Make we hear how people different for this our Lagos town [Fela Kuti]
Make we hear how people different [Chorus]
For this our Lagos town [Fela Kuti]
Make we hear how people different [Chorus]
Some people dey Ikoyi [Fela Kuti]
Make we hear how people different [Chorus]
Some people dey Mushin [Fela Kuti]
Make we hear how people different [Chorus]
Some people dey Ikoyi [Fela Kuti]
Make we hear how people different [Chorus]
Some people dey Mushin [Fela Kuti]
Make we hear how people different, Uh huh [Fela Kuti]
Make we hear how people different, Uh huh [Fela Kuti]
Ikoyi man dey travel
Him travel all over the world
Him bring civilization for us
Civilization we no understand
Mushin man dey for home
Him never travel anywhere at all
Him understand the people language
The language of Africa
I say, make we hear how people different, for this our Lagos town [Fela Kuti]
Make we hear how people different [Chorus]
For this our Lagos town [Fela Kuti]
Make we hear how people different [Chorus]
Some people dey Ikoyi [Fela Kuti]
Make we hear how people different [Chorus]
Some people dey Mushin [Fela Kuti]
Make we hear how people different, Uh huh [Fela Kuti]
Make we hear how people different, Uh huh [Fela Kuti]
Ikoyi man dey hungry
He go say "give me my breakfast"
Give me my lunch, and my dinner
And my fork and knife and my spoon
Mushin man dey hungry
He go say "give me my chop"
Give me my chop make ah work
Make ah work with anything at all
I say, make we hear how people different, for this our Lagos town [Fela Kuti]
Make we hear how people different [Chorus]
For this our Lagos town [Fela Kuti]
Make we hear how people different [Chorus]
Some people dey Ikoyi [Fela Kuti]
Make we hear how people different [Chorus]
Some people dey Mushin [Fela Kuti]
Make we hear how people different, Uh huh [Fela Kuti]
Make we hear how people different, Uh huh [Fela Kuti]
Ikoyi man dey talk
He go talk in big big English
He go wan talk like Oyinbo man
And the man come from Ibadan
Mushin man dey talk
He go talk in broken English
He go wan talk like the way him know
The original African way of life
I say, make we hear how people different, for this our Lagos town [Fela Kuti]
Make we hear how people different [Chorus]
For this our Lagos town [Fela Kuti]
Make we hear how people different [Chorus]
Some people dey Ikoyi [Fela Kuti]
Make we hear how people different [Chorus]
Some people dey Mushin [Fela Kuti]
Make we hear how people different, Uh huh [Fela Kuti]
Make we hear how people different, Uh huh [Fela Kuti]
Ikoyi way [Fela]
Na none sense [Chorus]
I say Mushin way [Fela Kuti]
Na People [Chorus]
[Repeated 6 times]