It is a Femi Kuti song that he made in tribute to Fela right after Fela's passing (death). The song is named "97" based on the year (1997) that Fela passed, and it's on Femi's album "Fight to Win".
@Pureelkanemi8 жыл бұрын
femi is a son every father will be greatful to call a son
@jacobromeo41846 жыл бұрын
make people stop condemning Femi, the is real fro beat music, and l dey hear everything when e dey talk na with his good voice, we love Femi Baba Fela one Love
@efesmith26719 жыл бұрын
97 was Femi best work
@ThePijaniMuzicar13 жыл бұрын
It is unbelievable how much energy both he and his music have.
@nichobert13 жыл бұрын
And, as a white man, I don't at all deny that white men took a huge shit on the southern hemisphere. I'm just saying, a lot of Fela's frustration seems focused at his countrymen who were incapable of stabalizing Nigeria in the post-colonial period. All Africa's current troubles can be linked to the occupation era in some way, but to me..Fela seemed to have his anger focused on the inability of his people to provide a better alternative and elevate
@ochivictor16887 жыл бұрын
nichobert you're right
@jackel_744 жыл бұрын
he had an issue with the corruption of his own people but he also had an issue with the west raping the countries for what they could get and allowing the corruption also - and like you said, the inability of his people to stand up and be counted! As well as the lack of progress within Nigeria and Africa as a whole! I remember seeing Fela when i was younger at the shrine and had a smoke with him - was an amazing time!
@oscarkim713 жыл бұрын
'97, i shall never forget either!
@abbeytai218811 жыл бұрын
Fela is a philosopher, great socrate of our time
@apshishir14 жыл бұрын
thousand cheers for AFRICANISM...Fela Kuti...Royal Salute to Fela Kuti....
@samsonakporotu35683 жыл бұрын
Came here after lekki toll gate massacre. I shall never forget 20.10.20. The day Nigeria government massacre its own citizens, peaceful armless protesters #Endsars #Endswat #Endpolicebrutalityinnigeria ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
@nickelwindow5313 жыл бұрын
Fela Kuti influenced Beyonce heavenly on this up and coming 4th album so I am sure we will here alot of his samples on her songs! I cant wait.
@naudiapellew61767 жыл бұрын
lovely and mesmerising. would love to visit the shrine one day.
@WitchKingUchiha114 жыл бұрын
I love this song so much Femi has carried his father's memory beautifully
@Nikannosneb9 жыл бұрын
97 by Femi Kuti... so touchy...
@angejoelziade69204 жыл бұрын
Son to his Father. Fela will never die
@oldschoolsituationz14 жыл бұрын
it seem like fela kuti redefined music in nigeria and left behind a dynasty. i hope more of our brothers and sisters all over the world will discover the kuti legacy. in america there are few voices from africa involved in the struggle. felas music is a powerful vehicle for black people everywhere and his philosophy should be at the heart of any pan african discussions. white folk celebrate their philosophers but this is one of our great philosophers and prophets.
@Fizks13 жыл бұрын
i'm hispanic and i love this
@Methadone4Life7 жыл бұрын
Goosebumps here....
@Methadone4Life7 жыл бұрын
Beautiful and powerful!!
@xwuselx113 жыл бұрын
The son of a tiger is a tiger
@rubiconski200811 жыл бұрын
Love Fela love Femi love Nigeria love THEM ALL!
@crowband12 жыл бұрын
great of greats sounds of africa
@MegaEli197113 жыл бұрын
yes my broda... keep the light burning... femi... you are too much man!!! just like your father.....abami eda....
@geeaiye14 жыл бұрын
This is a very painful song most times I do not like to listen to it. This song is from the heart I don't know how femi can sing the song because it must be heart wrenching I guess that is how he gets over the pain FELA will never be forgotten.
@jossyDread5 жыл бұрын
afro beat, most powerful and spiritual african music Femi Kuti rules
@grzybolino14 жыл бұрын
Jah bless AFRICA!! AFRICA MUST UNITE!! Big UP Femi!
@laotraacera8 жыл бұрын
So powerful!
@agathachristina8011 жыл бұрын
Peace and love to kuti's family..
@FutureMan201515 жыл бұрын
Thats why the system Breaks the chains from father&Son WE would Get Stronger& Stronger And Follow N Our Fathers Foot Steps And Learn From The Past 2 Make it 2 the Future Truth Lives !! Fela Gives Me Energy!! B.I.A!!! Mansa musa!!
@markino196313 жыл бұрын
peace, love and....music too! wat else we need?
@jamesg74414 жыл бұрын
Gonzo in Portland OREGON MUCH LOVES THIS !
@barlagoa14 жыл бұрын
very touching...makes me think of bob marley and his cause. great rythm, so intense..
@AADtheGroup13 жыл бұрын
thats PURE Music peace brother Femi
@Ayanfe1314 жыл бұрын
97 I too will never forget, I was there then!!!!
@Queen__Status14 жыл бұрын
True Power. speak da truth. vive Nigeria.
@JerryTheLucky15 жыл бұрын
97. i shall never forget.
@brassenine14 жыл бұрын
thanks for posting
@kolaayoola29419 жыл бұрын
AWESOMENESS!!!!!!
@AniIkechukwu-wi7ww2 ай бұрын
Nice song very interesting
@geoffreyharold4 жыл бұрын
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FEMI!
@WhiteRose2000011 жыл бұрын
Such a powerful song.
@upsidedahead14 жыл бұрын
thank's for posting... AWESOME x
@keemkehinde11 жыл бұрын
Wao!!!! Powerful....
@temi10616 жыл бұрын
this is the way the morden african shrine looks it looks nice
@diamondreveal14 жыл бұрын
like father like son,hope somthing good comes out of it
@gokeoluyemo14 жыл бұрын
@Skum626 no Fela spent a lot of time spreading love all over the world Germany England(where he studied)USA,Belgium,Netherlands amongst others.Ginger Baker used to be buddies with him.his message and music is foe everybody.
@willidziks11 жыл бұрын
We lose a grate one...
@faruqabdul-rahman3476 жыл бұрын
AFRICA UNITE!!!!!!!
@agathachristina8011 жыл бұрын
True nichobert! As a african i agree whith you.
@grandpasun15 жыл бұрын
Yes. Fela died in August of 97.
@bmuhamad12 жыл бұрын
Powerful...
@MsKar114 жыл бұрын
@ grzybolino Africa is united. Many are called but very few are chosen. Those that know who they are shall see God! the ones who denies who they are will perish. Be Bless!
@oluwasegun91913 жыл бұрын
THIS IS GREAT RESPEST TO THE ABAMI EDA FELA ,OOOOOOH
@ampleoppourtunity14 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Fela
@thespunkavenue34716 жыл бұрын
Fela should have been president
@kehindeolajide16 жыл бұрын
This is like Father and Son
@rewardmorrisonnangi762314 жыл бұрын
Na year (1997)to remember.
@obiichambada1428 жыл бұрын
BABA 70
@dlamieify11 жыл бұрын
i love the kutis.
@sticks77957 жыл бұрын
spiritualllllllllllllllll
@Popalongkid13 жыл бұрын
@Skum626 Not at all my brother . Celebrate on and enjoy the fellowship of humans ! Politicians can never unite us like music can . Many people are just too scared to be just human. We`re glad you`re not. Peace.
@kittybookitty14 жыл бұрын
kind of reminds me of Bob Marley... in a 'get up stand up' kind of way...
@Leonascim3613 жыл бұрын
@IER362 I don't see what i can explain. I'm born in congo. And i lived there 19 years. So i kwnow what it happen there
@madefor15rosicky15 жыл бұрын
he looks like his pop man
@ForteanExplorer13 жыл бұрын
@shadow8234 Thanks friend! Race is still very important to acknowledge in our society, racism and discrimination still exist, we can't ignore those things that are keeping people down. However, we need to look beyond qualities like race or gender or sexual orientation or anything like that and judge people for their content of character...racism breeds racism, hate only brings forward more hate. If we don't break the cycle and fight the system instead of each other, then is there any hope?
@tunapa36014 жыл бұрын
arara rara ororororo
@ntp113 жыл бұрын
@jonezie15 that's wassup. had me rolling with that ko ni da fu yin to the govt. True talk to these leaders that can do sth to change the situation for everybody but rather choose to fatten their own pockets ONLY. Such a shame.
@hackatthekeyboard14 жыл бұрын
Nevermind I found out, the song is called '97
@nichobert13 жыл бұрын
Last i checked, Olusegun Obasanjo was a black man. The violence against Fela wasn't based on skin color, it was based in a paranoid political system that had been overthrown by violence 4 times in a 10 year span.
@sismuh2413 жыл бұрын
@Skum626 No good music is good music!!!!!!
@lapincealinge213 жыл бұрын
@jonezie15 Oh no need to travel to Lagos, I just saw him in Paris yesterday night, touring with the Red Hot Chili Peppers !
@MsKar114 жыл бұрын
You right. We don't choose our colour at birth. God made us who we are, and gave everyone their own. We are to respect what we see in others as ourselves. Don't get me wrong I don't hate white people at all. I love everyone, but I must be about discernment. I did not want to insult your race I do apologize for that.
@harrifer300013 жыл бұрын
@cebevel Perhaps because every time an English person does assert their national identity, they get accused of racism. 'no marxist-leninism, no capitalism, just Africanism' I support that sentiment, we should understand we are all the victims of globalism.
@kdollars10014 жыл бұрын
baba you too much,imagine fela was a pastor.
@ilovemusic51113 жыл бұрын
@ForteanExplorer Tragically only the last sentence is true. The former is ideal, but not real.
@jonatanpb19 жыл бұрын
@hackatthekeyboard14 жыл бұрын
Is this on any of his albums? if so which one? and whats the name of the song?
@RexLawson4eva13 жыл бұрын
@backto1960 gee, thanks for clarifying, i do, in fact, know what 'transcend' means. Additionally, ur 2nd point is so grossly irrelevant that I'm not sure I understand it, what does hw I dwnld music hv 2 do with my comment? & i was so irate was because I am a very big fan of his. If anything I knw more about him than u do, my family knows his family, and my father knew HIM personally, in fact, in my house we have his RECORDS not cds. I can't believe some foreigner is telling me what Fela meant.
@ForteanExplorer13 жыл бұрын
Why doesn't everybody just shut up about race and enjoy the music without squabbling about petty bullshit? Fela didn't care about racial differences, just in making things better, and race is irrelevant anyway, the content of your character is the important thing, not your skin color. There are good and bad people in every group, just shut up and listen to the music!
@perruela10 жыл бұрын
Can someone post the lyrics? please!!! thank you!
@Tommybotham13 жыл бұрын
@RexLawson4eva Hit the nail.
@PATRICELUMUMBAS13 жыл бұрын
ok
@shadow823413 жыл бұрын
@ForteanExplorer u knw? this kind of opinion make me thing the humanity haves a hope =] good for u bro! srsly! :D
@MsKar114 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry white person. It's good that you want to celebrate Fela Kuti music, but knowing him and his struggles are something you will never understand. We Africans in the world can relate, from what we have been through from every land and nation. White folks in the world has always been priviledge. Can we African ppl enjoy this moment to ourselves, without whitey interfering in what we have. Just enjoy the music and the message it brings. But, Fela you will never understand. This is deep.
@imelda4jesus14 жыл бұрын
@kdollars100 yr not serious
@Atlas24gh12 жыл бұрын
how?
@BIGGS24512 жыл бұрын
Fela kuti death
@Skoczek22SkoChi13 жыл бұрын
africanism!!!
@nubirasa12 жыл бұрын
@MrCamus1967 President Obama is a wiser man than all who made these stupid comments put together.
@suhuso5911 жыл бұрын
So there was nothing else he could have sung about - no political upheaval, no crime, opression of the poor, dictatorship, nothing? Nothing happened before or since colonialism that was not based on or caused by colonialism? I find that thought a little .(insert here: rac(e)-, colonial-, elit(e)-, just any) ...ist.
@jeenyusaut13 жыл бұрын
no ...ism!
@vintageinidierocker13 жыл бұрын
why talking about race music as no races just enjoy the music and Fela will live forever .
@wyrda22213 жыл бұрын
@IER362 joker
@naftamozga14 жыл бұрын
no you shouldn't
@oluwadurotimi113 жыл бұрын
skum626, all you lot ever want to hear in music is race and colour , you need to stop thinking in that light cos back in NIGERIA we dont treat white men like they treat black ppl you need to travel to broaden your horion
@tutulove71812 жыл бұрын
THATS NOT TRUE
@IER36213 жыл бұрын
@Leonascim36 good excuse....."majority of white people wasn't born at this time" what.... please explain because that is ridiculous to me haha