Shuffering And Shmilin Lyrics

You Africans, please listen to me as Africans And you non-Africans, listen to me with open mind

Suffer, suffer, suffer, suffer, suffer Suffer for world Na your fault be that Me I say: na your fault be that

I want you all to please take your minds Out of this musical contraption And put your minds into any goddamn church Any goddamn mosque Any goddamn Celestical Including Seraphoom and Cheruboom

Now, we are all there now Our minds are in those places Here we go

[Chorus] Amen!

Suffer, suffer for world Enjoy for Heaven Christians go dey yab "In Spiritum Heavinus" Muslims go dey call "Allahu Akbar"

Open you eye everywhere Archbishop na miliki Pope na enjoyment Imam na gbaladun

[Chorus] Archbishop dey enjoy Pope self dey enjoy Imam self dey enjoy My brother wetin you say? My brother wetin you say?

My sister wetin you go hear? My sister wetin you go hear?

Archbishop dey for London Pope dey for Rome Imam dey for Mecca Archbishop dey for London Pope dey for Rome Imam dey for Mecca

[Chorus] Amen!

My people them go dey follow Bishop Them go follow Pope Them go follow Imam Them go go for London Them go go for Rome Them go go for Mecca Them go carry all the money Them go juba Bishop Juba Pope Juba Imam Then them go start to yab themselves:

[Fela starts chanting in mock-Latin/Arabic]

Every day, for house Every day, for road Every day, for bus Every day, for work
My people, my people My people, my people

We now have to carry our minds Out of those goddamn places Back into this musical contraption Right opposite you Now we are back here

This is what happens to we Africans every day Now wetin I want tell you now Na secret o Na confidential matter Don't tell anybody outside Na between me and you Now listen

As I dey say before E dey happen to all of us every day We Africans all over the world Now listen

[Chorus] Suffering and smiling!

Every day my people dey inside bus Every day my people dey inside bus Forty-nine sitting, ninety-nine standing Them go pack themselves in like sardine Them dey faint, them dey wake like cock Them go reach house, water no dey Them go reach bed, power no dey Them go reach road, go-slow go come Them go reach road, police go slap Them go reach road, army go whip Them go look pocket, money no dey Them go reach work, query ready

Every day na the same thing Every day na the same thing Every day na the same thing Every day na the same thing

Suffer, suffer for world...

How many, many a many you go make? Many, many... How many, many a many you go make? Many, many... How many, many a many you go make? Many, many... How many, many a many you go make? Many, many...

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