O.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake)
Fela Kuti

[Chorus]nI get my moneynPlan my plan finishnStart to go for marketnStart to go for shoppingnBefore I reach market nko o?nGovernment show don enternMy plan don spoil onGovernment show don enternMy plan don spoil onn[Chorus]nOvertake don overtake overtake!nnAh! I beg let us get downnInto another underground spiritual gamenI beg, after my pass o, pass onYou go dey help me end am with wennBecause them go hear wen, yeah!nPass o, pass o, pass o, pass o...nn[Chorus]nWen!nnWhen they want to call, ehnWhen they want to call, ehnWhen they want to call Nigerian governmentnThem give am name, Federal Military Governmentn(Federal Military Government!)nFor Libya dem give am name, Liberation Counciln(Liberation Council!)nFor Liberia dem give am name, Redemption Counciln(Redemption Council!)nFor Zaire dem give am name, Revolutionary Counciln(Revolutionary Council!)nThem get different different namesnFor different different governmentsnBut the correct name for themnNa soldier go, soldier comenn[Chorus]nSoldier go, soldier come!nnSoldier go, soldier comenFederal Military GovernmentnLibya Liberation CouncilnLiberia Redemption CouncilnZaire Revolutionary CouncilnSoldier go, soldier comenSoldier go, soldier comennWhen Obasanjo and Yar'AduanChop belly full and gonThem put civilian friends for therenThem shout, Second republic!nPeople wey no know dey happynPeople wey know them dey looknThem baptize the civilian governmentnThem name am federal governmentnMe I know by their namenMe I call them soldier put, soldier gonn[Chorus]nSoldier go, soldier come!nSoldier come, soldier go!nnNa so our lives for Africa dey rollnSince them say we get independencenThe civilian government wey them deynNa soldier dey protect themnWhen our lives roll small nHe go go knock head for wallnWhen our lives roll smallnHe go go knock head for treenWhen our lives roll smallnHe go go knock head for stonennWhen I see say our lives dey rollnLike one yeye ballnWey one yeye windnDey blow from one yeye cornernI put my mouth for song:nKalakuta Shownn[Chorus]nYeye rolling!nGaga gugu, gaga gugu!nWoko woko, woko woko!nnLook the man he dey wakanHungry dey run for him facennI put my mouth for song:nMr. Follow Follownn[Chorus]nYeye rolling!nMr. Follow Follow!nnMr. Follow Follow, make you open eyenMr. Follow Follow, make you open sensennI put my mouth for song:nZombie o, Zombienn[Chorus]nYeye rolling!nZombie o, zombie!nnZombie no go go unless you tell am to go and stopnAttention, quick march, left turnnRight turn, about turn, quick marchnQuick march, left turn, right turnnAbout turn, quick march, left turnnnI put my mouth for song:nShuffering and Shmilingnn[Chorus]nYeye rolling!nSuffering and smiling!nnEvery day my people dey inside busnForty-nine sitting, ninety-nine standingnThem dey faint, them dey wake like cocknEvery day na the same thingnnI put my mouth for song:nUnknown Soldiernn[Chorus]nYeye rolling!nUnknown soldier!nnThat my mama wey you killnShe is the only mother of NigerianWhich kind injustice be this?nWetin concern government inside?nIf na unknown soldiernThem turn blue into rednThem turn pink into greennn[Chorus]nSoldier go, soldier come!nSoldier come, soldier go!nnThe reason suffer our suffernHe don dey show him face to usnWhen black man want to start business, na big wahalanNa big wahala, he go run orisirisi runningnWhen he start the business nko? Another wahalanAnother wahala, he go beg orisirisi beggingnTo settle wahala, na to start wahala againnTo start wahala again you go fall orisirisi fallingnnAnd things don come change againnSoldier don put everybody for reversenNa back the country take dey walknSoldier don put everybody for reversenNa back the country take dey walknSoldier don put everybody for reversennAh, I beg, we wan change the mood of this music nownWe wan inject second bass and the big conga drumsnOya! Pop!nn[Chorus]nNa from back!nnIf them wan to knock your headnEh-eh, na from back onIf them wan to knock your headnEh-eh, na from back onIf you wan to run, be runningnEh-eh, na from back onIf you wan to run, be runningnEh-eh, na from back onIf you wan to beg, be beggingnEh-eh, na from back onIf you wan to beg, be beggingnEh-eh, na from back onIf you wan to fall, be fallingnEh-eh, na from back onIf you wan to fall, be fallingnEh-eh, na from back onIf you wan to get wahalanEh-eh, na from back onIf you wan to get wahalanI say, na from back onIf anybody wan to try to run forwardnSoldier boots go kick am backnEh-eh, na from back onnAh! Oya, pass o and wennPass o, pass o, pass o, pass o...nn[Chorus]nWen!nnAh! Oya, second bass... pop!nnMy friend wan come buy fannHim dey sweat for him dey sleep for roomnHim dey fall level of treenThe fan na seventy-five nairanMy friend him dey follow salarynHim dey try to save and save and savenEvery time he nearly buy the fannGovernment go add ten naira morenEvery time he nearly buy the fannGovernment go start one activitynTill the fan reach two hundred nairanMy friend nearly die, he never diennMy friend he no wan dienDie-die no dey for him dictionarynFor where? Huh...nHim dey try to save and save againnHim save for one year and six monthsnInside cupboardnUnder pillownUnder, under cooking potnInside socksnUnder carpetnHim dey on his way to buy the fannWhen alarm come blownn[Fela vocalizes a police siren]nnGovernment announce second tiernEverything come tear to piecesnEverything come expensivenEven water become expensivennSecond bass, jare... pop!nnFan don become seven hundred nairanMe and my friend start to look ourselvesnHe remain small make my friend dey crynNa laugh laugh he catch monkeynNa now he come understand him lifenEnjoyment can never come him waynNa now him life dey go reversenIn Africa, him fatherlandnOne more time...nn[Chorus]nSoldier go, soldier come!nSoldier come, soldier go!nnNa so Africa man life dey benSuffer don daburu him sensenWhen you wear police uniformnNa to collect money for roadnAbi I lie?nWhen you wear police uniformnNa to collect money for roadnI no dey lie!nPolice station don turn to banknD.P.O. na bank managernPolice station don turn to banknI.G. na managing directornNa big e wahala for man to waka for road at anytimennSo you see, my brothersnOvertake don overtake overtake, eh-yahnOvertake don overtake overtake, eh-yahnn[Chorus]nOvertake don overtake overtake!nnEh-yahnEh-yahnEh-yah...nnThat my mama wey you killnShe is the only mother of NigerianWhich kind injustice be this?nWetin concern government inside?nIf na unknown soldiernThem turn blue into rednThem turn pink into greennn[Chorus]nI get my moneynPlan my plan finishnStart to go for marketnStart to go for shoppingnBefore I reach market nko o?nGovernment show don enternMy plan don spoil onGovernment show don enternMy plan don spoil onn[Chorus]nOvertake don overtake overtake!

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[Untitled Instrumental] Army Arrangement Authority Stealing Authority Stealing, Pts. 1 & 2 Black Man’s Cry Coffin For Head Of State Colonial Mentality Dog Eat Dog [Instrumental] Everything Scatter Expensive Shit Fear Not for Man Gentleman Go Slow He Miss Road I.T.T. (International Thief Thief) International Thief Thief Lady Monkey Banana Mr. Follow Follow Mr. Grammarticalogylisationalism Is the Boss No Agreement Opposite People Palm Wine Sound [Instrumental] Roforofo Fight Shakara Shakara (Oloje) Shuffering and Shmiling Sorrow Tears and Blood [Original Extended Version] Sorrow, Tears & Blood Sorrow, Tears, and Blood Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am Underground System, Pt. 2 Unknown Soldier V.I.P. (Pt. 1&2) V.I.P. (Vagabonds in Power) Water No Get Enemy Yellow Fever Zombie

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