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Song Index
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Song Index Note: All songs by Fela except otherwise noted. “A O Merin J’oba” (Lagbaja), 187 “Africa Centre Of The World,” 77 “African Message,” 79, 159 “Ako,” 33 “Alagbara,” 112 “Alagbon Close,” 50, 52, 53–56, 92, 93, 94, 98, 124, 128, 131, 132, 133, 140, 151 “Alkebu-Lan” (Femi Kuti), 184 “Alu Jon Jonki Jon,” 46 “Araba’s Delight,” 12, 112 “Ariya,” 37, 117 “Army Arrangement,” 58, 150, 173 “Authority Stealing,” 58, 67, 76 “Bad Leadership” (Lagbaja), 187 “B.B.C.: Big Blind Country,” 58, 154 “Beasts of No Nation,” 74 “Beng, Beng, Beng” (Femi Kuti), 179, 182–183 “Black Man’s Cry,” 42, 76 “Bonfo,” 12, 16 “Buy Africa,” 42, 43, 48, 76 “Chop and Clean Mouth: New Name for Stealing ,” 58, 67, 173 “Cof¤n for Head Of State,” 85, 92, 112 “Colonial Mentality,” 57, 102, 161 “Confusion,” 92 “Confusion Break Bones,” 57, 67, 92, 93, 95–96 “Coolu Temper” (Lagbaja), 187 “Custom Check Point,” 58 “Do Your Best” (Femi Kuti), 183 “Don’t Worry About My Mouth O (African Message),” 79 “Eko,” 33, 39, 92 “Eko Ile,” 37, 39–41, 92, 93 “Eko Lagos” (Femi Kuti), 184 “Everyday I Got My Blues,” 12 “Expensive Shit,” 52, 53, 56, 140, 141 “Fear Not for Man,” 156 “Fere,” 12 “Fight to Win” (Femi Kuti), 183 “Fine Fine Baby,” 12 “Follow, Follow,” 102, 156 “Frustrations” (Femi Kuti), 182 “Funky Horn,” 33 “Gentleman,” 42, 44, 77, 102, 159, 171 “Go Slow,” 37, 40, 48, 92, 154 “He Miss Road,” 37, 48, 94, 128 “Highlife Time,” 12, 14, 15, 16 “Home Cooking,” 12 “I Feel Alright” (James Brown), 33 “I Love My Country” (Wole Soyinka), 101 “I.T.T.,” 33, 145–148, 151, 154 “Igbe,” 37 “Ikoyi Blindness,” 57, 58, 67, 92, 95, 156 “Ikoyi Mentality Versus Mushin Mentality,” 92 “It’s No Possible,” 37, 94 “Iya Mi O Se O,” 112 “J.J.D. (Johnny Just Drop),” 77, 95, 102 “J’Ehin J’Ehin (Chop-Teeth Chop-Teeth),” 37 “Je’Nwi Temi (Don’t Gag Me)” 37, 38–39, 53, 187 “Jeun Ko Ku (Chop and Quench),” 35–37, 48, 56, 187 “Just Like That,” 81 “Kalakuta Show,” 56, 95, 133 “Konko Below” (Lagbaja), 187 “Lady,” 42, 44–46, 48, 76, 81, 92, 113, 117, 124, 126, 154, 159, 171, 187 “Laise Lairo,” 12 “Legalize It” (Peter Tosh), 142 “Let’s Start,” 37, 51, 124 “Look and Laugh,” 156 “Lover,” 33 “M.A.S.S. (Movement Against Second Slavery ),” 60 “M.O.P. (Movement of the People) Political Statement Number 1,” 150 “Mattress,” 37, 41–42, 113 “Mio Fe,” 12 “Mister Follow Follow,” 57, 77 “Mr. Grammartologylisation Is the Boss,” 57 “Monday Morning in Lagos,” 37, 40, 92, 94 “Monkey Banana,” 128 “Moti Gborokan,” 12 “My Lady Frustration,” 32, 33, 34, 115 “Na Fight O,” 60 “Na Poi,” 37 “Nawa” (Femi Kuti), 182 “Nigerian Natural Grass (N.N.G.),” 143, 154 “No Agreement,” 56–57, 133 “No Buredi,” 67 “Noise for Vendor Mouth,” 37 “O.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake ),” 58, 67 “Obe,” 33 “Ololufe,” 12 “Ololufe Mi,” 15–16 “Omo Pupa” (Victor Olaiya), 17 “Omuti,” 36 “Omuti Tide,” 12, 15, 16 “One Day Someday” (Femi Kuti), 183 “Onidodo,” 12, 16–17, 36 “Open and Close,” 37 “Operation Feed the Nation” (Ebenezer Obey), 73 “Original Sufferhead,” 57, 67–76, 90, 92, 151 “Oroki Social Club” (Haruna Ishola), 213n9 “Oyin Momo” (Lagbaja), 187 “Perambulator,” 78, 92, 96–107, 151, 158, 161, 177 “Please Try Later” (Lagbaja), 187 “Plenty Nonsense” (Femi Kuti), 182 “Power Show,” 58 “Put Am Well Well” (Lagbaja), 187, 188–190 “Roforofo Fight,” 37, 130, 154 “Sawale” (Cardinal Rex Lawson), 17–18 “Shakara (Oloje),” 37, 48, 92, 117, 124, 126, 187 “Shenshema,” 17 “Shuffering and Shmiling,” 57, 58–66, 69, 79, 81, 92, 154, 156, 159, 171 “Sorrow Tears And Blood,” 57, 92, 93, 95 “Stalemate,” 156 “Stop AIDS” (Femi Kuti), 183 “Stranger: Allahaji Allahaji,” 60 “Survival” (Femi Kuti), 182 “Suuru Lere” (Lagbaja), 187 “Swegbe and Pako” (1972), 37, 48 “Talkatif”(Antibalas), 178 “Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense,” 148 “The Choice Is Yours” (Femi Kuti), 183 “This Is Sad,” 33 “Traitors of Africa” (Femi Kuti), 183, 184 “Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am,” 37 “Truth Don Die O” (Femi Kuti), 182 “2000 Blacks Got To Be Free,” 77 “Underground System,” 43, 58 “Unknown Soldier,” 92, 112, 113 “Upside Down,” 28, 50, 57, 67, 77, 92 “V.I.P. (Vagabonds in Power),” 58, 67, 83, 154 “Vernacular” (Lagbaja), 188 “Viva Nigeria,” 26, 27–28, 33, 43 “Wa...