Sorry, those lyrics posted from a website were innacurate (it is 
hard to say what Fela was saying a lot of the time, but he fought 
for Democracy in Nigeria long and HARD !....and he is not the sexist 
bigot people think he was...it is a misinterpretation of a genius in 
out time ) 

Listen to Fela...you will rise to a higher world.

Song: LADY (note: in the pidgeon English of the Africans of the 
time "him" is interchangable with "She". I think they do not have 
the same language tenses)  

If you call woman 
African woman no go `gree
She go say I be Lady o  

If you call woman 
African woman no go `gree
She go say I be Lady o  

She go say:
*(CHORUS) SHE GO SAY I BE LADY O – [AFTER EACH LINE]
She go say I no be woman
She go say market woman na woman
She go say I be Lady  

I want tell you about Lady: (3x)
She go say him equal to man
She go say him get power like man
She go say anything man do
Him self he do
She go say him equal to man....
I never tell you finish… (5x)
I never tell you…
She the one won't take cigar before anybody
She the one won't make you open door for am
She the one won't make man wash plate for her for kitchen
She won't salute man she go sit down for sure (2x)
She won't sit down for table before anybody (2x)
She won't piece of meat before anybody (2x)
Call am for dance, she go dance Lady dance (2x)  


African woman go dance she go dance the fire dance (2x)
She no him manna Masster ?
She go cook for am
She go do anything he say
But Lady no be so (4x)
Lady na Masster (3x)
Call am for dance, she go dance Lady dance (2x)
African woman go dance she go dance the fire dance (2x)
She know him manna Masster
She go cook for am
She go do anything he say  

But Lady no be so (4x)
Lady na Masster (4x)
If you call am woman
African woman no go `gree
She go say I be Lady   


Fela Kuti (father of Afro-Beat - 1938-1997)
"Lady"    
Listen with the headphones on..YOU CANNOT MISS THIS if YOU LOVE 
MUSIC !     
(all of Fela's songs take about 3-4 
minutes to get through a wandering intro. )
- track # 3 on musicnow>Fela Kuti
http://aol.musicnow.com/az/artist.jhtml?id=2519  

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