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Fela Kuti Yellow Fever


Different different fever na him dey
Different different fever na him dey
Different different fever na him dey
Different different fever na him dey

Malaria fever nko
*[CHORUS] HE DEY *(AFTER EACH LINE)
Jaundice fever nko
Hay fever nko
Influenza fever nko
Inflation fever nko
Freedom fever nko
Yellow fever nko

[CHORUS] NA HIM DEY BRING THE MATTER NOW HE DEY

Yellow fever nko
*[CHORUS] HE DEY

[Chorus]NA HIM DEY BRING THE MATTER NOW HE DEY

I say tell them make them hear
*[CHORUS] YOU SAY *(AFTER EACH LINE)
All fever na sickness
Original sickness
Hay fever na sickness
Original sickness
Malaria na sickness
Original sickness
Jaundice na sickness
Original sickness
Influenza na sickness
Original sickness
Inflation na sickness
Original sickness
Freedom na sickness
Original sickness
Yellow fever nko

[CHORUS] ORIGINAL AND ARTIFICIAL HE DEY

Yellow fever nko
*[CHORUS] YOU SAY
One more...


[CHORUS] ORIGINAL AND ARTIFICIAL HE DEY

Bom bom bom, tell me now...

Original catch you
*[CHORUS] YOU SAY *(after each)
Your eye go yellow
Your yansh go yellow
Your face go yellow
Your body go weak
I say but later if you no die inside
The yellow go fade away
Artificial catch you
You be man or woman
Na you go catch am yourself
Na your money go do am for you
You go yellow pass yellow
You go catch moustache for face
You go get your double colour
Your yansh go black like coal
You self go think say you dey fine
Who say you fine?

[CHORUS] NA LIE, YOU NO FINE AT ALL AT ALL, NA LIE

My sister, who say you fine

[CHORUS] NA LIE, YOU NO FINE AT ALL AT ALL, NA LIE

Yellow fever



You dey bleach, o you dey bleach
[CHORUS]YOU DEY BLEACH, O YOU DEY BLEACH *(after each)
African mother
You dey bleach, o you dey bleach
Sissy wey dey go
Yellow fever
Stupid thing
Yeye thing
f..cking thing
Ugly thing
Yellow fever
You dey bleach, o you dey bleach
African mother
You dey bleach, o you dey bleach
Sissy wey dey go
Yellow fever

Now to the underground spiritual game
Underground where dey down for school
Over there for school, yes
Where dey go say, teacher
Oya!

Who steal my bleaching
*[CHORUS] TEACHER *(AFTER EACH)
My precious bleaching
I buy am for shopping
For forty naira
How I go yellow
How I go find out
I go die o
I go die o
I go die o

According to complaint
Complaint must get answer
I beg please, help me help teacher
Oya, foolish
Oya!



Who steal your bleaching
[CHORUS] FOOLISH *(AFTER EACH)
Your precious bleaching
You buy am for shopping
For forty naira
You self all yellow
How you go find out?
Your face go yellow
Your yansh go black
Your moustache go show
Your skin go scatter
You go die o
You go die o
You go die o
You go die o



You dey bleach, o you dey bleach
[CHORUS]YOU DEY BLEACH, O YOU DEY BLEACH *(after each)
African mother
You dey bleach, o you dey bleach
Sissy wey dey go
Yellow fever
Stupid thing
Yeye thing
f..cking thing
Ugly thing
Yellow fever
You dey bleach, o you dey bleach
African mother
You dey bleach, o you dey bleach
Sissy wey dey go
Yellow fever



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