Authority Stealing
Fela Kuti

[Chorus]nAuthority stealing!nnYou be thief (I no be thief)nYou be rogue (I no be rogue)nYou dey steal (I no dey steal)nYou be robber (I no be robber)nYou be armed robber (No be armed robber)nnI no be thief (You be thief)nI no be rogue (You be rogue)nI no dey steal (You dey steal)nI no be robber (You be robber)nI no be armed robber (You be armed robber)nn[Chorus]nArgument, argument!nnArgument, argument, arguenThem arguenEverbody dem arguenThem dem dem arguenUp and down them arguenEverbody dem arguenThem dem dem dem arguenYes yes, them arguenEverbody dem arguennArgument about stealingnSomebody don take somethingnWey belong to another personnnThen you go hear:nYou be thief (I no be thief)...nnOn top of the road, on the sidenPeople dey wakanOffice workers, labourer workers, workers' workersnThem go dey wakanInside bus them go deynMotorcycle them dey ridenPlenty, plenty crowdnInside this crowdnSometimes for one cornernSometimes for one streetnYou go dey hear: ha ha!nn[Chorus]nThief, thief, thief!nRogue, rogue, rogue!nRobber, robber!nnCatch am, catch am! Thief, thief, thief!nCatch am, catch am! Rogue, rogue, rogue!nCatch am, catch am! Robber, robber!nCatch amnPull amnGet amnKeep amnOle...nn[Chorus]nCatch am, catch am!nnLooking go startnWatching go startnChasing go startnSomebody go deynWey them go grabnnThem go beat am well-wellnThem go lynch am well-wellnPolice go come well-wellnThem go carry am go courtnThem go put am for jailnnThem fit put am six monthsn(Them go put am for one year)nThem fit put am two yearsn(Them go put am for five years)nThem fit put am seven yearsn(Them go put am for ten years)nnIf not them go shoot am wellnThem go shoot am for armed robberynOn top of the road, on the sidenPeople dey wakanOffice workers, labourer workers, workers' workersnnThem go dey trynTo try to make ends meetnThem go dey hustlenTo try to make ends meetnThem go put hands for backnTo try to make ends meetnThem go dey beg oganTo try to make ends meetnThem go be slaves for them townnTo try to make ends meetnnI say turn your face smallnTo the right wingnOga patapata dey for therenAuthority people dey for therenInstead of workersnWe have officialsnInstead of busesnThem dey ride motor-carnInstead of motorcyclenNa helicopternInstead of them wakanNa worker go waka for themnnAuthority people them go dey stealnPublic contribute plenty moneynNa authority people dey stealnAuthority man no dey pickpocketnNa petty cash him go dey picknArmed robber him need gunnAuthority man him need pennAuthority man in charge of moneynHim no need gun, him need pennPen got power gun no getnIf gun steal eighty thousand nairanPen go steal two billion nairann[Chorus]nThief, thief thief!nRogue, rogue, rogue!nRobber, robber!nnYou no go hear them shoutnYou no go hear them shout at allnYou no go hear them saynYou no go hear them say response at allnnNa different way be them waynNa civilize style be them stylenn[Chorus]nYes, yes, yes, yes!nnOh yes, of course, contract, have some money back in hand, ha hanHear the words them dey take deceive the people:nnMisappropriationnMaladministrationnNepotismnMitigationnMake I remember another one wey them dey usenDefraudmentnForgerylizationnEmbezzlementnVilificationnMismanagementnPublic inquirynnAuthority stealing pass armed robberynWe Africans we must do something about this nonsensenWe say we must do something about this nonsensenI repeat, we Africans we must do something about this nonsensenBecause now authority stealing pass armed robberynnAuthority man him go dey stealnPublic contribute plenty money...nn[Chorus]nAuthority stealing!

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