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Lyrics: Shuffering and Shmiling (Fela Kuti and Afrika 70)
Suffer suffer suffer suffer
Suffer for World
Na your fault be that
Me I say na your fault be that
Suffer suffer for World
Enjoy for Heaven
CHORUS: Amen
Christians go dey yab*
CHORUS: Amen
“ In Spiritum Heavinus”
CHORUS: Amen
Moslems go dey call
CHORUS: Amen
“Allah wa Akbar”
CHORUS: Amen
Open your eye everywhere
Archbishop na miliki*
Pope na enjoyment
Imam na gbaladun*
Archbishop dey enjoy (with chorus)
Pope self dey enjoy (with chorus)
Imam self dey enjoy (with chorus)
My brother wetin* you say? (with chorus)
My brother wetin you say? (with chorus)
My sister wetin you go hear?
My sister wetin you go hear?
Archbishop dey for London
Pope dey for Rome
My people – them go dey follow Bishop
CHORUS: Amen
Them go follow Pope
CHORUS: Amen
Them go follow Imam
CHORUS: Amen
Them go go for London
CHORUS: Amen
Them go go for Rome
CHORUS: Amen
Them go go for Mecca
CHORUS: Amen
Them go carry all the money
CHORUS: Amen
Them go juba* Bishop
CHORUS: Amen
Juba Pope
CHORUS: Amen
Juba Imam
CHORUS: Amen
Them go start to yab themselves
Every day – for house
Every day – for road
Every day – for bus
Every day – for work
My people my people my people
Every day my people inside bus
CHORUS: Suffering and smiling
Forty-nine sitting forty-nine standing
CHORUS: Suffering and smiling
Them go pack themselves in like sardine
CHORUS: Suffering and smiling
Them dey faint, them dey wake like cock
CHORUS: Suffering and smiling
Them go reach house water no dey
CHORUS: Suffering and smiling
Them go reach bed power no dey
CHORUS: Suffering and smiling
Them go reach road go-slow go come
CHORUS: Suffering and smiling
Them go reach road police go slap
CHORUS: Suffering and smiling
Them go reach road army go whip
CHORUS: Suffering and smiling
Them go look pocket money no dey
CHORUS: Suffering and smiling
Every day na the same thing
CHORUS: Suffering and smiling
Suffer suffer for World
CHORUS: Amen
Enjoy for Heaven
CHORUS: Amen
Christians go dey jab
CHORUS: Amen
“ In Spiritum Heavinus”
CHORUS: Amen
Moslems go dey call
CHORUS: Amen
“Allah wa Akbar”
CHORUS: Amen
How many many you go make
CHORUS: Many many
Suffer suffer for world
CHORUS: Amen
Notes:
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Yab (Pidgin)
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To talk
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Miliki (Yoruba)
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To have a good time
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Gbaladun (Yoruba)
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To enjoy
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Wetin? (Pidgin)
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What?
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Juba (Yoruba)
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Worship
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