I.T.T. (International Thief Thief)

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International Thief Thief!

I.T.T.

International thief

I.T.T.

International rogue

Well, well...

Ha!

Well, well...

Ha!

Motherfuckers, bastard motherfuckers

We yab dem, yeah

Hurry up there

Say "yeah"

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Well well!

Well well, na true I want talk again o

Na true I want talk again o

If I dey lie o

Make Osiris punish me

Make Ifa dey punish me o

Make Edumare punish me o

Make the land dey punish me o

Make Edumare punish me o

I read dem for book ee-o

I see so myself ee-o

Well-ee well-ee o

Well well... well well!

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Well well... well well!

Long time ago

Long, long time ago

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Long time ago!

Long, long, long, long time ago

African man we no dey carry shit

We dey shit inside big big hole

For Yoruba-land na "Shalanga"

For Igbo-land na "Onunu-insi"

For Hausa-land na "Salga"

For Gaa-land na "Tiafi"

For Ashanti-land na "Yarni"

For Ethiopia-land na "Sagara-be"

For Kagyu-land na "Cho-Cho"

For Bemba-land na "Chimbuzi"

For Tunga-land na "Echibuzi"

Long, long, long, long time ago

African man we no dey carry shit

We dey shit inside big big hole

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Long time ago!

Long, long, long, long time ago

Long, long, long, long time ago

Before them come force us away as slaves

During the time them come force us away as slaves

Na European man, na him dey carry shit

Na for them culture to carry shit

During the time them come colonize us

Them come teach us to carry shit

Long, long, long, long time ago

African man we no dey carry shit

Na European man teach us to carry shit

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Say am, say am!

Many foreign companies dey Africa carry all our money go

Many foreign companies dey Africa carry all our money go

Them go write big English for newspaper, dabaru we Africans

Them go write big English for newspaper, dabaru we Africans

I read about one of them inside book like that

Them call him name na I.T.T.

I read about one of them inside book like that

Them call him name na I.T.T.

Them go dey cause confusion (Confusion!)

Cause corruption (Corruption!)

Cause oppression (Oppression!)

Cause inflation (Inflation!)

Oppression, oppression, inflation

Corruption, oppression, inflation

Them get one style wey them dey use

Them go pick one African man

A man with low mentality

Them go give am million naira breads

To become of high position here

Him go bribe some thousand naira bread

To become one useless chief

Like rat they do them go do from

Corner corner, pass-ee pass-ee

Under under, pass-ee pass-ee

Inside inside, pass-ee pass-ee

In in, pass-ee pass-ee

Out out, pass-ee pass-ee

Peep peep, pass-ee pass-ee

Up up, pass-ee pass-ee...

Then he gradually, gradually, gradually, gradually...

Then he gradually, gradually, gradually, gradually...

Them go be:

Friend friend to journalist

Friend friend to Commissioner

Friend friend to Permanent Secretary

Friend friend to Minister

Friend friend to Head of State

Then start start to steal money

Start start them corruption

Start start them inflation

Start start them oppression

Start start them confusion

Start start them oppression

Start start to steal money

Start start to steal money

Like Obasanjo and Abiola

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International Thief Thief!

I.T.T.

International rogue

International thief

We go fight them, well well

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Well well!

Well, well...

We don tire to carry anymore of them shit

We don tire to carry anymore of them shit

We don tire to carry anymore of them shit

Well, well...

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International Thief Thief!