Letra da Música I.t.t de Fela Kuti

INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF (x3)
I.T.T
INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF
International Thief
Oh
INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF (x2)
I.T.T.
INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF
Oh, eh
INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF (x2)

Wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella,
wella, wella, wella-- Ha (x2)

Wella**, **
wella, wella, wella,
Wella, wella, wella, wella, wella
Wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella
Wella, wella *
Wella, wella, wella, wella, wella
Wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella, wella,
wella, wella, wella---Ha - Yeh- Ch – Ch – Ch -Ch

Mother fuckers, Bastard Mother fuckers
YEAH
We yab** dem **
Hurry up der
Say, “yeah”


Wella well, na true I want talk again o
WELL WELL
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
WELL WELL-EH-EH-EH-EH-EH-EH-ELL- WELL WELL
Well-ee well-ee o
WELL WELL-EH-EH-EH-EH-EH-EH-ELL- WELL WELL [3X]



Long time ago
Long, long time ago
LONG TIME AGO
Long, long, long, long time ago
African man we no dey carry shit
We dey shit in-side big big hole
For Yourba-land na "Shalanga"
For Igbo-land na "Onunu-insi"
For Hausa-land na "Salunga"
For Ga-land na "Tiafi"
For Ashanti-land na “Yarni"
For Ethiopia-land na "Sagara-bet"
For Voodoo-land na “Cho-Cho”
For Bemba-land na “Chimbuzi”
For Tunga-land 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
Long, long, long, long time ago
Before them come for suss us away as slaves
During the time them come for suss 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
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
I read about one of them inside book like that- Them call him name na I.T.T


Them go dey cause confusion
CONFUSION
Cause corruption
CORRUPTION
Cause oppression
OPPRESSION
Cause inflation
INFLATION

Dem go dey,
Cause oppression
OPPRESSION
Cause confusion
CONFUSION
Cause corruption
CORRUPTION
Cause inflation
INFLATION

Cause oppression
OPPRESSION
Cause confusion
CONFUSION
Cause inflation
INFLATION
Cause oppression
OPPRESSION
Oppression, Opression, Inflation, Corruption, Opression, 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

INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF
I.T.T
International rogue
International thief
We fight them,


Well well
WELL WELL
Wella wella
We don tire
to carry
anymore of
them shit