When God came to Nigeria as a musician(fela) , we never believed him . now see what is happening in Nigeria. I listen to this song in my Peugeot car in the 80s

Fela Kuti a Master of his art, a philosopher of his time, a fighter for a better society and an accountable government. A courageous visionary and an unwavering voice of the struggle. We hold you in immortal memory. Rest on!

Fela is a genius. MY God I didn't know he is this great.

Thank God, no one can dislike this underground spiritual message - from eternity to eternity

This is a definition that Grammy Awards doesn't decide greatness.

Not only do i love Fela's music but much respect for him standing up to the nigerian crooked president and they jailed,beat and starved him but he kept making music exposing them.....much respect

MUSIC WAS NOT FELA, FELA IS MUSIC,A TRUE DEFINITION OF UNDIMENSIONED MUSIC

The opportunity to have been a shrine regular in the late 80s was indeed a privilege. There will never be another Fela; regrettably so. The guy had unbelievable foresight. Everything he sang about and fought against is still plaguing Nigeria and indeed Africa. Sadly a cursed continent despite being so blessed. RIP Agbami Eda

After 37 years of this music, still the same old story in Nigeria/Africa. No food, no water, no electricity, huge inflation, gross mismanagement, massive corruption, We Africans should think and retrace our steps. Fela is not a Star, Fela is a Moon (one in universe) RIP.

Materialism, distractions and yearning for western culture are barriers to producing another artist of this caliber .

The slight 'off beat' percussion in step with the organ is just fuckin' fantastic, no less you expect from this genius and his amazing conglomerate of musicians

On this 25th anniversary of his passage,I celebrate an African & Global legend.A mythical iconoclast. He saw through the Western charade of underdevelopment of Africa and fought imperialism with his music. He will remain in the annals of great history of mankind.

The song says everything about Nigeria and everything wrong in Nigeria so sad and almost soul destroying. The Afrobeat legend who saw Nigeria for what it truly is, the great man is no more but nothing has changed in fact conditions within Nigeria are even worse today.

The beginning of this tune is haunting....You can actually hear the pain in the keyboards ....The bitter complaints of a failed system is musically expressed in the composition by an enigma who's music will live forever...

I can feel the painful expression from fela thru this song concerning the sorry situation of Nigeria. He tried all he could to awake the National consciousnes of the Nigerian people and the black race.Unfortunately baba all what u said still lingers and even worse. Rest in peace u have done your part.its left to the Nigerian people to do theirs.

Going down memory lane when I would take off from Unaab to watch Abami eda. It was fantastic and thank God I was able to witness his live performances. He was simply the best. There is something about his music that I can't explain, it's the kind of feeling that you get when you are fulfilled. Amongst his nicknames were Ogostin because of the shape of his head. Continue to rest in peace Leniyan

This fela is good . Meeen see music notes and powerful arrangements. He has so much quality. He is such an icon

I hope he sings in heaven. RIP Fela!!

Chai see music arrangement from start to finish.....so organised and melodious. Great African President you were.....great prophet too!

You have to be a genius to have composed a melodious song as this! I listened to it from the begining to the end and it all become a food for thought in our present life time. A great man indeed!

People who visited the shrine were privileged. they had the opportunity to listen to fela compose, create and sing five years before the general public could hear the songs. The legend did not care for money.

This. Is. Art.

My idol and the only prophet from Africa. Abami Eda, your spirit and philosophy live forever.

this is more than a song,also one of my best ever song from a greatest legendary fela anikulapo kuti.......this is highly spiritual and vivacity song.we miss u baba.

His arrangement is intriguing, the drum beat was sustained from the begining of the track to the end. Fela was a legend

I LOVE THIS SONG! Everytime I listen to it, my imagination goes away and I wish I was leading a band doing this song on stage..it has such an amazing syncopated beat, and the horns are bad ass!! Very few musicians make my imagination spin, Fela is one of them.

This right here is SPIRITUAL 🔥 the very definition.

So rich in melody and rhythm yet still consciousness awakening.

I doubt if Nigeria will ever have this kind of a artist again. People like Fela come but once in a blue moon,not even 2 face can match his catalogs

Deep deep from Yoruba heart. Olorun guide us, mother Ayé ya feed us, master Fela we salute you in Orún. Thank you from deep inside mi heart, Axé.

Another masterpiece from the master himself.

Man that bass speaks to the genuine emotions that one feels in a way that most music doesn't. That's the thing about felas music it resonates to the human emotions that we find so hard to define ourselves, and there's a myriad of jigsaws fitting the puzzle, patterns, colors, shape on a cosmic level yet so deep rooted in the earth

Fela will forever be missed. His music is irreplaceable. For students of Nigerian culture, there is no better instrument of learning. RIP BABA.

When I hear this, i hear Nigeria & Nigerians pain, The soul, power and spirits of our people. WE ARE GREAT, BUT ARE MANAGED BY KELPTOCRACY!

I haven't heard this since 1986 that November when I was supposed to meet my first husband ( actually in 1984 to be honest ) This was the song was the best I had heard as of yet and to this day Powerful!!!

very splendid, uncompareable with nowadays music,songs with no message, but this full of wisdom, lessons every tracks He sungs

The chronicles of Fela Kuti. Music that tells history just as it was happening..

can't believe i could hear dis song again, dis is the best afro music i ever listened to. thanks hogan 523 for dis spiritual healing song........

Sad and beautiful.. Fela still dey teach 20 yrs after death. Hail d Man!!!

If a top 5 list for FELA existed for me this would def be on it!

I love this; it has this melody that paints a picture in my mind of our African ancestors crying for the pain that Africa is going through and for Africa to make a turn back on its right path.

Every lyric in the song epitomise what Nigeria has gone through and still going through.. Baba 70 long may your legacy live.

Fela was gifted to the black world as an instrument of enlightenment, education and inspiration. He did not come to embezzle money or steal, he was purely a teacher and prophet, that's why his name resonates today over names that castigated and rebuked him. Fela's name will be there in a thousand years and forever.

One of the greatest musician if not the greatest musician in the world.

The problem still dey kakaraka😂😂😂 yes in 2024. Fela is irreplaceable philosopher My great grand children will see this comments. revolution continue...

That this is still so true throughout a lot of Africa. Sad. Thank you for the music Fela!

This is just too beautiful. I think Fela was greatest African musician ever! Thanks for this post.

I literally teared up within the first minute of hearing this

Just take some few minutes and listen to this hit and you will get to know why we say Fela was the man

how can a music piece be this simple yet complicated? fela lives on #CBB

Any time I listen to this song, (and I almost always listen to it at least 10 times every day and that's apart from the times when its on repeat in my head) I always feel like crying for Nigeria. The same conditions he said he was tired of back then some 30 years ago are still the same conditions we complain about today. Same old news... I would not want my kids to still complain about this same rubbish 30 years from now.

There can never another Nigerian artist like this Legend again...

That mournful sax.

If anyone is looking for a prophet here is HIM👆🏿👆🏿👆🏿👆🏿👆🏿

This track is very dear to my heart. Gets me into a trance whenever i listen to it. Great work.

Spiritual musician .. Rest on Baba Fela

This Man Is A Great musician Of African.. May His Soil Rest In Peace.

This is what I call MUSIC right there!

What a strong message and good delivery. Rest on Fela

I sing dis song some time ago Call am Confusion" Then army never burn my house Oil money flow for Lagos then LARUDU REPEKE (after each line) Repeke Laru, Laru, laru Repeke Laru, My people dey say Nigeria done dey But me as I see am I no say, Nigeria go-go down Our country go dey make-ee money My people of country no see money LARUDU REPEKE (after each line) Repeke Laru, Laru, laru, laru Repeke Laru, Laru, laru I see many many things in Nigeria I see many wrong things in Nigeria Some time ago I come sing one song Repete Laru, Laru, laru Repete Laru, When I say confusion Everything out of-ee control When everything out-ee of control-ee Go be say, it " Pafuka"-oh PAFUKA NA QUENCH (Confusion kills] (after each line) Pafuka fit be Hospital Pafuka fit be Police Station Pafuka fit be Mortuary I sing about one street for Lagos Called " Ojou Eelegba" I take a copy how Nigeria be One crossroad in center town LARUDU REPEKE (after each line) Repeke Laru, Laru, laru, laru Repeke Laru, Laru, laru For " Oju Eegba" For " Oju Elegba" For " Ojou Eelegba" For " Ojou Eelegba" Moto dey come from-u East(car) Moto dey come from-u West Moto dey come from-u North Moto dey come from-u South And police-ee man no dey for center (not directing traffic- there are no traffic lights in Lagos) Na confusion be dat ee-oh PAFUKA NA QUENCH (Confusion kills) (after each line) Pafuka fit tbe police station Pafuka fit be hospital Pafuka fit be mortuary (And then I say Confusion Na wetin Ohhh) CONFUSION NA WAH Den I say confusion na wait ee-oh Confusion na wait ee-oh After he go take, Police-ee Army come burn-u my house After he go take, Police-ee Army come burn-u my house I started to think, I started to think-ee think Dey police wey go help people, not dem dey burn burn so Say army wey go defend cities, not dem dey burn burn so A na time around 1975 and '77 (dates police/army attacked Fela's home) Police go seize expensive goods, dem start togo burn burn dem Army go go market, and meeting cost money, go burn burn dem Why dem like to burn the things wey dey cost-ee money? Government fit sell to people cheap-ee cheap-ee Government fit dash people, we no get-ee money And di burn burn, na him dey sweet-ee dem pass (them burn & bribe) Na him dey sweet-ee dem pass Oya oh, dem burn burn[} OYA (after each line) Oya oh……, dem burn burn{ Repeat stanza 4x] My problem is no small at all Nothing dey for me to sing about All di things wey I de see I know like, All of dem I see, I sing about If something good today I go sing, nothing good is ever dey to sing about If I sing I say food -u nothing NA OLD-U NEWS-EE BE DATAFTER EACH (That is old news) Dey old-u news-ee be dat-oh If I sing-ee say, water no dey Old old old news be dat-ee-oh If I sing-ee say, electric -ee light no dey Old old news be dat-ee-oh If I sing-ee say, Inf-i-lati-on If I sing-ee say, mismanagement If I sing-ee say, corrup-u-tion If I sing-ee say, stealing by government Old old old news be dat-ee-oh Di problems still dey ba'gba ra ‘gba I say di problems still dey ba'gba ra ‘gba Dey thing weh dey worry me How dis robbery come get-ee big-ee head The first -ee one, na leg-ee robbery LEG-EE ROBBO-ERY Where money go pick-ee pockets Dey man go start take leg-ee wrong The second one na, armed robbery ARM-O ROBBO-ERY Where man-o go-go steal big things He go take-ee gun defend himself The third one, na head-oh robbery HEAD-O ROBBO-ERY Where all pata-pata go-go steal (everything) He go take position, steal all free Free stealing, na him policy Head-ee robbery, Which head-ee get-ee no dey steal? Which president we get-ee never steal? CONFUSION BREAK-EE BONE-EE, YEPA, CONFUSION BREAK-EE BONE-EE, YEPA, DOUBLE WAHALA FOR DEAD-EE BODYABIOLA OH DEAD-EE BODY

Goodnight baba,the whole world miss you fela anikulapo kuti,nobody will ever be like you,you are the best!!!!!!!!

The BEST SONG ever!

This is music.. classic! Thank you Baba 70 "Which president we get wey never stea ?l" Authority stealing is still goin on til this day

i love this song...played it all the way through my exams...the tune is timeless and of course the story in the song am sure still very relevant today..... BAFUKA NA QUENCH (Confusion kills]

This is my all time fave song of fela Kuti 😅

6:15, straight to the soul with that sax. Oh god Fela, we are still troubled by so much of the same!!

2019 August nothing changed in Nigeria, it's actually getting worse since 1990 when the song was released

The ENDSARS movement (of October 13th, 2020) brought me here....! Double wahala for dead body!!

Fela lives forever

RIP GREAT LEGEND

this is without a doubt amazing sound.

Baba is honest and fearless. still the same thing today, same problem remain. God save Africa. oh Africa

In memory of the Nigerian youths massacred by the Nigerian soldiers during the #EndSARS protest ... 20/10/2020

Probably the greatest to ever come out of Africa. Thank God he is getting as much recognition like his contemporaries (Bob Marley, Manu dibango and Salif Keita). Their messages are ahead of time....

This guy makes me wish I was Nigerian...

yeah yeah. this is some spiritual something. Am proud of Fela Abami Eeda.

LOVE.

Oh my God.... Fela you are/were great...

It's the people of nigeria that are responsible for the state that the country is in.

Cool fela still here

The horns in the song are just something else... from 26:00 min on is pure mastery

He remains my super hero

The truth made into flesh, king Fela.

Fela had seen all the problems of Nigeria and he had made cleared to our government still they never listen to him and take to correction from his talents, since then we are still inside the same issue. Since when he had died his songs are still relevant. What a gr8 legend musician May his soul rest in peace and may God Almighty deliver this nation from the wicked leaders.

The story of Nigeria so far. We hope for a happy ending.

Nigeria greatest prophet and musician is gone what a great lost to Africa as well Huu FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI RIP

BABA hooo yeaaah, my sons will cary the flow for a better future, ooh! yeah... Fela, dadabe, real vibes on the planet yeah full of systems and corrupted minds, long live the vibes from the boss

Just listened to Look and Laugh and started on this only find myself with my head in m hands despondent.

No matter how you'll be listening to Fela an you will not be happy. #FelaSpiritual

best song ever

Nigerias last prophet.

This Is a Bad Boy!!! One of my favorites. RIP Fela. Love You Brother!!!

Respeckt !!!! Denmark

My best fale

my favourite fela song

Abami Eda, 2nd to none...love all yah music

Baba may your soul rise in perfect place

i fell i love with fela with this song 20yrs ago the week of his death.

Beautiful music he saw it clearly

Uma das músicas mais lindas que já ouvi em toda a minha vida. Um hino, um canto, um grito, uma obra de arte sem precedentes. Não precisa entender o que está sendo dito ou cantado para saber que vem da alma. Salve o presidente negro!