Fela Kuti - C.B.B. (Confusion Break Bone)

[@johnonoh59]

Fela Kuti a Master of his art, a philosopher of his time, a fighter for a better society and an accountable government. A courageous visionary and an unwavering voice of the struggle. We hold you in immortal memory. Rest on!

[@Redlyon22]

Love your appreciation❤

[@eddierocksteady5740]

❤❤❤🎉Love your appreciation

[@annephilips644]

This tune will probably blow you away , if you listen very carefully. It’s percussion is out of this 🌎. Rest on the greatest that ever did it. Long live baba 70. Please like this comment if you are listening in 2070.

[@davidajayi4440]

Fela is a genius. MY God I didn't know he is this great.

[@naominyiker2057]

Honestly... He is

[@Aceschap]

"The meaning of my name Fela is an individual that emanates greatness, Anikulapo Kuti, I have death in my pouch, you see they cant kill me"

[@griffany]

welcome to the club

[@karlswade2435]

Genius

[@LeTroy1Omowale]

Thank God, no one can dislike this underground spiritual message - from eternity to eternity

[@blksabozzman62blksabozzman59]

Not only do i love Fela's music but much respect for him standing up to the nigerian crooked president and they jailed,beat and starved him but he kept making music exposing them.....much respect

[@a5lightconnectionmillionai46]

I don't believe you too love him

[@kingslove666]

When God came to Nigeria as a musician(fela) , we never believed him . now see what is happening in Nigeria. I listen to this song in my Peugeot car in the 80s

[@temiolalekan1255]

After 37 years of this music, still the same old story in Nigeria/Africa. No food, no water, no electricity, huge inflation, gross mismanagement, massive corruption, We Africans should think and retrace our steps. Fela is not a Star, Fela is a Moon (one in universe) RIP.

[@Nerift]

2020 and still the same wahala

[@aframaco9491]

A country that voted for an 80 year old half illiterate soldier(twice) has no business complaining!

[@abeleugene9015]

MUSIC WAS NOT FELA, FELA IS MUSIC,A TRUE DEFINITION OF UNDIMENSIONED MUSIC

[@ola8396]

This is a definition that Grammy Awards doesn't decide greatness.

[@caioaco1493]

Deep deep from Yoruba heart. Olorun guide us, mother Ayé ya feed us, master Fela we salute you in Orún. Thank you from deep inside mi heart, Axé.

[@oladiplentyfarmsandanimalh3806]

Abami Eda I hail you live on Baba

[@oluwadunsinfasunle6277]

Yahoo boy

[@kpartners5487]

@@oluwadunsinfasunle6277 What has that got to do with his comment? Must you talk about everything your eyes see? Olofofo, eke ibidun, solo makinde🤣🤣🤣 I beg, leave the guy o jare, he might not even be who you think he is! Enjoy o jare 🤣🤣

[@oluwadunsinfasunle6277]

@@kpartners5487 why is he not using his picture, that's the picture he uses to scam

[@kpartners5487]

@@oluwadunsinfasunle6277 lol true🤣🤣🤣

[@adde767]

This is just too beautiful. I think Fela was greatest African musician ever! Thanks for this post.

[@touchhd5426]

you still thinking he is.. we all already know he is....

[@Batmusing]

Possibly the greatest composer that ever lived

[@vickyvictorz8518]

L

[@vickyvictorz8518]

@@Batmusing 👍

[@bernardjay379]

The song says everything about Nigeria and everything wrong in Nigeria so sad and almost soul destroying. The Afrobeat legend who saw Nigeria for what it truly is, the great man is no more but nothing has changed in fact conditions within Nigeria are even worse today.

[@haabbeyy]

Chai see music arrangement from start to finish.....so organised and melodious. Great African President you were.....great prophet too!

[@rhozephetal]

I LOVE THIS SONG! Everytime I listen to it, my imagination goes away and I wish I was leading a band doing this song on stage..it has such an amazing syncopated beat, and the horns are bad ass!! Very few musicians make my imagination spin, Fela is one of them.

[@olatunjiajala9258]

this is more than a song,also one of my best ever song from a greatest legendary fela anikulapo kuti.......this is highly spiritual and vivacity song.we miss u baba.

[@ogunsuyitaiwo965]

This fela is good . Meeen see music notes and powerful arrangements. He has so much quality. He is such an icon

[@Shensheman]

Fela was gifted to the black world as an instrument of enlightenment, education and inspiration. He did not come to embezzle money or steal, he was purely a teacher and prophet, that's why his name resonates today over names that castigated and rebuked him. Fela's name will be there in a thousand years and forever.

[@donolem]

Fela will forever be missed. His music is irreplaceable. For students of Nigerian culture, there is no better instrument of learning. RIP BABA.

[@Zulusango]

I love this; it has this melody that paints a picture in my mind of our African ancestors crying for the pain that Africa is going through and for Africa to make a turn back on its right path.

[@okwudiliani7051]

Fela philosopher of our era. Voice of the oppressed!

[@lichyblow]

can't believe i could hear dis song again, dis is the best afro music i ever listened to. thanks hogan 523 for dis spiritual healing song........

[@2007dipo]

Going down memory lane when I would take off from Unaab to watch Abami eda. It was fantastic and thank God I was able to witness his live performances. He was simply the best. There is something about his music that I can't explain, it's the kind of feeling that you get when you are fulfilled. Amongst his nicknames were Ogostin because of the shape of his head. Continue to rest in peace Leniyan

[@oladoyindaramola8937]

Dipo Oronti. Ogostin lol

[@teslafromghana3120]

@@Oxygen257 wahala means trouble So Double trouble In this song he is talking about injustice meted out to citizens by bully soldiers

[@owalude]

I hope he sings in heaven. RIP Fela!!

[@sunmbolaoyawoye9520]

The opportunity to have been a shrine regular in the late 80s was indeed a privilege. There will never be another Fela; regrettably so. The guy had unbelievable foresight. Everything he sang about and fought against is still plaguing Nigeria and indeed Africa. Sadly a cursed continent despite being so blessed. RIP Agbami Eda

[@georgeekene4474]

A cursed continent indeed. A cursed race. Black colonialism the worst that ever to happen to a people. Nigeria is faced with black colonialism. Blacks, more so those living in the space referred to as Nigeria are brutes.

[@georgeekene4474]

There will never be another Fela. Agbami Eda rest in peace

[@Ebenezersgroupltd]

You have to be a genius to have composed a melodious song as this! I listened to it from the begining to the end and it all become a food for thought in our present life time. A great man indeed!

[@samsonokojie7451]

So rich in melody and rhythm yet still consciousness awakening.

[@hakeemfowomola7222]

There can never another Nigerian artist like this Legend again...

[@osagiedegbenga6201]

I can feel the painful expression from fela thru this song concerning the sorry situation of Nigeria. He tried all he could to awake the National consciousnes of the Nigerian people and the black race.Unfortunately baba all what u said still lingers and even worse. Rest in peace u have done your part.its left to the Nigerian people to do theirs.

[@kennyoosha]

The problem still dey kakaraka😂😂😂 yes in 2024. Fela is irreplaceable philosopher My great grand children will see this comments. revolution continue...

[@stzmrk1]

I doubt if Nigeria will ever have this kind of a artist again. People like Fela come but once in a blue moon,not even 2 face can match his catalogs

[@pedrofilosofia]

+seng har i doubt if the WORLD will ever have this kind of artist again.

[@Ebenezersgroupltd]

Nice post but please kindly not to align 2face with Fela in any ramification. It's very demeaning. Thanks.

[@xulupopo9288]

Well said! No basis for comparison!!!

[@leslieasagba9596]

seng har Never again

[@KalakutaShow1976]

Seun Kuti has a similar sound to this..considering that some of his band mates are original members of Africa 70, 80..

[@JustMarkavalli]

Every lyric in the song epitomise what Nigeria has gone through and still going through.. Baba 70 long may your legacy live.

[@thescribe7645]

That this is still so true throughout a lot of Africa. Sad. Thank you for the music Fela!

[@ayodejibamitale2291]

Any time I listen to this song, (and I almost always listen to it at least 10 times every day and that's apart from the times when its on repeat in my head) I always feel like crying for Nigeria. The same conditions he said he was tired of back then some 30 years ago are still the same conditions we complain about today. Same old news... I would not want my kids to still complain about this same rubbish 30 years from now.

[@mrafam626]

I know few people would understand or agree but the only way to save the future for our children is to tear down the curse named nigeria, it was never meant to be. It was not designed to be successful but to be manipulated and exploited. We can form a coalition after if we choose. But my people will nother understand so we continue to push a grounded contraption.

[@vemacfarmsltd5950]

Truth

[@louisotieno4712]

Superb 😂😁

[@tonyajabajunior3148]

Ohooo baba we miss you too much just want u say is happening now

[@anthonyfrazier1312]

Ayodeji Bamitale it's the same all over the world, for most of Our People

[@stabbannmultimedia]

On this 25th anniversary of his passage,I celebrate an African & Global legend.A mythical iconoclast. He saw through the Western charade of underdevelopment of Africa and fought imperialism with his music. He will remain in the annals of great history of mankind.

[@Timchang1]

Sad and beautiful.. Fela still dey teach 20 yrs after death. Hail d Man!!!

[@celestinboty9875]

I agreed

[@celestinboty9875]

But nothing changed réaly about africain leaders and witemen

[@RexofCaledonia]

the drum and string loop are so mellow, slow trotting almost sluggish much like an elephant walking which perfectly represents life in Nigeria everyone is just trotting along looking for means of survival . the keys and horns add a melodramatic and mournfully texture to the record representing the drama and tragedy of Nigerian society unnecessarily destitute due to corruption, mismanagement and foreign interferences despite so many natural resources and extensive workforce. Nigeria a society with so much potential by all means an African Giant crippled by external poachers and endemic cancer. since the 1850's (Britain's campaign to "free" Lagos of slave trading parties) its all been a disaster when will Nigeria return to her splendour? Fela highlighted these issues in a timely and timeless manner. When will we yield?

[@fareedalas7825]

This track is very dear to my heart. Gets me into a trance whenever i listen to it. Great work.

[@abiodunamokomowo7332]

My idol and the only prophet from Africa. Abami Eda, your spirit and philosophy live forever.

[@wandenreiche12345]

I can’t think of a greater artist

[@jesuseniyan3193]

Another masterpiece from the master himself.

[@MrOwolabi77]

Materialism, distractions and yearning for western culture are barriers to producing another artist of this caliber .

[@samiyahkey4207]

This is the most accurate and concise statement regarding the plight of artistry today that I have ever seen. Amen.

[@007agentmr]

He has two songs who make the same form of music. Moroever, you are right. Those things are hinderance, and the promotion of those things are also an issue

[@itsmebeter3538]

kendrick?

[@kennyoosha]

No artist will come close to fela artistry skills. His intelligent strength is beyond natural, baba revolution mind is not anywhere in the world.

[@jamesjoshua170]

💯 spot on Sir

[@egbetaedwin6254]

This Man Is A Great musician Of African.. May His Soil Rest In Peace.

[@heathermiller9464]

I haven't heard this since 1986 that November when I was supposed to meet my first husband ( actually in 1984 to be honest ) This was the song was the best I had heard as of yet and to this day Powerful!!!

[@kazeemadebesin999]

very splendid, uncompareable with nowadays music,songs with no message, but this full of wisdom, lessons every tracks He sungs

[@anthonyfrazier1312]

Kazeem Adebesin see revolutionary poets, many our still out here putting in work and trying to caring our torches. Fela lives .

[@davidotudeko4697]

People who visited the shrine were privileged. they had the opportunity to listen to fela compose, create and sing five years before the general public could hear the songs. The legend did not care for money.

[@jheychode]

+David Otudeko if he was pumpin out albums like this then it seems like he had all he needed

[@davidbabafemiaka2249]

David Otudeko Yes it was a great privilege and an experience that cant be described by word of mouth... You had to be there to understand that special feeling....

[@rickexcelarms]

This is music.. classic! Thank you Baba 70 "Which president we get wey never stea ?l" Authority stealing is still goin on til this day

[@dubbysithole6465]

This is my all time fave song of fela Kuti 😅

[@youcancallmejames]

The slight 'off beat' percussion in step with the organ is just fuckin' fantastic, no less you expect from this genius and his amazing conglomerate of musicians

[@MuzikJunky]

It’s not off-beat. It’s just in 6/8 time, which is unusual for Fela. Peace.

[@osamealenkhe9825]

The "off beat" is Fela's creative way of expressing himself. Remember, the main theme of the song is "Confusion"

[@calvinbooker778]

@@osamealenkhe9825 ...its not off beat at all...

[@tonyajabajunior3148]

2021

[@seanbeukman9563]

TOTALLY!!!! What an incredible man!

[@temitopeadepoju3301]

Probably the greatest to ever come out of Africa. Thank God he is getting as much recognition like his contemporaries (Bob Marley, Manu dibango and Salif Keita). Their messages are ahead of time....

[@rotimiandrews7341]

With all due respect. Fela is on a league of his own. No disrect to bob. Fela can play basically every instrument. He cook these songs if you understand. Cooked!

[@charlesodey7700]

Fela kuti the greatest Afro king of all time..

[@davidbabafemiaka2249]

The beginning of this tune is haunting....You can actually hear the pain in the keyboards ....The bitter complaints of a failed system is musically expressed in the composition by an enigma who's music will live forever...

[@davidbabafemiaka2249]

The more you listen...the more you hear the cry of pain in the tone of the keyboards....Tears rolling down leading to anguish heard in the horns....A masterpiece answered with the background fluger and baritone sax mixed with the percussions end up in a dance for freedom ...... Fela explores and explains what it left after the mayhem with his mastery of the sax... Music is the weapon of the future......

[@ProducerAtlas]

This. Is. Art.

[@chiyembekedzo1529]

This right here is SPIRITUAL 🔥 the very definition.

[@victorokenini8964]

One of the greatest musician if not the greatest musician in the world.

[@babatundebeckley8629]

The best of them all.

[@rasraetc]

If a top 5 list for FELA existed for me this would def be on it!

[@JourneyingwithSanj]

Man that bass speaks to the genuine emotions that one feels in a way that most music doesn't. That's the thing about felas music it resonates to the human emotions that we find so hard to define ourselves, and there's a myriad of jigsaws fitting the puzzle, patterns, colors, shape on a cosmic level yet so deep rooted in the earth

[@ojetayoabayomifelix5893]

Goodnight baba,the whole world miss you fela anikulapo kuti,nobody will ever be like you,you are the best!!!!!!!!

[@mitcha4940]

When I hear this, i hear Nigeria & Nigerians pain, The soul, power and spirits of our people. WE ARE GREAT, BUT ARE MANAGED BY KELPTOCRACY!

[@davidajayi4440]

Baba is honest and fearless. still the same thing today, same problem remain. God save Africa. oh Africa

[@supamanlng]

This is what I call MUSIC right there!

[@thescribe7645]

6:15, straight to the soul with that sax. Oh god Fela, we are still troubled by so much of the same!!

[@msmuaythai]

i love this song...played it all the way through my exams...the tune is timeless and of course the story in the song am sure still very relevant today..... BAFUKA NA QUENCH (Confusion kills]

[@bolawailori9655]

His arrangement is intriguing, the drum beat was sustained from the begining of the track to the end. Fela was a legend

[@anthonyfrazier1312]

Bolawa Ilori FELA, will always Be

[@sholagisanrin4966]

He is a legend not was

[@KanDoIt]

The chronicles of Fela Kuti. Music that tells history just as it was happening..

[@okwudiliani7051]

Romeo Romero you sure right bro!

[@ValyrianCode]

I sing dis song some time ago Call am Confusion" Then army never burn my house Oil money flow for Lagos then LARUDU REPEKE (after each line) Repeke Laru, Laru, laru Repeke Laru, My people dey say Nigeria done dey But me as I see am I no say, Nigeria go-go down Our country go dey make-ee money My people of country no see money LARUDU REPEKE (after each line) Repeke Laru, Laru, laru, laru Repeke Laru, Laru, laru I see many many things in Nigeria I see many wrong things in Nigeria Some time ago I come sing one song Repete Laru, Laru, laru Repete Laru, When I say confusion Everything out of-ee control When everything out-ee of control-ee Go be say, it " Pafuka"-oh PAFUKA NA QUENCH (Confusion kills] (after each line) Pafuka fit be Hospital Pafuka fit be Police Station Pafuka fit be Mortuary I sing about one street for Lagos Called " Ojou Eelegba" I take a copy how Nigeria be One crossroad in center town LARUDU REPEKE (after each line) Repeke Laru, Laru, laru, laru Repeke Laru, Laru, laru For " Oju Eegba" For " Oju Elegba" For " Ojou Eelegba" For " Ojou Eelegba" Moto dey come from-u East(car) Moto dey come from-u West Moto dey come from-u North Moto dey come from-u South And police-ee man no dey for center (not directing traffic- there are no traffic lights in Lagos) Na confusion be dat ee-oh PAFUKA NA QUENCH (Confusion kills) (after each line) Pafuka fit tbe police station Pafuka fit be hospital Pafuka fit be mortuary (And then I say Confusion Na wetin Ohhh) CONFUSION NA WAH Den I say confusion na wait ee-oh Confusion na wait ee-oh After he go take, Police-ee Army come burn-u my house After he go take, Police-ee Army come burn-u my house I started to think, I started to think-ee think Dey police wey go help people, not dem dey burn burn so Say army wey go defend cities, not dem dey burn burn so A na time around 1975 and '77 (dates police/army attacked Fela's home) Police go seize expensive goods, dem start togo burn burn dem Army go go market, and meeting cost money, go burn burn dem Why dem like to burn the things wey dey cost-ee money? Government fit sell to people cheap-ee cheap-ee Government fit dash people, we no get-ee money And di burn burn, na him dey sweet-ee dem pass (them burn & bribe) Na him dey sweet-ee dem pass Oya oh, dem burn burn[} OYA (after each line) Oya oh……, dem burn burn{ Repeat stanza 4x] My problem is no small at all Nothing dey for me to sing about All di things wey I de see I know like, All of dem I see, I sing about If something good today I go sing, nothing good is ever dey to sing about If I sing I say food -u nothing NA OLD-U NEWS-EE BE DATAFTER EACH (That is old news) Dey old-u news-ee be dat-oh If I sing-ee say, water no dey Old old old news be dat-ee-oh If I sing-ee say, electric -ee light no dey Old old news be dat-ee-oh If I sing-ee say, Inf-i-lati-on If I sing-ee say, mismanagement If I sing-ee say, corrup-u-tion If I sing-ee say, stealing by government Old old old news be dat-ee-oh Di problems still dey ba'gba ra ‘gba I say di problems still dey ba'gba ra ‘gba Dey thing weh dey worry me How dis robbery come get-ee big-ee head The first -ee one, na leg-ee robbery LEG-EE ROBBO-ERY Where money go pick-ee pockets Dey man go start take leg-ee wrong The second one na, armed robbery ARM-O ROBBO-ERY Where man-o go-go steal big things He go take-ee gun defend himself The third one, na head-oh robbery HEAD-O ROBBO-ERY Where all pata-pata go-go steal (everything) He go take position, steal all free Free stealing, na him policy Head-ee robbery, Which head-ee get-ee no dey steal? Which president we get-ee never steal? CONFUSION BREAK-EE BONE-EE, YEPA, CONFUSION BREAK-EE BONE-EE, YEPA, DOUBLE WAHALA FOR DEAD-EE BODYABIOLA OH DEAD-EE BODY

[@michelepiteo7179]

Ha HA. If the EU has their way, every country in Europe will be looted in the same way. Being from London originally i was happy we english had the sense to Brexit.

[@jeffagbeyegbe4990]

Michael Collins thanks for this

[@RyanMaher18]

I literally teared up within the first minute of hearing this

[@leslieasagba9596]

Ryan Maher Feel you bro!

[@caseyquinn6517]

Who sells men's white transfer in music preference in music yeah it was a real flag Fox Racing new sell

[@abrokenlife]

The BEST SONG ever!

[@bradpatterson8085]

This Is a Bad Boy!!! One of my favorites. RIP Fela. Love You Brother!!!

[@olaniyiakanji4361]

Spiritual musician .. Rest on Baba Fela

[@Holuphemysola]

how can a music piece be this simple yet complicated? fela lives on #CBB

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Phemysola 'o because it's feel, not notes on the page. Music majors never get the feel right.

[@olagokeabodunde3342]

An intricate piece

[@olagokeabodunde3342]

My favorite fela, a slow burn for when I'm traveling

[@Colarnet]

BABA hooo yeaaah, my sons will cary the flow for a better future, ooh! yeah... Fela, dadabe, real vibes on the planet yeah full of systems and corrupted minds, long live the vibes from the boss

[@adebowalesikiru5167]

What a strong message and good delivery. Rest on Fela

[@TheKingmusah]

this is without a doubt amazing sound.

[@emekaOnwuegbunam]

My best fale

[@Bio54633]

That mournful sax.

[@jeakande1]

Mournful. So Mournful. And ironically, this song was played at Fela's burial. Check out the documentary 'Finding Fela'.

[@felababa8913]

Fela lives forever

[@rahmanonimisi2917]

yeah yeah. this is some spiritual something. Am proud of Fela Abami Eeda.

[@drgshoo]

Just take some few minutes and listen to this hit and you will get to know why we say Fela was the man

[@authoritymatthew8651]

Fela had seen all the problems of Nigeria and he had made cleared to our government still they never listen to him and take to correction from his talents, since then we are still inside the same issue. Since when he had died his songs are still relevant. What a gr8 legend musician May his soul rest in peace and may God Almighty deliver this nation from the wicked leaders.

[@willpetersen1692]

This guy makes me wish I was Nigerian...

[@mrafam626]

Be careful what you wish for. His songs cry for a reason. The struggle here is real.

[@rahmanonimisi2917]

There is struggle everywhere. is it? the problem is, are you and me rising against the leaders? not saying carrying guns by the way.

[@samintech7024]

Don't wish you were a Nigerian.

[@african-history-fountain]

@oyinbo peppe Yes it is.

[@nuelclassic6223]

@oyinbo peppe A Nigerian?

[@kennyoosha]

Greatness is Fela

[@bodudesamuel61]

Nigeria greatest prophet and musician is gone what a great lost to Africa as well Huu FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI RIP

[@johnwayne7201]

chills.

[@febrimoniebrimoni6667]

Abami Eda, 2nd to none...love all yah music

[@bashkanabe5173]

Oh my God.... Fela you are/were great...

[@ibhasuoteandrew8043]

RIP GREAT LEGEND

[@folusho]

The horns in the song are just something else... from 26:00 min on is pure mastery

[@cocostahl8744]

It is so amazing to hear this song and to see things have not changed in 9ja over all these years. Recycled personnel around every corner. When we say confusion, we deh say ibufuqua!

[@lekanoderinde4025]

We dey say E kpafuka

[@unclejoe2258]

Cool fela still here

[@kagishomont]

This is one of the best songs in the history of music. Nothing is like it...

[@femifalase5576]

Just listened to Look and Laugh and started on this only find myself with my head in m hands despondent.

[@williamsanthony828]

Fela is the prophet of present day Nigeria

[@pauloluwamayowa1422]

2019 August nothing changed in Nigeria, it's actually getting worse since 1990 when the song was released

[@ibukunadeniyi]

my favourite fela song

[@steveadeniyi992]

One of them

[@anthonyfrazier1312]

Ibukun Adeniyi everything FELA gave us is my favorite

[@MegaXton]

thank u 4 post. this just make want to cry but na old news be that old old

[@lifeofeldice4566]

best song ever

[@anthonyfrazier1312]

Obrian Mutumhe that's so true about everything FELA gave us

[@aoyebanji]

Perfect song that depicts the ongoing fuel struggle in Nigeria (2012) ................. rest in perfect peace, Abami Eda.... you remain one of the best persona that influenced matters in Nigeria

[@meredithholmes1977]

LOVE.

[@001ZANERU]

It more than a music it beyond this world. Principle of life told by an angel

[@ote1000]

The story of Nigeria so far. We hope for a happy ending.

[@a5lightconnectionmillionai46]

That's the only legend in my tribe RIP baba 70.......