Fela Kuti — Buy Africa

[Chorus] Se tiwa nio mio fe Se tiwa nio mio ra Se tiwa nio mio se Se tiwa nio mio [?] Se tiwa nio mio se Tani ma ba wa je Tani ma ba wa se Kila se ma lowo l'Africa Afi ti aba ra ti wa o e Afi ti aba se ti wa o Afi ti aba ra ti wa o e Afi ti aba se ti wa o Se tiwa nio mio fe Se tiwa nio mio ra Se tiwa nio mio se Tani ma ba wa je Tani ma ba wa se Se tiwa nio mio fe Se tiwa nio mio ra [Verse] Na so, na so African man dey talk Him go see him own thing if he make for your own contry He ain't [?] for you own country Him go say him no want, he no good Him go work hard de other countries Outside Africa na him want Na you ain't good for you own He be fool! Big fool! Because unless we buy our own thing Unless we do our own thing We no go make money To be like other countries outside Africa That is why we have to do our own things [?] our own things So we can be rich like other countries outside Africa Because African man no want him own I ask him a question in my own language I ask him a question in my own mother tongue I say: Tani ma ba wa se Tani ma ba wa je Kila se ma lowo l'Africa Kila se ma lowo l'Africa Afi ta ba ra tiwa o Afi ta ba se tiwa o Ko'gbon o, iya mi ko'gbon o Ko'gbon o, baba mi ko'gbon o Egbon mi o, ko'gbon o Buy Africa!