Fela Kuti - I. T. T. (International Tif-Tif) | Текст песни

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• I. T. T. (International Tif-Tif)

International Thief Oh I.T.T. International rogue Oh, eh

Wella**, **(this is true) wella, wella wella -Ha - Yeh- Ch

Mother fuckers, Bastard Mother fuckers You go yab** dem **(make fun of/abuse) Hurry up der Say, “yeah”

Wella well, na true I want talk again o Na true I want talk again o If I dey lie o Make Osiri punish me Make Ifa dey punish me o Make Edumare punish me o Make the land dey punish me o Make Edumare punish me o I read ‘em for book ee-o I see so myself ee-o (2x on the 3rd repetition) Well-ee well-ee o

Long time ago Long, long time ago African man we no dey carry shit We dey shit in-side big big hole For Yourba-land in na "Shalanga" For Igbo-land in na "Onunu-insi" For Hausa-land in na "Salunga" For Ga-land in na "Tiafi" For Ashanti-land in na “Yarni" For Ethiopia-land in na "Sagara-bet" For Kikuyu-land in na “Cho-Cho” For Bemba-land in na “Chimbuzi” For Tunga-land in na “Echibuzi” Long, long, long, long time ago African man we no dey carry shit We dey shit inside big big hole Long, long, long, long time ago Before them come force us away as slaves During the time them come force us away as slaves Na European man, na him dey carry shit Na for them culture to carry shit During the time dem come colonize us Dem come teach us to carry shit Long, long, long, long time ago African man weh no dey carry shit Na European man teach us to carry shit

Many foreign companies dey Africa carry all our money go SAY AM, SAY AM Many foreign companies dey Africa carry all our money go Dem go write big English for newspaper, Dabaru* we Africans *(ruin/confuse) Dem go write big English for newspaper, Dabaru we Africans I read about one of them inside book like that- Them call him name na I.T.T

Them go dey cause confusion Cause corruption Cause oppression Cause inflation

Dem get one style wey dem dey use Dem go pick one African-i man A man with low mentality Them go give am million naira breads To become of high position here Him go bribe some thousand naira bread To become one useless-i chief Like rat dey do, dem go,Dey do from
Corner corner pass-ee, pass-ee Under, under pass-ee, pass-ee Inside-ee, Inside-ee pass-ee, pass-ee In-ee, in-ee, pass-ee, pass-ee Out-ee, out-ee, pass-ee, pass-ee Peep-peep, peep-peep, pass-ee pass-ee

In-ee, in-ee, pass-ee, pass-ee Corner corner, pass-ee, pass-ee Under, under, pass-ee, pass-ee Inside-ee, Inside-ee, pass-ee, pass-ee Over world, pass-ee, pass-ee Corner corner, pass-ee, pass-ee Under, under, pass-ee, pass-ee Inside- inside Then he gradually, gradually, gradually, gradually (2x) Them go be: Friend friend to journalist Friend to friend to Commissioner Friend friend to Permanent Secretary Friend to friend to Minister Friend to friend to Head of State Then start start to steal money Start start them corruption Start start them inflation Start start them oppression Start start them confusion Start start them oppression Start start to steal money Start start to steal money Like Obasanjo and Abiola

I.T.T International rogue International thief Go fight dem, Wella wella We don tire to carry anymore of them shit **[repeat indefinitely, add next stanza occasionally]

INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF (explanation)

* Uses abbreviation of “International Telephone & Telegraph” to attack all foreign companies for stealing from Africa, and for turning Africans into human-waste carriers [agbepo]. Derides stupid Africans who are put into power as puppets of the companies. Tricked & used by these companies, they become equally greedy & ruthless.

“I still want to speak the truth. If I lie, may I be punished by Edumare (a Yoruba god), Osiris, the Ifa (Nigeria gods), & the land itself. I have read about it read it in books, I have seen it personally.

Europeans came & forced their ways on Africa. Long ago, Africans didn't carry shit, we shat in a big hole (as evidenced by words for this hole in many African tribal languages-Yoruba, Igbo, Haussa, Ashant