You Africans, please listen to me as AfricansnAnd you non-Africans, listen to me with open mindnnSuffer, suffer, suffer, suffer, suffernSuffer for worldnNa your fault be thatnMe I say: na your fault be thatnnI want you all to please take your mindsnOut of this musical contraptionnAnd put your minds into any goddamn churchnAny goddamn mosquenAny goddamn CelesticalnIncluding Seraphoom and CheruboomnnNow, we are all there nownOur minds are in those placesnHere we gonn[Chorus]nAmen!nnSuffer, suffer for worldnEnjoy for HeavennChristians go dey yabnIn Spiritum HeavinusnMuslims go dey callnAllahu AkbarnnOpen you eye everywherenArchbishop na milikinPope na enjoymentnImam na gbaladunnn[Chorus]nArchbishop dey enjoynPope self dey enjoynImam self dey enjoynMy brother wetin you say?nMy brother wetin you say?nnMy sister wetin you go hear?nMy sister wetin you go hear?nnArchbishop dey for LondonnPope dey for RomenImam dey for MeccanArchbishop dey for LondonnPope dey for RomenImam dey for Meccann[Chorus]nAmen!nnMy people them go dey follow BishopnThem go follow PopenThem go follow ImamnThem go go for LondonnThem go go for RomenThem go go for MeccanThem go carry all the moneynThem go juba BishopnJuba PopenJuba ImamnThen them go start to yab themselves:nn[Fela starts chanting in mock-Latin/Arabic]nnEvery day, for housenEvery day, for roadnEvery day, for busnEvery day, for worknnMy people, my peoplenMy people, my peoplennWe now have to carry our mindsnOut of those goddamn placesnBack into this musical contraptionnRight opposite younNow we are back herennThis is what happens to we Africans every daynNow wetin I want tell you nownNa secret onNa confidential matternDon't tell anybody outsidenNa between me and younNow listennnAs I dey say beforenE dey happen to all of us every daynWe Africans all over the worldnNow listennn[Chorus]nSuffering and smiling!nnEvery day my people dey inside busnEvery day my people dey inside busnForty-nine sitting, ninety-nine standingnThem go pack themselves in like sardinenThem dey faint, them dey wake like cocknThem go reach house, water no deynThem go reach bed, power no deynThem go reach road, go-slow go comenThem go reach road, police go slapnThem go reach road, army go whipnThem go look pocket, money no deynThem go reach work, query readynnEvery day na the same thingnEvery day na the same thingnEvery day na the same thingnEvery day na the same thingnnSuffer, suffer for world...nnHow many, many a many you go make?nMany, many...nHow many, many a many you go make?nMany, many...nHow many, many a many you go make?nMany, many...nHow many, many a many you go make?nMany, many...