Teacher, teacher o, nor be lecturer be your name
Teacher, teacher o, nor the lecturer be the same
Make e no teach me again o
Person you teach finish yesterday don die today o
Person you teach finish yesterday don die today o
Person you teach finish yesterday don die

Me and you no dey for the same category
Me and you no dey for the same category
Me and you no dey for the same category
Me and you no dey for the same category
Not the same category o
Not the same category o
Not the same category o
Teacher, teacher o, nor the lecturer be your name
Teacher, teacher o, nor the lecturer be the same
Make e no teach me again o
Person you teach finish yesterday don die today o
Person you teach finish yesterday don die today o
Person you teach finish yesterday don die

Me and you no dey for the same category
Me and you no dey for the same category
Me and you no dey for the same category
Me and you no dey for the same category
Not the same category o
Not the same category o
Not the same category o
Let's get down to the underground spiritual game
We all sing together, play music together in happiness
All you have to do is to sing what I play on my horn
Now let's go, oh-oh
Kujuba, kujuba (eh)
Kujuba, kujuba (eh)
Kujuba, kujuba (eh)
Kujuba, kujuba (eh)
Kujuba, kujuba (eh)
Kujuba, kujuba (eh)
Kujuba, kujuba (eh)

Ke-re-ke, ke-re-ke, ke-re-ke, ke-re-ke, ke-re-ke
Ke-re-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-re-ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-re-ke-ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-re-ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!

Ke-re-ke-ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-re-ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-re-ke-ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-re-ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-re-ke-ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-re-ke

All the wahala, all the problems
All the things wey we think say good
For this world e dey start
When the teacher, school boy and school girl jam together
Who be teacher?
I go let you know
Who be teacher?
I go let you know
Who be teacher?

I go let you know
When we be pikin (baba, mama be teacher)
When we dey for school (teacher be teacher)
When we dey university (lecturer be teacher)
When we start to work (government be teacher)
Who be government teacher? (Culture and tradition)
Who be government teacher? (Culture and tradition)
Culture and tradition (culture and tradition)
Culture and tradition (culture and tradition)

Now the problem side of a teaching student-ee
I go sing about
I don pass pikin, I don pass school, university self I pass
As I don start to work, na government I must turn face to

E go for France (yes sir), England (yes ma)
Italy (yes sir), Germany (yes ma)
Na dem culture (yes sir) for there (yes ma)
Be teacher (yes sir) for dem (yes ma)
Go China (yes sir), Russia (yes ma)
Korea (yes sir), Vietnam (yes ma)

Na dem culture (yes sir) for there (yes ma)
Be teacher (yes sir) for dem (yes ma)
You go Syria (yes sir), Jordan (yes ma)
Iran (yes sir), Iraq (yes ma)
Na dem culture (yes sir) for there (yes ma)
Be teacher (yes sir), for dem (yes ma)

Let us face ourselves for Africa
Na the matter of Africa
This part of my song
Na all the problems of this world
Na im we dey carry for Africa
You no go ask me (which one?)
You no go ask me (which one?)
You no go ask me (which one?)
You no go ask me (which one?)

Problems of inflation (which one?)
Problems of corruption (which one?)
Of mismanagement (which one?)
Stealing by government (which one?)
Na im we dey carry (which one?)
All over Africa (which one?)
Na the latest one (which one?)
Na im dey make me laugh (which one?)

Austeri' (austerity)
Austeri' (austerity)
Na im be latest one (austerity)
Na im dey make me laugh (austerity)
Why I dey laugh? (Austerity)
Man no fit cry? (Austerity)

Who be our teacher? Na Oyinbo
Who be our teacher? Na Oyinbo
All of us in the first election
And the second election held in Nigeria
Na the second election na hin worse pass

Baba nla nonsense (baba nla nonsense)
Baba nla nonsense (baba nla nonsense)
He pass redeem o (baba nla nonsense)
He pass corruption (bab anla nonsense)

Which kind election be this? (Baba nla nonsense)
People no go vote (baba nla nonsense)
Dem come get big, big numbers (baba nla nonsense)
Thousands to thousands (baba nla nonsense)
Millions to billions (baba nla nonsense)
Which kind election be this? (Baba nla nonsense)
Babanla nonsense (baba nla nonsense)

Na demo-crazy be that o
Na demo-crazy be that o
Who teach us demo-crazy?
(Popo-ptch!) oyinbo teach-ee us
(Yea-hm!) Oyinbo for Europe o
Oyinbo teach us many, many things ee
Many of dem things I don sing about ee
Me, I no gree to copy oyinbo style
Let us think say, oyinbo know pass me
When Shagari finish him elections

Why dem no tell am say him make mistake-ee
Say this o, no be democracy
Oyinbo dem no tell army self
Like for England, army no fit take over
I come think about this demo-crazy
Democrazy (demo-crazy)
Crazy-demo (demo-crazy)
Demonstration of craze (demo-crazy)
Crazy demonstration (demo-crazy)
If e no be craze (demo-crazy)

Why for Africa? (Demo-crazy)
As time dey go (demo-crazy)
Things just dey bad (demo-crazy)
They bad more and more (demo-crazy)
Poor man dey cry (demo-crazy)

Rich man dey mess (demo-crazy)
Demo-crazy (demo-crazy)
Crazy demo (demo-crazy)
Demonstration of craze (demo-crazy)
Crazy demonstration (demo-crazy)

If goodu teacher teachi something
And im student make mistake
Teacher must talk so
But oyinbo no talk so
I support dem dey support
That mean to say dem teaching get meaning

Different, different meaning
Different, different kinds of meaning
That is why I say
That is the reason of my song
That is the conclude
The conclude of my song

I say, I sing, I beg everyone to join my song
I say, I beg everyone to join my song
I say, I sing, I beg everyone to join my song

Teacher, teacher o, na the lecturer be your name
Teacher, teacher o, na the lecturer be the same
Make e no teach-ee me again o
Person you teach finish yesterday don die today o
Person you teach finish yesterday don die today o
Person you teach finish yesterday don die

Me and you no dey for the same category
Me and you no dey for the same category
Me and you no dey for the same category
Me and you no dey for the same category
Not the same category o (category o)
Not the same category o (category o)
Not the same category o (category o)
Not the same category o (category o)

Not the same category o (category o)
Not the same category o (cate')
(Not the same category o)
Not the same category o (not the same category o)
Not the same category o (not the same category o)
Not the same category o (not the same category o)
Not the same category o (not the same category o)
Not the same category o (not the same category o)

Not the same category o (not the same category o)
Not the same category o (not the same category o)
Not the same category o (not the same category o)
Not the same category o (not the same category o)
Not the same category o
Not the same category o
Not the same category o
Not the same category o
Ke-re-ke, ke-re-ke, ke-re-ke, ke-re-ke, ke-re-ke
Ke-re-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-re-ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-re-ke-ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-re-ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!

Ke-re-ke-ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-re-ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-re-ke-ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-re-ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-ji-ke-ke, ya!
Ke-re-ke-ke-ji-ke-ke, yaaa!
Teacher, teacher o, nor be lecturer be your name
Teacher, teacher o, no be the lecturer be the same
Make e no teach me again o
Person you teach finish yesterday don die today o
Person you teach finish yesterday don die today o
Person you teach finish yesterday don die

Me and you no dey for the same category
Me and you no dey for the same category
Me and you no dey for the same category
Me and you no dey for the same category
Not the same category o
Not the same category o
Not the same category o
Not the same category o

Writer(s): Fela Kuti.