"Ikoyi Blindness" lyrics - FELA KUTI

You miss road, you miss road
When you miss road, you no go reach
You no go reach where you Dey go
Because that not be the road oh
No be the road where you For dey
I say no be the road
No be the road wey you for Dey

You miss road, you miss road
When you miss road, you no go reach
You no reach where you Dey go
Because that not be the road oh
No be the road where you For dey
I say no be the road
No be the road wey you for Dey

One man wey I know
Him be lawyer
Him go buy the thing for him work
Him go buy the thing dem call spanner
Wetin lawyer go take spanner do
E no go reach where him Dey go
One man wey I know
Him be music
Him go buy the thing for him work
Him go buy the thing dem call hammer
Wetin music go take hammer do
Him no go reach where him Dey go
Because that not be the road
No be the road wey you for dey
I say no be the road
No be the road wey you for Dey

Par par don doin
O pa toin toin toin toin Par par toin
Make you tell the lawyer say no be spanner
Make you help me beg the lawyer say no be spanner
Na books you for buy no be spanner
Make you tell the music say no be hammer
Na gocheck him for buy no be hammer
Them use them sense them change them spanner and hammer
Them miss road, them find road again o

Papanaba to pa-in toin toin
Eh eh eh
Ra ra ra ra ra
Eh eh eh eh
This one my friend them different from the man
Eh eh h
This two walk I say dem different from the man
Eh eh eh
Them different from the man wey no see road at all
Eh eh eh
Wey no see rod at all, wey go stand near river
Eh eh eh
Na shallow him go drop o
Shallow shallow him go drop
I say na shallow him go drop o
Shallow shallow him go drop o
Shallow shallow shallow shallow shallow shallow eh eh eh
Eh eh eh
Make you help tell the man wey Dey stay for ikoyi
Eh eh eh
Make you help tell the man wey Dey stay for Ikoyi
Eh eh eh
From malad cross close to Atlantic Ocean
Eh eh eh
Wey them they for ikoyi them no see road at all
Eh eh eh
Wey them no see us for Mushin at all at all eh eh eh
Wey them no see us for shomolu at all at all
Eh eh eh
Wey them no see us for ajegunle at all at all
Eh eh eh
Maroko nko nko them no see at all at all
Eh eh eh
Wey them no see us for kalakuta at all at all
Shallow him go drop o
Shallow shallow him go drop o
Gbagaun nko
Gbagaun gbagaun him go quench o
Rin rin rin nko
Rin rin rin blow the belt o
Shallow shallow him go drop o
Gbagaun gbagaun him go quench o
Wirin wirin wirin blow the Knot o
Shallow shallow him go drop o
Gbagaun gbagaun him go quench o
Wirin wirin hold blow the knot o
Shallow shallow him go drop o
Gbagaun gbagaun him go quench o
Wirin wirin hold blow the knot o
Shallow shallow him go drop o
Gbagaun gbagaun him go quench o
Wirin wirin blow the knot o
Shallow shallow him go drop o
Gbagaun gbagaun him go drop o
Wirin wirin blow the knot o
Shallow shallow him go drop o
Gbagaun gbagaun him go quench o
Wirin wirin blow the knot o [?] 9ce

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