Fela Kuti - Colonial Mentality Lyrics
[Chorus]He be say you be colonial manYou don be slave man beforeThem don release you nowBut you never release yourselfI say you fit never release yourselfColo-mentalityHe be say you be colonial manYou don be slave man beforeThem don release you nowBut you never release yourselfHe be soHe be so them dey do, them dey overdoAll the things them dey do (He be so!)He be so them dey do, them think dey sayThem better pass them brothersNo be so? (He be so!)The thing wey black no goodNa foreign things them dey likeNo be so? (He be so!)Them go turn air conditionAnd close them country awayNo be so? (He be so!)Them Judge him go put white wigAnd jail him brothers awayNo be so? (He be so!)Them go proud of them nameAnd put them slave name for headNo be so? (He be so!)Colo-mentality now make you hear me now[Chorus]Colo-mentality!Mr. Ransome you make you hearMr. Williams you make you hearMr. Allia you make you hearMr. Mohammed you make you hearMr. Anglican you make you hearMr. Bishop you make you hearMr. Catholic you make you hearMr. Muslim you make you hearNa Africa we dey o make you hearNa Africa we dey o make you hearColo-mentality hearColo-mentality hearMr. Ransome you make you hearMr. Ransome you make you hearNa Africa we dey o make you hearNa Africa we dey o make you hearColo-mentality hearColo-mentality hear[Chorus]Colo-mentality!
