A kujuba, A kujuba,
*[CHORUS]- EH____
(repeat 7x)
Yehhhh- eh!

Ke-re-KE, Ke-re-KE, Ke-re-KE, Ke-re-KE, Ke-re-KE, Ke-re-JI-KE-KE

*[CHORUS]- YAH
Ke-re-ke- JI- Ke-ke
CHORUS)- YAH
---------ke- JI- Ke-ke
*[CHORUS]- YAH
Ke-re-ke-KE- JI- Ke-ke
(repeat 3x)

Ke-RE-ke…

All the wahala**, all the problems, **(affliction/trouble)
All the things, all the things they go do,
For this world go start,
When the teacher, schoolboy & schoolgirl jam** together **(collide)

Who be teacher?
I go let you know...
(repeat 3x)

When we be pikin,
*[CHORUS] ‘FATHER/ MAMA” BE TEACHER
When we dey first school
*[CHORUS] TEACHER BE TEACHER
When we dey University
*[CHORUS] LECTURER BE TEACHER
When we start to work
*[CHORUS] GOVERNMENT BE TEACHER
Who be government teacher?
*[CHORUS] KOLU-SHOWAN TRADITION
Who be government teacher?
*[CHORUS] KOLU-SHOWAN TRADITION
Kolu-showan tradition
*[CHORUS] KOLU-SHOWAN TRADITION
Kolu-showan tradition
*[CHORUS] KOLU-SHOWAN TRADITION

Now the problem side, of a teaching student-ee
I go sing about
I don pass pikin, I don pass school, university, se-fa pass
As I don start to work, na government I must se-fa pass
Da go for France

*[CHORUS] YES SIR (*after each line) [occassionally “YES MAAM”]
Engi-land
Italy
Germany
Na dem culture
For der’
Be teacher
For dem
Go China
Russia
Korea
Viet Nam
Na dem culture
For der’
Be teacher
For dem
Go Syria
Jordan
Iran
Iraq
Na dem culture
For der’
Be teacher
For dem

Let us face ourselves for Afrika
Na de matter of Afrika
This part-ee of my song
Na all the problems of this world
In we dey carry, for Afrika

Wey no go ask-ee me
*[CHORUS] WHICH ONE?
(repeat 4x)

Problems of inflation
*[CHORUS] WHICH ONE? (after each line)
Problems of corruption
Of mismanagement
Stealing by government
Nothing dey we carry
All over Afrika
Na de latest one
Na him dey make me laugh

Posteri-
*[CHORUS] POSTERITY *(after each line)
Posteri-
Na him dey latest one
Na him dey make me laugh
Why I dey laugh?
Man no fit cry?

Ubi ya watisha na Oyinbo
Ubi ya watisha na Oyinbo
A na false, the first election
And the second election held in Nigeria
Na the second election na it was na pass
Boba la nonsense

*[CHORUS] BOBA** LA NONSENSE (*repeat after each line) **(misinform,)
Boba la nonsense
He pass “redeem” em
He pass corruption
Which kind election be dis?
People na go vote
Dem come get big big numbers
Fellows to thousands
Millions to billions
Which kind election be dis?
Boba la nonsense

Na dem-o-cr-azy be the deal(?)
Na dem-o-cr-azy be the deal
Who don teach us ee dem-o-cr-azy?
(bo-ptch) Oyinbo** teach-ee us **(foreigner/white)
(yuh-ngh) Oyinbo for Europe -oh
Oyinbo teach us many many things-ee
Many of dem things I don sing about-ee
Me I no gin copy Oyinbo style
Let us think say, Oyinbo no pass me
When Shagari finish him elections
Wey dem no tell am, say him make mistake
Say this yo, no be democracy
Oyinbo dem no tell army self
Na for England-ee, I me no fit take over
I come think about this demo-crazy

Democrazy
*[CHORUS] DEMO-CRAZY (*after each line)
Crazy demo
Demonstration of craze
Crazy demonstration
If it no be craze
Why for Afrika?
As time dey go
Things just dey bad
They bad more and more
Poor man dey cry
Rich man dey mess
Demo-crazy
Democrazy
Crazy demo
Demonstration of craze
Crazy demonstration

If good-u teacher teach-ee something
And he student make mistake
Teacher must talk-ee so
But Oyinbo no talk-ee so
I suffer dem, Dey suffer dem
Dem dey say da teaching get meaning
Different different meaning
Different different kinds of meaning
That is why I say
That is the reason of my song

That is the conclude
The conclud-ee of my song

I say, I sing, I beg everyone to join my song (3x)

*[CHORUS] TEACHER, TEACHER-O NA THE LECTURER BE YOUR NAME
TEACHER, TEACHER-O, NA THE LECTURE BE THE SAME
MAKE-EE NO TEACH-EE ME AGAIN OH
AS SOON TEACHING FINISH YES, DA THING-EE IT GON DIE IT DEY OH
AS SOON TEACHING FINISH YES, DA THING-EE IT GON DIE

ME & YOU NO DEY FOR THE SAME-EE CATEGORY (4X)

*[CHORUS] NOT THE SAME CATEGORY OH
Category *(repeat/Lead fills vocally)
Not the same category oh…

(KEY SOLO, etc)

Ke-re-KE, Ke-re-KE, Ke-re-KE, Ke-re-KE, Ke-re-KE, Ke-re-JI-KE-KE

*[CHORUS]- YAH
Ke-re-ke- JI- Ke-ke
CHORUS)- YAH
---------ke- JI- Ke-ke
*[CHORUS]- YAH
Ke-re-ke-KE- JI- Ke-ke
(repeat 3x)

*[CHORUS] TEACHER, TEACHER-O NA THE LECTURER BE YOUR NAME
TEACHER, TEACHER-O, NA THE LECTURE BE THE SAME
MAKE-EE NO TEACH-EE ME AGAIN OH
AS SOON TEACHING FINISH YES, DA THING-EE IT GON DIE IT DEY OH
AS SOON TEACHING FINISH YES, DA THING-EE IT GON DIE

ME & YOU NO DEY FOR THE SAME-EE CATEGORY (4X)

*[CHORUS] NOT THE SAME CATEGORY OH
Category *(repeat/Lead fills vocally)
Not the same category oh…

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