash go, nyaash must fall
Up, left, right, round-round, it must fall
And na thing wey nyaash dey do na this suite:
Shit, piss, fuck, it is, why not?
Because nyaash na wonderful material prophet

Whether you like or you no like
After you hear this, the true talk
Whether you like or you no like
After you hear this, the true talk

Ge ge

If you like it, good
If you no like, you hang
If you like it, good
If you no like, you hang
If you hang, you go die
You go die for nothing
We go carry your body, go police station
You die wrongfully

Ge ge, ge ge, ge ge

Ju'di, ju'di, ju'di
Ju si le
Ju'di, ju'di, ju'di

Odi e wrong ko to
You see, man eye get different look for woman nyaash
She see small nyaash, you go say
"Yeah, look at this big nyaash!"
If you can't see big nyaash, you go say
"Yeah, look at this, a small nyaash!"
And if you see more nyaash
And you wan to bury your prick inside
You go say, "Hey, baby, show me your particulars!"
I talk in English, I go say
"Hey, darling, show me your living license!"
Particular wey na be police particular
Wey na one Christ Particular
You see, police particular
If you get am, look at dey go
If you no get am, you go handicap, you see
But the original particular
Natural particular
If you no get am, you go dey go ni
If you get am, you must enter

Rigi-digi, rigi-digi, rigi-digi, rigi-digi

Whether you like or you no like
After you hear this, the true talk
Whether you like or you no like
After you hear this, the true talk

Twenty-two women 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

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 hear the truth talk me I dey talk
Listen make you dey agree for me
Every day and night you dey hear me talk
One day you self you agree 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 getting money
Foreign money from oversea
Nigeria getting money
Foreign money from 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, o

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, o

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, o
Them dabaru everybody
Supervisor Obasanjo
Them say make him no talk, o
"Money no lost," them shout again
Inquiry come close, o

E no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish

Election story nko
Obasanjo plan am a-very well
Election story nko
Obasanjo plan am a-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

Yeah

The young Africans them get two ears for head
Them get two eyes, too
Them dey see the thing wey dey happen
Them dey hear am, too
Few people dey fat with big money
And the rest dey hungry
Me, Fela, I challenge Obasanjo
Na wayo him dey all the time
Make him carry me go any court
I go open book for am
Na wayo government we dey, o
E gba mi, o
Na weak government we dey, o
Ye paripa, o
Na paddy paddy government we dey
E gba mi, o

Yeah

We give money
Paddy paddy
Arrange ni
Wayo wayo
Economic
We give money
Paddy paddy
Wayo wayo

Army arrangement

Add am together, give me the answer
Army arrangement
Give me money, add am together
Army arrangement
Paddy paddy, add am together
Economic, add am together
Division or multiplication
Mathematician, put am together
One answer you go get
One answer you go get

Give me money, put am together
Paddy paddy, put am together
Wayo wayo, put am together
Economic, put am together
Division or multiplication
Mathematician, put am together
One answer you go get
One answer you go get

Give me money, put am together
Army arrangement
Wayo wayo, put am together
Army arrangement

Give me money, put am together
Arrange e ma si ta si o
Yeah, yeah
Arrange e ma si ta si o
Yeah, yeah
Arrange e ma si ta si o
Yeah, yeah
Arrange e ma si ta si o
Yeah, yeah
Arrange e ma si ta si o

Give me money, put am together
Army arrangement
Wayo wayo, put am together
Army arrangement
Economic, put am together
Army arrangement

Ju'di! Ju si le

One day go be, one day
Those wey dey steal the money from government

One day go be, one day

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