Fela Kuti – Government Chicken Boy Lyrics

Fela Kuti – Government Chicken Boy Lyrics
Government Chicken Boy
Fela Kuti
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    "Government Chicken Boy." - Fela Kuti

    Album: Army Arrangement
    Track No: 02
    Kukuru uku
    Everybody wake up in time to see
    Kukuru uku
    It's time to put our heads together
    Meetin'oh
    Kukuru uku
    It's time to put our heads together
    Meetin'oh
    Meetin'oh

    Meetin'oh
    Make our life go dey better
    Meetin'oh
    Better life make dey fine go
    Mugu oh oh
    Make nobody go dey fool us
    Mugu oh oh
    Make nobody make us fools
    Meetin'oh
    Make our life go dey better
    Meetin'oh
    Better life make dey fine go
    Mugu oh oh
    Make nobody go dey fool us
    Mugu oh oh
    Make nobody make us fools
    Mugu mugu mugu mugu mugu mugu mugu
    Kukuru uku
    Everybody wake up in time to see
    Kukuru uku
    It's time to put our heads together
    Meetin'oh
    Meetin'oh
    Kukuru uku
    It's time to put our heads together
    Meetin'oh

    Da mi lowun, da mi lowun
    Da mi lowun, ah, ah, ah
    As you wear your watch
    And look the time
    6 P.M. chicken quench
    Kukuru uku
    Crooked life, crooked show
    Gata gata way, na chicken style
    Kukuru uku
    Since the time dem born am
    Na back him hand him dey dey
    Kukuru uku
    The only time wey him hand dey for side
    Na when him dey run from fear
    Kukuru uku
    Try to fly na wahala for am
    Na mouth him go take him land
    Kukuru uku
    Show am plenty chop, na small sens he gets
    Na one by one him go chop
    Kukuru uku
    As he will chop am one by one
    Somebody go sweep am from him mouth
    Kukuru uku
    Now the picture of chicken na begs for you to see
    Kukuru uku
    My friend tell me ... all over... offices dey
    Okan
    Ministery
    Eji
    N.B.C. (Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation)
    Eta
    N.B.C. (Nigerian Television Authority)
    Erin
    N.E.P.A. (National Electric Power Authority)
    Maarun
    Water works
    Mefa
    T.N.T
    Medje
    Police force
    Medjo
    Nigerian Army
    NSO
    Nigerian Navy
    Mewa
    Nigerian Airforce
    Okan
    Maja Maja
    Eji
    N.S.O. (Nigerian Security Organisation)
    Eta
    Assembly
    Erin
    Senator
    Maarun
    Parlementarian
    Mefa
    Permanent secretary
    Medje
    Speaker an'co
    Medjo
    President
    NSO
    NSO
    Mewa
    Leekansi o
    Okan
    Daily Times
    Eji
    New Nigeria
    Eta
    Punch n'co
    Erin
    Nigerian tribune
    Maarun
    Reporter
    Mefa
    Editor
    Medje
    Secretary
    Medjo
    Gbogbowon
    NSO
    NSO
    Mewa
    Inside these offices
    See some people who dey work
    Some good people
    And some bad people who dem dey
    The good people na wahala he be for them
    An' the bad people na them dey do
    An this is we dey call who shaki shaki
    Shaki Shaki don't catch them
    Dem let make you dey looko
    Shaki Shaki don't catch them
    Him crooked
    Shaki Shaki don't catch them
    Anywhere you see them dey
    Shaki Shaki don't catch them
    Na back dem hand dem dey
    Shaki Shaki don't catch them
    Dem let make you dey look dem
    Shaki Shaki don't catch them
    Dem bendi
    Shaki Shaki don't catch them
    Chicken style bendin
    Shaki Shaki don't catch them
    Boy boy he bendin
    Shaki Shaki don't catch them
    Oga dey come, yes sir
    Shaki Shaki don't catch them
    Oga dey go, no sir
    Shaki Shaki don't catch them
    Give me the file, yes sir
    Shaki Shaki don't catch them
    That's not the file, no sir
    Shaki Shaki don't catch them
    Government can steal, yes sir
    Shaki Shaki don't catch them
    Government can kill, yes sir
    Shaki Shaki don't catch them
    Government Chicken Boy oh
    Shaki Shaki don't catch them

    Writer(s): Fela Kuti.

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