Fela Kuti – No Buredi (No Bread) Lyrics

No Buredi (No Bread)

Fela Kuti

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"No Buredi (No Bread)." - Fela Kuti

Friday, 23 October 2026, 04:26 pm

Album: Unnecessary Begging

Track No: 02

Look well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well
Look you well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well
Look you well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well
Look you well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well
Look you, look well (look you, look well)
Look you, look well (look you, look well)
Look you, look well (look you, look well)
Look well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well
Look you well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well
Look you well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well
Look you well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well
Look you
Well, well, well (look you)
Look you well, well, well (look you)
You stand for ground, your leg e dey shake (look you)
You stand for ground, your leg e dey shake (look you)
Na your leg you keep ground now dey shake (look you)
Your face look like you don reach igbi (look you)
You sit down for chair like you don reach igbi (look you)
Your head e dey ache well, well
Mouth dey dry well, well
Stomach dey turn well, well
Hungry dey show him power
Head dey ache well, well
Mouth dey dry well, well
Stomach dey turn well, well
Hungry dey show him power
You no get the power to fight (no burẹdi)
Now, now, you no get the power to fight (no burẹdi)
Now, now, you no get the power to fight (no burẹdi)
Look well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well
Look you well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well
Look you well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well
Look you well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well
Look you
Look well, well, well (look you)
On the day, or the night or the afternoon (look you)
The trouble of the world e catch you for road (look you)
Man must work, na him put you for the road (look you)
You no fit make the thing now for your work (look you)
You start to find excuse for your fault (look you)
Your mouth e dey shake well, well
Music no dey well, well
Eye dey roll well, well
Like thief him eye well, well
Na so e dey do-do every time, abi?
Ehn, mouth e dey shake well, well
Music no dey well, well
Eye dey roll well, well
Like thief him eye well, well
Problem dey show him power
You no get the power to fight (no burẹdi)
Now, now, now, you no get the power to fight (no burẹdi)
One more time
No burẹdi
No burẹdi
For Africa here, e be home (no burẹdi)
For Africa here, e be home (no burẹdi)
Land boku-boku from north to south (no burẹdi)
Food boku-boku from top to down (no burẹdi)
Gold dey underground like water (no burẹdi)
Diamond dey underground like sand, sand (no burẹdi)
Oil dey flow underground like river (no burẹdi)
Everything for oversea na here e dey go (no burẹdi)
Na for here man still dey carry shit for head (no burẹdi)
Na for here man still dey carry shit for head (no burẹdi)
Na for here we know the thing dem dey call (no burẹdi)
Na for here we know the thing dem dey call (no burẹdi)
Me, I tire for the thing dem dey call (no burẹdi)
Me, I tire for the thing dem dey call (no burẹdi)
Who don tire, don tire, eh (no burẹdi)
Who don rehab don tire, eh (no burẹdi)
Who don ruwan don tire, eh (no burẹdi)
Who don fire, don tire, eh (no burẹdi)
Who doh jeya don tire eh (no burẹdi)
Who doh jeya don tire eh (no burẹdi)
Me, I tire for the thing dem dey call (no burẹdi)
Me, I tire for the thing dem dey call (no burẹdi)
Me, I tire for the thing dem dey call (no burẹdi)
(No burẹdi)
(No burẹdi)
Mudarun, I don tire, eh (no burẹdi)
Mudẹrin, I don tire, eh (no burẹdi)
(No burẹdi)
Who doh jeya don tire, eh (no burẹdi)
Who doh jeya don tire, ehn (no burẹdi)

Writer(s): Fela Kuti.

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