Текст песни Alagbon Close - Fela Kuti

Now listen
Now listen
Now listen
Never mind, never mind, never mind
I dey do my part
I be human being like you like you
Now listen eh
Now listen ah
Never mind, never mind, never mind
I dey do my part
I be human being like you like you (eh)
Now listen

I be agbepo
I dey do my part without me your city go smell like sh-
Never mind I dey do my part
I be human being like you
I be civil servant
I dey do my part
Without me everything go scatter for town
Never mind I dey do my part
I be human being like you
I be doctor, I be lawyer
Without me you go die, you go for jail
Never mind I dey do my part
I be human being like you
I dey sing, I dey dance, I dey paint
Without me you no go happy at all
Never mind I dey do my part
I be human being like you
I dey for court, I dey judge your case
Without me policeman go lock you for life
Never mind I dey do my part
I be human being like you
Never mind, never mind I dey do my part
I be human being like you like you

Now listen
Now listen
Now listen
Alagbon dey roll
Like one yẹ′yẹ ball
Wey one yẹ'yẹ wind dey blow
From one yẹ′yẹ corner
Now listen ah-ah-ah-ah
For Alagbon
Dem go know say you be labourer o
Dem go lock you till you die
Magistrate no get eye for back o (na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na)
For Alagbon
Dem go know say you be civil servant o
Dem go lock you dem no go mind
Your lawyer go quench for station o (na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na)
For Alagbon
Dem no care for Doctor or Lawyer
Dem go lock you and charge you for court
Magistrate go start talk oyinbo for you (na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na)
For Alagbon
You go sing and quench for jail
You go dance and paint for cell
Before they charge you before you go
Ah-ah Yeparipa
For Alagbon, for Alagbon, for Alagbon na-na-na-na-na

Dem no get respect for human being
Dem no know say you get blood like them
Dem go send dem dog to backbite you
Dem go send dem dog to backbite you
Dem go point dem gun for your face
The gun wey dem take your money to buy
They don't want my help with dem gun
The gun wey dem take my money to buy
Dem go sure take their statement from you
For Alagbon
Dem go sure take their statement from you
For Alagbon
Dem go lock you for months and months and months
And they call am investigation
Dem go lock you for months and months and months
And they call am investigation
Dem go lock you for months and months and months and months
If you no dey for Alagbon
Make you tell them make dem hear
If you no dey for Alagbon
Make you tell them make dem hear
Uniform na cloth (na tailor dey sew am)
Tell me now now now
Uniform na cloth, na tailor dey sew am
Tell me now now now now now
Uniform na cloth, na tailor dey sew am
Na tailor dey sew am like your dress
Uniform na cloth, na tailor dey sew am
Na tailor dey sew am like my dress
Uniform na cloth, na tailor dey sew am
Nothing special about uniform
Uniform na cloth, na tailor dey sew am
Nothing special about uniform
Uniform na cloth, na tailor dey sew am
Uniform na cloth, na tailor dey sew am
Uniform na cloth, na tailor dey sew am
Uniform na cloth, na tailor dey sew am
Uniform na cloth, na tailor dey sew am
Uniform na cloth, na tailor dey sew am
Uniform na cloth, na tailor dey sew am
Uniform na cloth, na tailor dey sew am
Dem go lock you for months and months and months
Dem they call am investigation
Dem go lock you for months and months and months and months and months