Fela Kuti and the Egypt 80 - Chop and Clean Mouth (C.C.M) Live!

Thanks to KZbinr; KZbinDOTCOM for the inspiration and clips. Decided to make a video for Chop and Clean Mouth, had to make a cover-art as well. Not my best work, but who cares. Enjoy!
Lyrics:
Oya o, let's go back to Ibadan again
Chorus: Shembele lotun, shembele losi, shembele
Ara Ibadan shoro le o
Ara Egba shoro le o.
Omo eko shoro le o
Chorus: Shembele lotun, shembele losi, shembele
Oya o
Anytime I sing a song
when I sing the African problems
E dey take 10 years to understand me
I want to say to you my people
Make you understand this one o
CHORUS: Quick quick
If you no understand am quick, the suffer go plenty more
So I beg you all o, make you understand this one o
CHORUS: quick, quick
Yoruba man o, you go dey say kia kia
Hausa man o, you go dey say masa masa
Igbo man o, you go dey say ngwa ngwa
Ashanti man o, you go dey say nfiem nfiem
Zulu man o, you go dey say pangisa pangisa
Swahili man o, you go dey say haraka haraka
Egun man o, you go dey say yaho yaho
Quick quick, haraka haraka, kia kia
Justice and lawyers dem read book well
Dem go university dem get book well
Dem be the intellectuals o
Dem get plenty sense for book well
Abi na so dem think o
CHORUS: Na so dem think o
Doctors and engineers na so dem think
Architects and Execu-thiefs na so dem think
Professors and businessmen na so dem think (x2)
Magistrate and perambulators na so dem think
Na dem go dey follow Government like goat
If government do something right now
CHORUS: Dem go say - Meeh sir
Dem go say Meeh sir like goat
If government do something e bad o
Meeh meeh, like goat
If government do thing e never good
Just to find something to chop
Just to find money to steal
Na dem go dey say dem get sense, ah, abi na so dem think o, yay!
CHORUS: Na so dem think o
Na so dem think as dem dey scatter Africa
Na so dem think as dem dey sell Africa
Na so dem think with dem privatizations
Na so dem think with dem commercialization
Na so dem think, yay yay, yay yay
Na so dem think as dem dey scatter Africa
Na so dem think, yay yay, yay yay, yay, yay, yay
Everybody say yeah yeah
See how they slap our face for Africa
CHORUS: Dem slap am pa
See how the slap our face for Africa
Balewa, he see dem, I repeat,
Balewa carry right side he give them
Balewa carry right side he give them pasa
Gowon, Obasanjo carry left side give them pasa (x2)
Shagari come give them our head (x2)
CHORUS: Dem knock am finish
Buhari, Idiagbon give them our yansh (x2)
CHORUS: Dem block am paso paso
Babangida come give them our neck (x3) I say,
CHORUS: Dem cut am fiam
But the one way go happen next,
Na coffin dem go put us o
Dem come go throw us inside sea
The sea wey be our colour- black sea
But - E no go happen
[CHORUS: E no go happen,
Shine dey, Africa must dey
Lai lai o, lai, lai o] x 4
Ohh, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay,
Everybody say yeah yeah,
Everybody say yeah yeah, thank you
Listen to me now, listen to me now
Balewa chop he own dem shoot am o
Na bye bye o di gbere o, then new style come come o
Yeparipa, yeparira, o, yay
I repeat, Balewa chop he own dem shoot am o,
Na bye bye o di gbere o, then new style come come o, Yeparipa, yeparira, o, yay
Gowon chop he own he clean mouth o, like nothing happen o
E find him way o, yay,
Muritala come he try small o, dem shoot am o, na bye-bye o di gbere o (x2)
Obasanjo chop him own, he clean mouth o, like nothing happen o, he find him way o (x2)
Somebody say, "Shagari nko? Dem arrest am" No o, dem jail am
Buhari come, Idiagbon come o, dem chop dem clean mout o, like nothing happen o, yay
Babangida come with new invention o, na computerized Maradona style o, I say .. (x2)
Babangida, (x2), chop him own, he wan clean mouth with NRC o
Na new chemical in place of soap o, and STP na dirty water to wash him mouth after o
I repeat, one more time, .... (x2)
Yeparipa, yeparipa, yeparipa
Murikin taba nagode a chukwutu di, CHORUS: ayo
Mukanyariya Mukanduri giya meshi, I no hear your ayo o, I'll start again, Are you ready again?
One more, okay: Mukanyariya Mukanduri giya meshi,
Burantashi durintaya giyamata. A chukwutu idi, a chukwutu furo, achukwutu furo
A chukwutu idan, achukwutu furo, e ban gbo bo, obo da. e ban gbobo o
A chukwutu idi, Achukwutu obo, gunrantashi, gurintaya
Now you all sing after me now, sing after me now, you understand now?
Anything wey I sing, you go sing am
Chop and clean mouth, na the new name of stealing
Chop and clean mouth, like say nothing don happen
I more time, chop and clean ... (x2)
Now together now, everybody
Chop and clean mouth, na the new name of stealing
Chop and clean mouth, like say nothing don happen (x2)
Murikin taba nagode a chukwutu di, CHORUS: ayo
[See how the naira e dey fall, if you no know naira na Nigerian money
E go dey fall, dey roll, dey crack, dey crash, when naira fall-
CHORUS: Many people fall/roll/bust/crack/crash/jam with am
Everybody say yeah yeah (x2)] (x2)
As for Ghana money, that one don disappear
As for Zaire money, that one don evaporate
As for Liberian money, that one don catch fire
...

[@gokeoluyemo]

He sang about how SAP,privatization,deregulation was used to doom many African countries into poverty. I hope you all know that is the main point of the song. Around that time one British pound went from 5 naira to 28 naira in 2 weeks. Was supposed to help us with exports but we really didn’t have much to export

[@gokeoluyemo]

SAP stands for structural adjustment program by the way

[@louisotieno4712]

Suck African People... Sad

[@sketchbarton896]

Nigerians must be the most political cowards in the world. Being blessed with a person like Fela Kuti. He gave Nigerians the musical lyrics to fight the useless leaders but never bothered to

[@kolyxix]

​@@gokeoluyemo in the 1980s?

[@tundeezekiel134]

I remember fela perform this tune at lekki sunsplash, my father took the whole family to the beach... i was still in my teens seeing fela for the first time was amazing. Everyone was dying to see him live i can still remember this. FELA the god

[@oladeleakinseye5731]

Fela..simply put: GENIUS PAR EXCELLENCE!!! In fact, he is a genius of geniuses and the greatest musician EVER!!! This particular tune ALWAYS does it for me musically and makes me happy that I am a musician. The "QUICK, QUICK, KIA KIA, HARAKA HARAKA AND BANGISA BANGISA" parts ALWAYS make my head ring and tintinnabulate because of the way they were harmonized and how they were delivered: SHEER MUSIC HEAVEN!!! KUDOS TO THE ONE AND ONLY ABAMI EDA AD INFINITUM AND EVEN AD NAUSEAM!!! Everybody say Yeah Yeah!!!

[@mosesngobeni9852]

He was a legend and he still a legend and history he made no one can replace him nor neither his child may his soul rest in peace ( moses Ngobeni in SA)

[@emekaagumorgan9619]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@opeyemieletu5379]

Na so them think, as them they scatter Africa Na so them think as them they sell Africa Na so them think with them privatization Na so them think with them commercialization Na so them think...... Yeyeyeyeyeye

[@rebelartisaninstrumentals6483]

Very organic I love this. Great groove 🤩

[@balienntibaleng6031]

The true father of Africa....I celebrate you baba

[@louisotieno4712]

Swahili man ,Which I be ago sey HARAKA HARAKA😂😁👊🏽... WHAT a Tune Just when I thought BBC was my best Fela tune r hen I come across this.. Orgasmic I tell you

[@abdul-hakeemyesufu1930]

BBC is a beast though. This used to be my favorite jam but in my adulthood BBC upstaged it

[@abdul-hakeemyesufu1930]

These are all unreleased jams

[@abdul-hakeemyesufu1930]

These are all unreleased jams

[@louisotieno4712]

@@abdul-hakeemyesufu1930 Yet the most effective

[@louisotieno4712]

@@abdul-hakeemyesufu1930 good thing I correlate they address similar African problems that we go through via our stupid African Rulers

[@Benzo442]

Tears rolling down my eyes 👀 as I remember tune back in the days at shrine. God bless you real good for this. Anyway to get in MP3 please?

[@truebornafrican9213]

He’s the greatest ever and this is not being biased….

[@revent4410]

He saw the future ......what a loss. And a musical genius at that

[@princeojayairewele1584]

Great Prophet Baba Fela Kuti, may you continue to rest in peace, because ALL the things you WARNED Nigeria about, is what is happening today. YOU SAW THE FUTURE.

[@samuelwilliams1681]

Ah Baba, why you die now? Just when your music was getting more sophisticated and your messages more universal. Who do the people have to turn to now? RIP Abami...

[@louisotieno4712]

Very Sad

[@okoronkwochineduaugustine9249]

I feel u brother!

[@xtra9ja]

WAAOOOO!!!! This is greeeaaattt!! Oh how I miss pepple street!! THANK YOU FOR THIS!!

[@benndiwe1983]

No be only you oo bro

[@oluggbal3005]

Wa gbayi....o da.mo!!! Back in the 80's and early 90's

[@oluggbal3005]

I witnessed almost every practice session of this tune and others!! What a privilege!! I didnt realise it then, but man...i truly appreciate those once in a lifetime moments!! All those days of missing lectures in the Uni just to catch up with practice sessions on Wednesdays and Thursdays...sometimes even at Gbemisola.....looking back now....i can proudly say...No regrets at all!! There are days when you go reach pepple, you go hear sey na Gbemisola "choir practice" dey...na so we dey call am oo...na our own choir practice be dat😂...me and my best pally go rush join funky ( bus) say make wr no too late reach Gbemisola....great great memories.... Saw eleniyan live with him note book dey change tune, correct arrangement, sometimes focus on one instrumentalist until he get wetin he wan make him play, sometimes fine...when you "hear gi am five"...na 5 naira fine be dat....wow such lovely memories...

[@congondubz6257]

After listening to Abami @ the Shrine, I stopped going clubbing 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@calebgrimah2222]

I have probably listened to this 30 times since upload. Simply awesome tune. Thanks for upload

[@tolue]

only?!?

[@calebgrimah2222]

@@tolue the count has increased 😂 probably 90 times now!!

[@olaideoduntan3562]

i enjoyed this live show track in those days at the shrine ikeja.fantastic composition big time guitarists.luvly fela vocals.wow seun and femi kuti try ur best for afrobeat future

[@abdul-hakeemyesufu1930]

Member of the house of stubborns

[@louisotieno4712]

@@abdul-hakeemyesufu1930 written in the Stars... Estrella

[@keemkehinde]

I remember seeing baba performing this track at Lekki Sun-splash ….He was a prophet and anti corruption crusader. All the ills he sang against are still being perpetrated today by the thieves in government. Fela lives forever ✊🏾

[@solomonotieno8056]

ĶI

[@louisotieno4712]

For Ever Lives Africa... That's Him

[@peterbamigbade.2685]

He's spitualy gifted,

[@christopherstarrets4460]

Abeg Fela is beyond understanding.

[@joyakintundeogunwusi5745]

Naira don crash finally as Fela don talk.

[@blessingeronu9474]

Na so we am oo

[@emekegabriel9912]

Baba you too much Nigeria we never forget you rip

[@abimbolaidowu9532]

EVERGREEN BABA ELENIYAN CHOIR MASTER

[@keemkehinde]

Lekki Sun-splash …I was there live✊🏾

[@everyone8674]

Great man ever

[@abubakaryahayahabibat6719]

Baba rest on 😭😭😭😭😭

[@herculesskinny2030]

Babangida come with new invention oo, na computerizee Maradona style oo🤣🤣🤣, Baba go kill man oo, its true though, Rest in peace Baba.

[@louisotieno4712]

This man was exremely gifted... what did he mean/imply in that context "Computerized Maradona style??"

[@louisotieno4712]

😄😆😆😆😂😆😆😆😂

[@williamuko7351]

Babangida was referred to as Maradona in Nigeria because of his trickery in government just like Maradona had such trickery with a Football. It was basically a metaphor

[@louisotieno4712]

@@williamuko7351 the is for the response brother....✊🏾👊🏿💯🔛🔝

[@tnfmusiclab3389]

William Uko is right, but I'm not sure that was entirely the case. I think Fela was alluding to the fact that Babangida's reign in the late 80s brought about the dawn of computers. Government agencies and whatnot, left the age of manual gadgets, things were analog now, digitized, making the money harder to trace. Abacha would benefit from that measure, immensely, later on. Babangida's trickey, as Fela talks about in this song, included gimmicks such as the Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) - a.ka. Suck African People, STP, and others.

[@ailerusulaimon3815]

Naira don fall beyond oooo. Apc don kill Nigeria economy oooo

[@ablack4908]

CLASSIC. Got to see him at Lekki beach, but I was too small to go to Shrine, My inspiration. AFRICA MUST DEY.......

[@herculesskinny2030]

My daily devotion

[@revent4410]

We are witnessing his revelations, something he predicted decades ago

[@qrustillin2it]

Love this artwork!

[@louisotieno4712]

Classic

[@opeyemieletu5379]

See how the naira e dey fall, if no know naira na Nigeria money As e dey fall, dey roll, dey crack, dey crash When naira fall Many people fall with am E roll Many people roll with am E crack Many people crack with am E crash Many people crash with am E jam Many people jam

[@okoronkwochineduaugustine9249]

As I'm just listening to this music now, my mind just reflected of the evil judgment against Peter Obi of labour party. Long live fela kuti

[@rantioloye7722]

Thank you for this. I really appreciate this.

[@feranmiakande2661]

Remembering my childhood and shine

[@rantioloye7722]

@@feranmiakande2661 didn't know you come here?

[@tatawilfred8941]

Dont take 10 years to understand understand quick please Niara go raise

[@feranmiakande2661]

2020 respect baba rest in peace

[@UnicornTinz]

Very good theme song for next week's nationwide protest

[@eminiyen4756]

Oya oooo, everybody oya!

[@medfitconsultant]

This has to be Afro fusion at its best.

[@louisotieno4712]

No it's not. It's pure AFROBEAT

[@richardolatunde]

I remember seeing him perform this in Lagos 1994

[@agholorkester4903]

Baba at work

[@markturner5858]

more FIRE!!!

[@jiggeroo7]

As for Zambia and Gambia.. Senegalese and Togo...

[@louisotieno4712]

...congo and Madagascar

[@bernardanani442]

Baba na Baba .

[@garyfox7558]

this one sounds less digitally compressed than the other upload. thanks.

[@tnfmusiclab3389]

Ah, you are right! Hahaha. I was experimenting with that project. You are welcome

[@tundeezekiel134]

it was a live show and live recording

[@user-ep4bv1ip4h]

Good man

[@porkbeans4792]

Melodic tune 😌😌😌

[@ahmedbaruwa8433]

buhari idiagbon give them our yansh dem flog am paso paso

[@congondubz6257]

Abami Eda ❤

[@eclement8165]

Iwin sòòò!

[@faridasuleiman1387]

C open truths

[@amaradjili4555]

❤️❤️❤️

[@user-ws3ej7it8z]

Can anyone that have the crj clip upload it

[@olawumimuyiwa2216]

Ok

[@kujoqtaro7264]

Thank you

[@saturdayaimiuhi1833]

Today is the worst in the history of Nigeria, criminals and Agberos have taken over Nigeria Oooo

[@nasserahmed8721]

Thank goodness many people won’t understand the Hausa he was trying to sing here!!!

[@SayGod..]

What did he say?!