Market Chants: Obe ree, obe Eran niyen o Nbo nbe Ee ee ee, obe Moinmoin epo, ole mi rodo Iyo olokun ree E ra'yo e sebe Eja odo Eja odo E wo'ju obe E wo'ju obe, e mu'yan o Iru Abekuta ree Iru Abekuta ree Gari oloyo dee Nbo nbo Ee obe Lagbaja: Ijebu omo alare, them not dey joke with ikokore Fela: And gari, morning afternoon and night Lagbaja: Kwara, them not dey joke with wara Fela: And eko Lagbaja: Ekiti, early morning iyan Fela: Ah! You don't know? Iyan! Twenty four hours ni Lagbaja: Early morning iyan, count me out Fela: Ah! How can you talk like that? Lagbaja: Count me out its too early for … Fela: Try Lagbaja: Try wetin Fela: Try Lagbaja: Make I come dey sleep for work Fela: No, not be that Lagbaja: When bread and bu*ter dey Fela: No, excuse me. You see, colonialism makes you think that bread and bu*ter is better than gari Lagbaja: A ha, Me I not be colo. Bread and bu*ter get him own advantage Fela: Lai lai Lagbaja: It get Fela: Lai lai Lagbaja: I say, it get Fela: Lai lai Lagbaja: Oh baba, you not go want hear person Fela: Okay, tell me Lagbaja: Bread and bu*ter not go weigh you down Fela: that one not concern me Lagbaja: Ahaa Fela: It not concern me Lagbaja: Eh Fela: You see now. The educated men would eat sausage and bread every morning. They forget that ewa and moinmoin taste better Lagbaja: Ah … to ba je ti moinmoin, emi wa fun yen o. abi you self like am? Fela: Me? Lagbaja: En Fela: Me, Fela? Lagbaja: En. You like am? Fela: Ahaa. You don't know? Just cut am.sham … sensere. Put am. Pam … pam. Unhun … straight … iyam. Lagbaja: You go finish am? Fela: Patapata Lagbaja: Aah Fela: (chuckles) Lagbaja: Baba Fela: Ha! You don't know? My name is fela Gimme gimme better food chop Chorus: Put am well well Put am well well African man he not dey chop small sensere o As a big man concern Normally, I not dey chop plenty o But make you not come think say I dey vex Put am well well Gimme gimme better food chop Ee leba, ee niyan Ko soka, ko s'anomo Ki lo w ape mi se ni party o O sa mo'bi mo ti wa Put am well well … Fela: (clears throat) Okay. Now, look. You see, me I know one thing. You see, human beings may seem to be the same. No, but you see, African is different from Europeans in the inner and cultural structure from the creator's ascendancy. Lagbaja: Baba Fela: Na so. White man's food is white man's way. You know. The African way gangangan … Unhun … is different from white man's system Ahh … Gimme gimme better food chop Chorus: Put am well well Put am well well African man, he not dey chop small sensere o As a big man concern Normally I not dey chop plenty o But make you not come think say I dey vex You better put am well well Put am well well Bi o soka mo nlo Ma binu kori sile o Imagine won leba, won n'iyan Gimme gimme better food chop now now now Ee lewa, ko si kundi Le w ape mi si party Gimme gimme better food chop Now now now now now now now now Isu tab'anamo Asaro te npe leebe Oka te npe lamala Iyan, eba, tuwo, moinmoin elepo Put am well well Se lo ba wo mi ko tun mi wo dada Boya mo jo ehoro Te fi kewe si mi labo o Ema f'ebi pa mi ku o Oyinbo je salad mo jefo Sebi ka ti je vegetable ni Oyinbo mu youghort, mo mu kunu Se k'inu sa ti kun o Put am well well Put put put put put put put put am Put am well well Gimme gimme better food chop African man, he not dey chop sensere As a big man concern Sa I not dey chop plenty o But make you not dey think say I dey vex Put am well well Market chant: E ya wa jeyan ohun o Fele fele se lo gbona foo Obe egusi ni mo mi see o Fisi Ko'I to o