Army Arrangement Songtext
von Fela Kuti

One day go be one day
One day go be one day
Those wey dey steal the money for government
One day go be one day

Ju′di, ju'di
Ju si le
Ju′di, ju'di, ju'di
Ah, odi wo
Yansh don fall
Anywhere yansh go, yansh must fall
Up, left, right, round-round, it must fall
And nothing wey yansh dey do no dey sweet
Shit, piss, fuck, e dey sweet, why not?
Because yansh na wonderful material property


Whether you like or you no like
After you hear this true talk
Whether you like or you no like
After you hear this true talk
If you like e good (ghen-ghen)
If you no like you hang (ghen-ghen)
If you like e good (ghen-ghen)
If you no like you hang (ghen-ghen)
If you hang you go die (ghen-ghen)
You go die for nothing (ghen-ghen)
We go carry your body go police station, you die wrongfully

(Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe
(Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe
(Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe
(Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe
(Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe
(Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe
(Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe
(Ghe-ghe) aah! Ye!


Ju′di, ju′di, ju'di
Ju si le
Ju′di, ju'di, ju′di
Aah, odi wo ronkoto, pom
You see, man eye get different look for woman yansh
She see small yansh, you go say,
"Yeah, look at this big yansh!"
If you come see big yansh, you go say,
"Eh, looku this small yansh!"
And if you see one yansh
Wey you wan to bury your prick inside
You go say, "Hey baby, show me your particulars!"
Ajengunle english, e go say, "Hey darling, show me your living license!"
Particular oh, no be police particular
That one nah craze particular
You see, police particular
If you get am, you go dey go
If you no get am, you go enter, you see
But the original particular
Natural particular
If you no get am, you go dey go ni
But if you get am, you must enter, eh

Whether you like or you no like
After you hear this true talk
Whether you like or you no like
After you hear this true talk
If you like e good (ghe-ghe)
If you no like you hang (ghe-ghe)
If you like e good (ghe-ghe)
If you no like you hang (ghe-ghe)
If you hang you go die (ghe-ghe)
You go die for nothing (ghe-ghe)
We go carry your body go police station, you die wrongfully

(Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe
(Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe
(Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe
(Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe
(Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe
(Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe
(Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe
(Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe
(Ghe-ghe) ghe-ghe
(Ghe-ghe) twen-twen tu

Man dey suffer him no fit talk na condition
Man dey suffer him fit talk na condition too
Man dey suffer him no fit talk na condition
Man dey suffer him fit talk na condition too
Suffer dey Africa, pa-pa, ra pa
I suffer dey, pa-pa, ra pa
Condition dey e, pa-pa, ra pa
Me I no say you be African man
And we dey suffer, pa-pa, ra pa
Which condition you dey I don't know
The condition me I dey me I know
My condition don reach make I act
Oh
If your condition today make you shake
And you still dey not talk the way you feel
Make you open your two ears very well
To dey hear the truth talk me I dey talk
Listen make you dey gree for me
Every day and night you dey hear me talk
One day you self you gree with me
To dey act the way as you dey feel
Remember if you no act your own
One day of course we must die

Nigeria get e money
Foreign money for oversea
Nigeria get e money
Foreign money for oversea
Announcement start to happen
Newspaper carry them paper
Radio dey shout for studio
Obasanjo turn vocalist
Yar′Adua road manager
Every government statement
Seven billion naira missing
Missing from oversea
Foreign currency scandal
Them start to arrest everybody oh
E no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish

Doctor, lawyer, hustlers
Engineer, photographers
Doctor, lawyer, hustlers
Engineer, photographers
All of them Kirikiri
Ten to fifteen years in jail
After one year inside jail
Civilian government take over
Them release all of dem
Them say dem be innocent oh
E no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish

Two-point-eight-billion naira
Oil money is missing
Two-point-eight-billion naira
Oil money is missing
Them set up inquiry
Them say money no lost e oh
Them dabaru everybody
Supervisor Obasanjo
Them say make him no talk e oh
"Money no lost," them shout again
Inquiry come close e oh
E no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish

Election story nko?
Obasanjo plan am very well
Election story nko?
Obasanjo plan am very well
Him take old politicians
Wey rule Nigeria before
The same old politicians
Wey spoil Nigeria before
Obasanjo carry all of them
All of them dey there now
E no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish, e no finish

The young Africans them get two ears for head
Them get two eyes too (yeah)
Them dey see the thing wey dey happen, them dey hear am too (yeah)
Few people dey fat with big money, and the rest dey hungry (yeah)
Me Fela, I challenge Obasanjo
Na wayo him dey all the time (yeah)
Make him carry me go any court, I go open book for am (yeah)
Na wayo government we dey o
E gba mi o
Na rikimo government we dey o
Ye paripa o
Na paddy-paddy government we dey
E gba mi o (yeah)

We give money (yeah)
Paddy-paddy (yeah)
Arrange ni (yeah)
Wayo-wayo (yeah)
Economic (yeah)
We give money (yeah)
Paddy-paddy (yeah)
Wayo-wayo (yeah)

Add am together, give me the answer (army arrangement)
We give me money, add am together (army arrangement)
Paddy-paddy, add am together (army arrangement)
Economic, add am together (army arrangement)
Division or multiplication (army arrangement)
Mathematician, put am together (army arrangement)
One answer you go get (army arrangement)
Ahn-ahn-ahn, one answer you go get (army arrangement)

We give money, put am together (army arrangement)
Paddy-paddy, put am together (army arrangement)
Wayo-wayo, put am together (army arrangement)
Economic, put am together (army arrangement)
Division or multiplication (army arrangement)
Mathematician, put am together (army arrangement)
One answer you go get (army arrangement)
Ahn-ahn-ahn-ahn, one answer you go get (army arrangement)

We give money, put am together (army arrangement)
Wayo-wayo, put am together (army arrangement)
Economic, put am together (army arrangement)
Division or multiplication (army arrangement)
Mathematician, put am together (army arrangement)
One answer you go get (army arrangement)
Ahn-ahn-ahn, one answer you go get (army arrangement)

Aah, we give money, put am together (army arrangement)
Arrange e masters yo (army arrangement)
Yeah-yeah, arrange masters e yo (army arrangement)
Yeah-yeah, arrange masters e yo (army arrangement)
Yeah-yeah, arrange masters e yo (army arrangement)
Aah-ah, arrange masters e yo (army arrangement)

We give money, put am together (army arrangement)
Wayo-wayo, put am together (army arrangement)
Economic, put am together (army arrangement)
(Army arrangement)
(Army arrangement)
(Army arrangement)

Ju'di
Ju si le
Ju'di
Ju si le
Ju′di
Ju si le
Ju′di
Ju si le
Ju'di
Ju si le
Ju′di
Ju si le
Ju'di
Ju si le
Ju′di
Ju si le
Ju'di
Ju si le
Ju′di
Ju si le
Ju'di
Ju si le
Ju'di
Ju si le
Ju′di
Ju si le
Ju′di
Ju si le
Ju'di
Ju si le
Ju′di

One day go be one day
One day go be one day
Those wey dey steal the money for government
One day go be one day

One day go be one day
One day go be one day
Those wey dey steal the money for government
One day go be one day
One day go be one day
One day go be one day

One day, one day
One day, one day
One day, one day
One day, one day
One day, one day
One day, one day
One day, one day
One day, one day
One day, one day
One day, one day
One day, one day
One day, one day

One day go be one day
One day go be one day
Those wey dey steal the money for government
One day go be one day