No Buredi (No Bread) - Fela Kuti

Look-u, well-e, well-well-e, welle, well-e, well

Look-u you well-e, well-e well-e, well-e well-u well (x2)

Look-u you well-e, well-e well-e, well-e well-u well-wellu-well-e well-e

weeeelluuu…

Looku you, looku well.

(Looku you, looku well!) (x3)

Look-u, well-e, well-well-e, welle, well-e, well

Look-u you well-e, well-e well-e, well-e well-u well (x3)

Look-u you well-e, well-e well-e, well-e well-u well-wellu-well-e well-e

weeeelluuu…

Look-u you, wellu-wellu-well (looku you!) (x2)

You stand-e for ground, your leg-e dey shake (looku you!) (x2)

Nah your leg whey keep ground noh dey shake (looku you!)

Your face look like you don reach-e gbeee (looku you!)

You si (t)down for chair like e you don reach-e gbee (looku you!)

Your head dey ache, welle-welle

Mouth dey dry, welle-welle

Stomach dey turn, welle-welle

Hungry dey show him power

Head dey ache, welle-welle

Mouth dey dry, welle-welle

Stomach dey turn, welle-welle

Hungry dey show him power

You noh get-e power to fight… No Buredi!

Naah now…

You noh get-e power to fight… No Buredi!

Naah now…

You noh get-e power to fight… No Buredi!

Look-u, well-e, well-well-e, welle, well-e, well

Look-u you well-e, well-e well-e, well-e well-u well (x3)

Look-u you well-e, well-e well-e, well-e well-u well-wellu-well-e well-e

weeeelluuu…

Look-u you, looku wellu-wellu-well (looku you!) (x2)

On the day or the night or the aftertoon (looku you!)

The trouble of the world e catch you for road (looku you!)

Man must wack nah him put you for the road (looku you!)

You noh fit make the thing now for your wack (looku you!)

You start to find excuse for your fault (looku you!)

You mouth dey shake, welle-welle

Music noh dey, welle-welle

Eye dey roll, welle-welle

Like thief-u eye, welle-welle

(A beg, nah so e dey do you everytime, abi? henh?)

Mouth dey shake, welle-welle

Music noh dey, welle-welle

Eye dey roll, welle-welle

Like thief-u eye, welle-welle

Problem dey show him power

You noh get-e power to fight… No Buredi!

Naah-naah-now…

You noh get-e power to fight… No Buredi!

One more time… aaaah… No Buredi!

You noh get-e power to fight… No Buredi!

Haahn-haaahnn… No Buredi!

For Africa here e be home… No Buredi!

(x2)

Land-e boku-boku from north to south… No Buredi!

Food-u boku-boku from top to down… No Buredi!

Gold dey underground like water… No Buredi!

Diamond dey underground like san-san… No Buredi!

Oil dey flow underground like-e river… No Buredi!

Everything for overseas, nah here e dey goooo… No Buredi!

Na for here, man-e still dey carry shit-e for head… No Buredi!

(x2)

Na for here we know the thing dem dey call… No Buredi!

(x2)

Me I tire for the thing dem dey call… No Buredi!

(x2)

Udota I don tire e… No Buredi!

Udorin I don tire e… No Buredi!

Udarun I don tire e… No Buredi!

Udofa I don tire e… No Buredi!

Udoje I don tire e… No Buredi!

(x2)

Me I tire for the thing dem dey call… No Buredi!

(x3)

No Buredi!

No Buredi!

Udarun I don tire e… No Buredi!

Uderin I don tire e… No Buredi!

No Buredi!

No Buredi!

Udoji I don tire e… No Buredi!

(x2)