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Army Arrangement

Army Arrangement lyrics by Fela Kuti. [Chorus] One day go be one day! Those wey dey steal the money for government! Ju'di, ju'di, ju'di Ju si le Ju'di, ju'di,...

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Army Arrangement

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[Chorus]

One day go be one day!

Those wey dey steal the money for 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, yansh don fall

Anywhere yansh go, yansh must fall

Up, left, right, round round, it must fall

And na thing wey yansh dey do na this suite:

Shit, piss, fuck, it is, why not?

Because yansh na wonderful material perfect

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

[Chorus]

Ge ge!

If you like e good

If you no like you hang

If you like e 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 yansh

She see small yansh, you go say,

"Yeah, look at this big yansh!"

If you can't see big yansh, you go say,

"Yeah, look at this is small yansh!"

And if you see more yansh

Wey 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...

[Fela sings the Twilight Zone theme]

Whether you like or you no like

After you hear this 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 get the money

Foreign money for oversea

Nigeria get the 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 o

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...

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...

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...

[Chorus]

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

[Chorus]

Yeah!

We give money

Paddy paddy

Arrange ni

Wayo wayo

Economic

We give money

Paddy paddy

Wayo wayo

[Chorus]

Army arrangement!

Add am together, give me the answer

Give me money, add am together

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

Wayo wayo, put am together...

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

Wayo wayo, put am together

Economic, put am together

[Chorus]

Ju'di! Ju si le!

[Chorus]

One day go be one day!

Those wey dey steal the money for government!

[Chorus]

One day, one day!

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