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Artist: Fela Kuti
Canonical path: /fela-kuti/colonial-mentality
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Colonial Mentality
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Colonial Mentality
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Colo' mentality!
He be say you be colonial man
You don be slave man before
Them don release you now
But you never release yourself
I say you fit never release yourself
Colo' mentality!
He be say you be colonial man
You don be slave man before
Them don release you now
But you never release yourself
He be so!
He be so them dey do
Them dey overdo
All the things them dey do?
He be so!
He be so them dey do, them dey do
Them dey overdo
All the things them dey do?
He be so!
He be so them dey do
Them dey think say
Them better pass them brothers
No be so? (He be so!)
He be so!
He be so them dey do
Them dey think say
Them better pass them brothers
No be so? (He be so!)
The thing wey black no good
Na foreign things them dey like
No be so? (He be so!)
The thing wey black no good
Na foreign things them dey like
No be so? (He be so!)
Them go turn air condition
And close them country away
No be so? (He be so!)
Them go turn air condition
And close them country away
No be so? (He be so!)
Them Judge him go kack wig
And jail him brothers away
No be so? (He be so!)
Them Judge him go put wig
And jail him brothers away
No be so? (He be so!)
Them go proud of them name
And put them slave name for head
No be so? (He be so!)
Them go proud of them name
And put them slave name for head
No be so? (He be so!)
Colo' mentality now make you hear me now!
Colo' mentality!
Mr. Ransome you make you hear!
Colo' mentality!
Mr. Williams you make you hear!
Colo' mentality!
Mr. Allia you make you hear!
Colo' mentality!
Mr. Mohammed you make you hear!
Colo' mentality!
Mr. Anglican you make you hear!
Colo' mentality!
Mr. Bishop you make you hear!
Colo' mentality!
Mr. Catholic you make you hear!
Colo' mentality!
Mr. Muslim you make you hear!
Na Africa we dey you make you hear!
Na Africa we dey you make you hear!
Colo' mentality!
Colo' mentality!
Mr. Ransome you make you hear!
Mr. Ransome you make you hear!
Na Africa we dey you make you hear!
Na Africa we dey you make you hear!
Colo' mentality!
Colo' mentality!
Colo' mentality
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