Shakara Songtext
von Fela Kuti

To ba b′oni shakara pade
Pasan to ma fi na e oje l'o nje
Ki lo′n se npe o
Shakara oloje ni

To ba b'oni shakara pade
Pasan to ma fi na e oje l'o nje
Ki lo′n se npe o
Shakara oloje ni

To ba b′oni shakara pade
Pasan to ma fi na e oje l'o nje
Ki lo′n se npe o


(Shakara oloje ni)
Shakara oloje ni o
(Shakara oloje ni)
Ah, shakara oloje ni o
(Shakara oloje ni)
Aah, ah, ah shakara oloje ni
(Shakara oloje ni)
Aah, ah, ah shakara oloje ni o
(Shakara oloje ni)

We get the shakara man
We get the shakara woman
Shakara man, him go say
"I go beat you, I go nearly kill you"
Na shakara
"I go beat you, go be like you get accident"
Na shakara
"You no know me?"
Na shakara
"Ah, wait make I comot my dress"
Na shakara

You see, him no fit do nothing
Na shakara oloje
We get this song for them
We dey sing am like this, we go say
Ah, ah
Ah ni, ah ni, ah ni
Pa-ra, ra-ra


Ma kan na e
Ma kan na e pa
Iwo ke
Oti mo mi ni?
To ba to ko duro de mi o
Duro de mi ki'n b′oso mi
Wa je baba nla iya
Aah, iro ni o, ko le ja
Oje lo nyo, ki l'on se npe o

(Shakara oloje ni)
Shakara oloje ni o
(Shakara oloje ni)
Aah, ah, ah, shakara oloje ni
(Shakara oloje ni)
Aah, ah, ah shakara oloje ni o
(Shakara oloje ni)
Aah, ah, ah shakara oloje ni o
(Shakara oloje ni)

The shakara woman
Tell her say, "My dear I like you"
She go say, "You like who? Who you like?
Comot jare, mm, looku this man
Where you come from self?
Mmm, mm, no be me and you oh
No touch me oh, ah
You see, she wan do, nah shakara
They call her shakara oloje
We get the song for them
We dey sing am like this, we go say
Ah, ah
Ah ni, ah ni, ah ni
Pa-ra, ra-ra

To ba f′owo kan mi
To ba f'owo kan mi
Jowo fi mi sile
Tabi ki lo nse si e
O m'egbe ni?
Nibo loti ja wa
Nibo loti jawa to lokun lorun
Emi pelu re ko
Iro ni o, o fe se o, oje lon′yo
Ki lo′n se npe o

(Shakara oloje ni)
Shakara oloje ni o
(Shakara oloje ni)
Aah, ah, ah, shakara oloje ni o
(Shakara oloje ni)
Aah, ah, ah shakara oloje ni
(Shakara oloje ni)
Aah, ah, ah shakara oloje ni o
(Shakara oloje ni)
Aah, ah, ah shakara oloje ni o
(Shakara oloje ni)