Lagbaja & Fela Kuti - Vernacular

[@Samuelola__]

THis hit 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 2024

[@oreoluwaoyinlola5628]

Can we talk about the female background vocal, her voice>>>>

[@mr._unchained]

What is this mumu saying

[@oreoluwaoyinlola5628]

@@mr._unchained I meant her voice is very good... '>>>' is the greater than sign, meaning its above average, like its very good... Its present day social media lingo...

[@mr._unchained]

@@oreoluwaoyinlola5628 ohh my badd

[@okonkwonnamdi1376]

It’s a band, perhaps we can also talk about every member of the band

[@stdaniells]

Vernacular Refrain: I speak You hear When you speak I understand Oro wa ti year, idea lo ju If I fire and you dodge, I don’t care Na the beginning of craze be that If I fire and you dodge, I don’t care Na the beginning of craze be that Fela: You see, that is the trouble I have with my country So until somebody speaks English Lagbaja: Mi o mo fun won o Fela: That he speaks well? Lagbaja: En Fela: Eee, have you listened to deep Ibo people? Lagbaja: Them not dey listen, hee, colo people? Un un un Fela: My brother have you listened to deep Yoruba people talk? Lagbaja: O ti o, them not appreciate our language now Fela: Talk philosophy Lagbaja: Unnnn Fela: Deep meanings Lagbaja: Ijinle Fela: Deep meanings Lagbaja: Owe nla nla Fela: That the meanings don’t even exist in English? Lagbaja: Oh yes. O ya take oyinbo translate: “O nyi’mu si mi” Fela: Ahenn Lagbaja: “O nmo mi loju” Fela: tThat’s what I’m saying Lagbaja: E kaabo na welcome, but wetin be: “Ekuule o” Fela: (laughs) yes. So what are we talking? English is not expression, please Lagbaja: Mba mba, lai lai Fela: Expression is in Yoruba Lagbaja: Our own language gangan Fela: Expression is in all language all over Nigeria Lagbaja: Enn Fela: English? English? No, no, no. English is not expression, please Lagbaja: If you no gree, oya translate “E kuule o” Fela: English is not expression Refrain: I speak You hear … Fela: I don’t care That is the beginning of craze Bridge: No’ dey fear to express yourself Tabon men Gbo gbo gbosa Kolori gb’ori Gbo gbo gbosa O ya je e tabon Gbo gbo gbosa English not get expression like your mother tongue Not dey fear to talk am Refrain: If I fire and you dodge, I don’t care ... Fela: Expression is in all languages all over Nigeria English? English? No no no English is not expresiion, please English is not expression Fela: (Coughs) Look Lagbaja: Sorry Fela: Go to the village gangan gangan where they born you Go and talk English (Laughs, coughs) Lagbaja: S’oo loo gbede? Fela: Now now, spirit will catch you You will see yourself Lagbaja: I sabi one big, man o Fela: He is a big man? Lagbaja: Yes big man Say make him pickin not talk our language Say na vernacular Fela: Eee Lagbaja: En Fela: He is talking rubbish Lagbaja: Him mother tongue, na him dey call vernacular o Fela: He should be hung at kiri kiri Lagbaja: How many oyinbo savvy your tongue the way you savvy oyinbo? Fela: A hen Lagbaja: Other nations dey talk them own … Fela: Other nations, Europe to Japan, to London to America … Lagbaja: Yes now … Fela: France … Lagbaja: All of them dey … Fela: Let me finish Lagbaja: Ah, All of … Fela: Make I finish now Lagbaja: Err, sorry baba Fela: Emm, in Berlin, Moscow, South America, Spain and Portugal … Lagbaja: Langauage dey communication, talk make I understand, o tan Fela: Finish Refrain: I speak You hear Bridge: Not dey fear to express yourself Tabon men Gbo, gbo, gbosa Kolori gbo’ri Gbo, gbo, gbosa Oya ju’kan si mi Gbo, gbo, gbosa Ki njukan si e Gbo, gbo, gbosa Are your hear me? Gbo, gbo, gbosa Idea is need Gbo, gbo, gbosa Bo wu e ko tabon (Fela: I don’t care) gbo, gbo, gbosa English not get expression like your mother tongue Talk make I understand O tan.

[@ruggedtobby]

Good effort broda

[@bankymoonb7765]

You did a good job. I came to KZbin to search for the lyrics, and I found yours. Thanks for taking your time to do this.

[@kunleayo2805]

It took me over a decade to find this Song on KZbin. Thank you enormously for the upload. The Song that never dies worths alot.

[@obinnaagbo6910]

2020!!!! Anyone?

[@uthman.uthman.7692]

What a splendid job by the late Abami Eda, Baba Fela and Lagbaja. The depth-ness in "Yoruba" language is too solid, and balance. The language is also one of the few tonal languages in the world that could easily be blend with another language. It is very comprehensive on proverbs, pronouns, verbs and poems. It blend with any rhythm. It coherent easily on lyrics to make good music. It's vowels solidify it's spoken prowess. All these are what makes it possible for anybody who speaks the real correctness of the language to be very good in any other languages they speak...However, most "Yoruba" Sons and Daughters does not know the value of what they have as they can not even speak the language correctly...Too bad, and hope they will reverse this ugly trend of theirs....."Gelete Eerin, Gan'naku Eefon, Yanmuyanmu w'ole t'o won ni imu, inira f'akata eranko alagbara shebugbe"

[@vastdv1507]

Well done, Sir.

[@gabrielatilola200]

You too are a true "son of the soil"

[@mikgee3155]

E se pupo

[@kolawolebabatunde8712]

More wisdom.......

[@kolawolebabatunde8712]

2020 still banging on my head right now, unbelievable FELA & LAGBAJA

[@olumideade6599]

That Bass slap at the beginning tho...

[@abiolagideon3417]

You Sabi!

[@ebenezerkomolafe4626]

That is, ehn...

[@02468q]

Lagbaja on the bass

[@yetundeadebimpe780]

Lagbaja be my person for life! Soul searching + hilarious songs

[@sotonyechukwu7786]

In Latin America, British Isles and all over the world indigenous languages are dying because citizens are forced to use the dominant language rather than their own. Schools must teach these indigenous languages, one can never understand too many languages. Teach the dominant language as well as the regional language. Cultural expression is of great importance. Language is one of many forms of cultural expression!

[@mszeee]

I wish there was a video :) Lagbaja and Abami excellent combination

[@emajty]

i just wonder why this beautiful piece of work wasn't released on video. kudos to the masked one for this great effort

[@samsonayo3755]

It was on the tribute album for Fela. He was dead then.

[@segunkelvin2116]

very emotional and thoughtful from Lagbaja to collabo with Baba Abami.

[@adeagiri1]

Ever fresh! First listened to this about eight years ago! Still very fresh!!!

[@dipset1911]

I love the intro, the instrumentation was spot on

[@adeolaolatokunbo9505]

@ 2020 the Mix (Lagbaja and Eleniyan ) is still absolutely relevant.

[@damigodFGC]

Jesus this song is hitting me now

[@omikunletaiwo6375]

lagbaja, I love your music.

[@Rev_Blanket]

A wonderful collaboration....

[@rasqin4real]

Take oyinbo translate "o yinmu si mi" "o momiloju" ...... very hilarious!!! Tabon men.

[@willowmiko6690]

the everliving song.always happy when i listen to this song.

[@cjakuma]

i ve been looking for this song forever.. thanks for posting it

[@kunlequesta1]

One of my favourite best ever..

[@ayodejiadedara2268]

Incredible production skills.

[@enioko3220]

Ekabo na welcome but wetin be ekule o....yoruba fellaz oya o we dey wait......

[@honoursrichie3545]

There's no exact translation for "e kule", but colloquially, it means I meet you well.

[@MichaelEMJAYJohnson]

Idea is need....thought-provoking.

[@twinstexiles]

lagbaja for life

[@olufemiogungbe1829]

Who is here in 2021?

[@adekolafarouk]

march 2020, who is listening??

[@olusegunalfred4712]

How many oyibo understand my mother tongue, if I fire and you run I don't care

[@searchingforsometruth]

Great song!

[@abiodundada9434]

Rest on ELENIYAN!!!

[@happykoinonia8119]

Damn ❤

[@omiyaka1]

Please where is this man called Lagbaja now? He should not go into oblivion just like that nah.

[@Remiball1221]

rip baba fela!

[@Theleo_25]

2024

[@auxordsold2265]

lol..!! i trust mr Fela would have made them smoke some loud shit before they did this song though... :) lol.. lagbaja said... "idea is e-gboe, gboe, gbosa....." 7:31

[@adeniyiodeleye1976]

Not possible! This song was actually recorded three years after Fela died and it only samples Fela's voice from an interview he had with the late May Ellen Ezekiel in 1996.

[@gbengadavid133]

D interview was done with RMD n not with labgaja.

[@olanrewajua.oyekunle1949]

Kindly upload agidigbo by Lagbaja

[@okanlawone.adejubu7034]

Matched combination!

[@DreamChaser213]

Idea is need... Gbos Gbos Gbosa

[@tommykwan9189]

@ teyo boysco, did u get the track yet ? ao merin joba

[@kalatbagaiya2647]

EPIC!!!

[@idowuadedipe6992]

Baba, lagbaja

[@famakinwataiwo4187]

2020

[@abdulazeezadeshina4171]

great song

[@rapidkid11]

ive uploaded it now :)

[@extensivejoe]

O'l boy see philosophy :)

[@segunadesanya4877]

English is not expression Kare baba Fela and Lagbaja.

[@mabelmuuduri3870]

just wish translation can be one before uploading not word to word but the essential message please.

[@stdaniells]

+Mabel Muuduri Vernacular Refrain: I speak You hear When you speak I understand Oro wa ti year, idea lo ju If I fire and you dodge, I don’t care Na the beginning of craze be that If I fire and you dodge, I don’t care Na the beginning of craze be that Fela: You see, that is the trouble I have with my country So until somebody speaks English Lagbaja: Mi o mo fun won o Fela: That he speaks well? Lagbaja: En Fela: Eee, have you listened to deep Ibo people? Lagbaja: Them not dey listen, hee, colo people? Un un un Fela: My brother have you listened to deep Yoruba people talk? Lagbaja: O ti o, them not appreciate our language now Fela: Talk philosophy Lagbaja: Unnnn Fela: Deep meanings Lagbaja: Ijinle Fela: Deep meanings Lagbaja: Owe nla nla Fela: That the meanings don’t even exist in English? Lagbaja: Oh yes. O ya take oyinbo translate: “O nyi’mu si mi” Fela: Ahenn Lagbaja: “O nmo mi loju” Fela: tThat’s what I’m saying Lagbaja: E kaabo na welcome, but wetin be: “Ekuule o” Fela: (laughs) yes. So what are we talking? English is not expression, please Lagbaja: Mba mba, lai lai Fela: Expression is in Yoruba Lagbaja: Our own language gangan Fela: Expression is in all language all over Nigeria Lagbaja: Enn Fela: English? English? No, no, no. English is not expression, please Lagbaja: If you no gree, oya translate “E kuule o” Fela: English is not expression Refrain: I speak You hear … Fela: I don’t care That is the beginning of craze Bridge: No’ dey fear to express yourself Tabon men Gbo gbo gbosa Kolori gb’ori Gbo gbo gbosa O ya je e tabon Gbo gbo gbosa English not get expression like your mother tongue Not dey fear to talk am Refrain: If I fire and you dodge, I don’t care ... Fela: Expression is in all languages all over Nigeria English? English? No no no English is not expresiion, please English is not expression Fela: (Coughs) Look Lagbaja: Sorry Fela: Go to the village gangan gangan where they born you Go and talk English (Laughs, coughs) Lagbaja: S’oo loo gbede? Fela: Now now, spirit will catch you You will see yourself Lagbaja: I sabi one big, man o Fela: He is a big man? Lagbaja: Yes big man Say make him pickin not talk our language Say na vernacular Fela: Eee Lagbaja: En Fela: He is talking rubbish Lagbaja: Him mother tongue, na him dey call vernacular o Fela: He should be hung at kiri kiri Lagbaja: How many oyinbo savvy your tongue the way you savvy oyinbo? Fela: A hen Lagbaja: Other nations dey talk them own … Fela: Other nations, Europe to Japan, to London to America … Lagbaja: Yes now … Fela: France … Lagbaja: All of them dey … Fela: Let me finish Lagbaja: Ah, All of … Fela: Make I finish now Lagbaja: Err, sorry baba Fela: Emm, in Berlin, Moscow, South America, Spain and Portugal … Lagbaja: Langauage dey communication, talk make I understand, o tan Fela: Finish Refrain: I speak You hear Bridge: Not dey fear to express yourself Tabon men Gbo, gbo, gbosa Kolori gbo’ri Gbo, gbo, gbosa Oya ju’kan si mi Gbo, gbo, gbosa Ki njukan si e Gbo, gbo, gbosa Are your hear me? Gbo, gbo, gbosa Idea is need Gbo, gbo, gbosa Bo wu e ko tabon (Fela: I don’t care) gbo, gbo, gbosa English not get expression like your mother tongue Talk make I understand O tan.

[@mabelmuuduri3870]

Daniels Ajanaku, Thank you so much for your kindness and patience in translating such a long document. God bless you always.