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]