Fela Kuti - V.I.P
Fela brought his music to the Berlin Jazz Festival in 1978, along with all the trappings of his band Africa '70. The structure used by Fela in most of his songs is "responsorial," creating a sort of dialogue between himself and the choir. The song featured in this clip is VIP.
VIP stands for Very Important People, but a VIP is a man too rich for Fela, often in power; the VIP does not see the poor on the street, does not want to see them, and frankly does not care. For Fela, therefore, VIP means Vagabonds in Power, nothing more.
"Him no know hungry people
Him no know jobless people
Him no know homeless people
Him no know suffering people
Him go dey ride best car
Him go dey chop best food
Him go dey live best house
Him go dey waka for road
You go dey commot for road for am
Him go dey steal money
Na "Vagabond in Power"!
Him be wrong man
Na "Vagabond in Power"
Fela brought his music to the Berlin Jazz Festival in 1978, along with all the trappings of his band Africa '70. The structure used by Fela in most of his songs is "responsorial," creating a sort of dialogue between himself and the choir. The song featured in this clip is VIP.
VIP stands for Very Important People, but a VIP is a man too rich for Fela, often in power; the VIP does not see the poor on the street, does not want to see them, and frankly does not care. For Fela, therefore, VIP means Vagabonds in Power, nothing more.
"Him no know hungry people
Him no know jobless people
Him no know homeless people
Him no know suffering people
Him go dey ride best car
Him go dey chop best food
Him go dey live best house
Him go dey waka for road
You go dey commot for road for am
Him go dey steal money
Na "Vagabond in Power"!
Him be wrong man
Na "Vagabond in Power"
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