Fela Kuti - Shakara (Oloje)

To ba b'oni sakara pade
Pashan to ma fi na e oje l'o nje
Kini won se npe o
Shakara oloje ni
*REPEAT STANZA 3x


Shakara oloje ni o...
*[CHORUS] SHAKARA OLOJE NI *(REPEAT STANZA 4X)

We get the shakara man
We get the shakara woman
Shakara man, him go say
"I go beat you, I go nearly kill you"
Na shakara
"I go beat you, go beat am and get accident"
Na shakara
"You no know me"
Na shakara
"Wait make I come out my dress"
Na shakara
You see, even if you do nothing
Na shakara oloje
We get a song for that
We go sing am like this, we go sing:
Ah, ah>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Ah ni, ah ni, ah ni, Ah ni, ah ni, ah ni.....

Ma kan na e
*(Horn Responses)
Ma kan na e pa
Iwo ke, oti mo mi ni
To ba to ko duro de mi o
Duro de mi ki'nbo so mi
Wa je baba nla iya
Iro ni o ko le ja, Oje lo nyo,
Kini won se npe o

Shakara oloje ni o...
*[CHORUS] SHAKARA OLOJE NI *(REPEAT STANZA 4X)


The shakara woman
Tell her I say, "My dear I like you"
She go say, "E like you? Who you like"
"Come on jare, look at this man"
"Why you come from self"
"I be near you, no touch me o"
Ah, you see, she wan you
Na shakara
We call am shakara oloje
We get a song for that
We sing am like this, we go sing:
Ah, ah
Ah ni, ah ni, ah ni, ah ni

To ba f'owo kan mi
*(HORN RESPONSES)
To ba f'owo kan mi
Jowo fi mi sile
Tabi ki lo nse e
O m'egbe ni, nibo loti jawa
Nibo loti jawa
Nibo loti jawa to lokun lorun
Emi pelu re ko
Iro ni o, o fe se o oje lon'yo
Kini won se npe o

Shakara oloje ni o...
*[CHORUS] SHAKARA OLOJE NI *(REPEAT STANZA 4X)