Everybody Get Agenda

by BANTU

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1.	Animal Carnival 03:51	lyrics	buy track
Chorus: Kò ṣe eku, kò ṣe ẹyẹ Kò ṣe eku, kò ṣe ẹyẹ Àdán ò ṣe eku, kò ṣ’ẹyẹ Àdán ò ṣe eku, kò ṣ’ẹyẹ * Verse 1: Magic and miracle plenty eh Some dey close eye, others dey shine eye dey pray In this land of confusion, big illusion Baba Ìjẹ̀bú tactics dem go use score hat trick Dem go finger we brain, lie with no shame Animal Carnival don start again Chorus: Kò ṣe eku, kò ṣe ẹyẹ Kò ṣe eku, kò ṣe ẹyẹ Àdán ò ṣe eku, kò ṣ’ẹyẹ Àdán ò ṣe eku, kò ṣ’ẹyẹ Verse 2: If say na Nollywood we for don clap If say na comedy we for don laugh 36 million Naira snake swallow o Monkey double am carry 70 go Rat observe di matter plan him coup d’état Di only way to the billions na chase out oga Chorus: Kò ṣe eku, kò ṣe ẹyẹ Kò ṣe eku, kò ṣe ẹyẹ Àdán ò ṣe eku, kò ṣ’ẹyẹ Àdán ò ṣe eku, kò ṣ’ẹyẹ Bridge: Kùrù-kẹrẹ, kùrù-kẹrẹ Àdán má ṣe (No Do) Kùrù-kẹrẹ, kùrù-kẹrẹ Kùrù-kẹrẹ, kùrù-kẹrẹ Àdán má ṣe (No Do) Kùrù-kẹrẹ, kùrù-kẹrẹ Chorus: Kò ṣe eku, kò ṣe ẹyẹ Kò ṣe eku, kò ṣe ẹyẹ Àdán ò ṣe eku, kò ṣ’ẹyẹ Àdán ò ṣe eku, kò ṣ’ẹyẹ 2nd Chorus: Ọ̀rọ̀ l’ẹyẹ ń gbọ́ Ẹyẹ ò dédé bà l’órùlé o Ọ̀rọ̀ ni Ọ̀rọ̀ l’ẹyẹ ń gbọ́ Ẹyẹ ò dédé bà l’orùlé o Ọ̀rọ̀ ni Translation from Yoruba: Kò ṣẹ eku, kò ṣẹ ẹyẹ: It’s not a rat, It’s not a bird Àdán ò sẹ eku, kò ṣ’ẹyẹ: A bat is not a rat and it is not a bird The idea behind using this to mock the “supernatural” events around the disappearance of millions of dollars in Nigeria * Kùrù-kẹrẹ, kùrù-kẹrẹ, Àdán má ṣe (No Do), Kùrù-kẹrẹ kùrù-kẹrẹ Mr. Bat don’t attempt to deceive us with your crafty and cunning ways ***Ọ̀rọ̀ l’ẹyẹ ń gbọ́, ẹyẹ ò dédé bà l’órùlé o, ọ̀rọ̀ ni A Yoruba proverb that says: “A bird does not randomly choose to perch on any rooftop there must be something going on inside the chosen house that’s caught its attention.”
2.	Disrupt The Programme 04:00	lyrics	buy track
Intro (crowd chant) Freedom, Freedom!!! Chorus We must to disrupt the programme Put sand sand for their garri Regain our freedom by any means necessary Disrupt the programme Put sand sand for their garri Regain our freedom by any means necessary Verse 1 Oga no tell me say make I hold my anger Make I no make noise make I cooli temper When herdsmen dey slaughter, massacre we brother From Benue, Ekiti, Enugu, Zamfara Hundreds dey die dey peme like fly Blood e dey flow government dey turn eye Silent indifference dem go play with our sense Point hand for Libya to bury di matter Chorus We must to disrupt the programme Put sand sand for their garri Regain our freedom by any means necessary Disrupt the programme Put sand sand for their garri Regain our freedom by any means necessary Verse 2 How long we go dey wait dey sit down debate Dey waste our saliva dey yan for social media Nothing go change if we no organise Call out their bullshit and cut them to size Na we get di strength na we get di numbers Nothing to fear my brother rise up my sister By vote or by force we must wipe di slate clean This yẹ́yẹ́ politirikshians must enter dustbin We must to disrupt the programme Put sand sand for their garri Regain our freedom by any means necessary Disrupt the programme Put sand sand for their garri Regain our freedom by any means necessary Freedom – It’s all or nothing Freedom – No time for begging Freedom – The poor must rise Freedom – Affirm your rights Freedom – It’s all or nothing Freedom – The clock is ticking Freedom – We done with talking Freedom – Just stand for something Freedom, freedom, freedom….
3.	Water Cemetery 04:21	lyrics	buy track
Chorus: Plenty, plenty body for open sea Mediterranean na cemetery Yeah o Africa future dey die o Plenty, plenty body for open sea Mediterranean na cemetery Yeah o Africa future dey die o Verse 1: Where’s the outrage who we holding accountable? Are we all numb cause of daily survival? Why the images don’t touch us no more? Why we so detached like reporters of war? What’s it going to take to mobilise the people To ignite compassion in these times of evil? How we going to stop the youth from chasing a dream When the future is dark, grey and grim? How you sell patience when it’s short cuts And instant gratification at all costs? How you debunk lies of lands of milk and honey When we celebrate scammers and money? Chorus: Plenty, plenty body for open sea Mediterranean na cemetery Yeah o Africa future dey die o Plenty, plenty body for open sea Mediterranean na cemetery Yeah o Africa future dey die o Verse 2: How do you grieve when you never saw a body? How do you say goodbye when the grave is empty? How do you find closure and ever move on When your heart keeps hoping from dusk till dawn? For every floating corpse- two in the Sahara! Bodies buried in sand don’t appear in data Neither the thousands with no name and paper Dumped, abandoned in the cemeteries of strangers Brothers and sisters tortured and raped Sold and resold as modern-day slaves Organ harvesters and human traffickers Making their gains from the pains of Africans Bridge: Omi ń gb’ọ́mọ lọ * Owó ni àwọn adarí ń kó Ènìyàn ń parun s’áṣálẹ̀ Wọ́n ń gbẹ̀bí fún aláàárẹ̀ Wọ́n ń gbàre fún ẹlẹ́bi Òṣìṣẹ́ kò r’ówó gbà o Chorus Plenty, plenty body for open sea Mediterranean na cemetery Yeah o Africa future dey die o Plenty, plenty body for open sea Mediterranean na cemetery Yeah o Africa future dey die o *** Translation from Yoruba While water is taking away our children our government is busy stealing money. Our People are dying in the desert. The government rewards the thief and punishes those who refuse to steal. Workers who toil and sweat are being denied their wages.
4.	Cash And Carry 03:52	lyrics	buy track
Chorus: Loyalty na cash and carry Objection na mortuary Everybody get agenda With their mercenary enterprise Loyalty na cash and carry Objection na mortuary Everybody get agenda With their mercenary enterprise Verse 1: Na do or die Dem must suck us dry Squeeze our resistance till we all comply Dem go buy off your voice Silence your vote Frustrate you finish make you self implode When dem commot your dignity, kidnap humanity Turn you to animal fighting for survival Chorus: Loyalty na cash and carry Objection na mortuary Everybody get agenda With their mercenary enterprise Loyalty na cash and carry Objection na mortuary Everybody get agenda With their mercenary enterprise Verse 2: Their heart no Pure Their ways no clean Dem be human blood traders, anti progress machine Dem murder Bola Ige Blow up Dele Giwa Play us like maga make we no remember Na dem buy the leadership of student and trade union Finish Nigeria for generations to come Chorus: Loyalty na cash and carry Objection na mortuary Everybody get agenda With their mercenary enterprise Loyalty na cash and carry Objection na mortuary Everybody get agenda With their mercenary enterprise Verse 3: Na who you go trust When na crooks be your leaders Liars and cheaters the penultimate winners Prosperity worship na our motto Instead of hardwork we dey cut corner go Prayer and fasting should never replace sweat Caus nothing like conscience when money dàbàrú your sense Chorus: Loyalty na cash and carry Objection na mortuary Everybody get agenda With their mercenary enterprise Loyalty na cash and carry Objection na mortuary Everybody get agenda With their mercenary enterprise
5.	Jagun Jagun 03:29	lyrics	buy track
Chorus: Jagun-jagun ló ń bọ̀ Jagun-jagun ló ń bọ̀ Jagun-jagun ló ń bọ̀ Chant: Olórí-ogun ò gbọdọ̀ kẹ́yìn ogun Ọ̀kan ṣoṣo Ẹja tí ń d’abú-omi rú Ọ̀kan ṣoṣo Ẹfọ̀n tí ń d’ọ̀dàn rú Ọ̀kan ṣoṣo Àjànàkú tí ń m’igbó kìji-kìji Jagun-jagun dé, ọmọ ọba kìí jagun bí ẹrú Òlọ́ṣọmọ́dìí gba ìbọn lọ́wọ́ ọmọ ojo Jagun-jagun, afiwájúgbọta, afẹ̀yìngbọfà Jagun-jagun ò fẹ́rọ̀, alágbára èyàn tí ń fi májèlé ròfọ́, Àlùjànú èyàn tí ń fi ọmọ-odó tayín Bó ṣe ń bá ọmọdé ṣe, bẹ́ẹ̀ ló ń bágbà ṣe Kọ̀nàn-kọ̀nàn já tòun tòwú Jagun-aso, ẹkùn ọkọ òkè! Arọnimaja ṣáagun! Ó ṣáagun ṣáagun, ó ṣáagun títí, ohun l’awo Alágbàá`a, èyí tí ó fi ta b’aṣeégún lójú Chorus: Jagun-jagun ló ń bọ̀ Jagun-jagun ló ń bọ̀ Jagun-jagun ló ń bọ̀ Translation: (Chorus) It’s the Warrior’s arrival It’s the Warrior’s arrival It’s the Warrior’s arrival (Chant) The captain of the war must not bring up the rear The one-and-only Fish that troubles the pond The one-and-only Buffalo that troubles the savannah The one-and-only Behemoth that shakes up the jungle The Warrior comes, a prince does not go to war like a slave One-who-is-clad-in-waistcloth yet wrests the rifle from the coward Warrior, one who faces the bullet with his chest and the arrow with his back The Warrior needs no antidote, the strong man who cooks the broth with poisonous spice, A ghost who picks his teeth with a pestle One who gets along well with both young and old The sling that cuts up together with the thread Budding Warrior, terror to the hills! Arọnimaja, the butcher’s hand! Crushing the bones endlessly, the cult of Alágbàáà the masquerader, and the straying piece of bone piercing the unsuspecting masquerader in the face
6.	Killers And Looters 04:47	lyrics	buy track
Verse 1: Dem go dey pose, dey turn up their nose Bouncing with confidence they dare us to oppose Agents of wickedness stabbing and laughing Vampire politricians taunting our suffering Impunity na the order of the day See as our judges dey receive back hand pay Chorus: Dem go mock our suffering Laugh at our pain Killer and looters don start again Dem go mock our suffering Laugh at our pain Killer and looters don start again Verse 2: Carpet-crossers with no ideology United by greed and stolen money (ole)* Dem go plunder we treasury Quadruple their salary Free market for all, na broken economy Ex-Generals rewriting our history Vindicating themselves of all their past atrocities Chorus: Dem go mock our suffering Laugh at our pain Killer and looters don start again Dem go mock our suffering Laugh at our pain Killer and looters don start again Bridge ** Wọ́n ń f’ẹkún wa ṣe yẹ̀yẹ́ Wọ́n ń fi ìbànújẹ́ wa ṣayọ̀ Wọ́n ń f’ẹkún wa ṣe yẹ̀yẹ́ o Wọ́n ń fi ìbànújẹ́ wa ṣayọ̀ Chorus: Dem go mock our suffering Laugh at our pain Killer and looters don start again Dem go mock our suffering Laugh at our pain Killer and looters don start again Yoruba translation Ole- Thief *They laugh at our tears, they mock our suffering
7.	Me, Myself And I 04:17	lyrics	buy track
Chorus Na me, myself and I Nothing concern me with your cry Na me, myself and I Carry your problem from my eye Na me, myself and I Nothing concern me with your cry Na me, myself and I Carry your problem from my eye Verse 1: I dey face my lane dey go I no dey yan big grammar, no dey talk Òyiǹbó Na to hammer na ihn be my goal Na to prosper na ihn be my own I go make am by force By hook or by crook If you like make you hate me If you like make you look Ọ̀gá conscience morality judge me not Na survival of the fittest from south to north Chorus: Na me, myself and I Nothing concern me with your cry Na me, myself and I Carry your problems from my eye Na me, myself and I Nothing concern me with your cry Na me, myself and I Carry your problems from my eye Verse 2: Ó yá wetin you wann do change my situation Which miracle dey comot frustration Since we dey grow na suffer suffer we know Nothing to show at 58 o We country na one chance big go slow Na thief dey progress dey advance e o No tell me say di future go bright When mosquitos dey chop us and hunger dey bite Chorus: Na me, myself and I Nothing concern me with your cry Na me, myself and I Carry your problems from my eye Na me, myself and I Nothing concern me with your cry Na me, myself and I Carry your problems from my eye
8.	Man Know Man 04:51	lyrics	buy track
Chorus: Na man know man for Megacity No pity for poverty survival get as e be Man know man for Megacity No pity for poverty survival get as e be Verse 1: No food for lazy man No time for dreamers Move on in line and join the money worshippers Cause Lagos na survival Lagos na hustle For Èkó Àkéte dem go chop you if you humble O ya, shine shine your eye Better flex your muscle You can make it with no trouble If you sell your soul to devil Chorus: Na man know man for Megacity No pity for poverty survival get as e be Man know man for Megacity No pity for poverty survival get as e be Verse 2: Stranded in poverty praying for better Hardworking people dey land inside gutter No money to feed - thousands of beggars No money for rent – thousands of squatters But government go dey demolish scatter dey go Housing na human right but not in Èkó Chorus: Na man know man for Megacity No pity for poverty survival get as e be Man know man for Megacity No pity for poverty survival get as e be Verse 3: Lasgidi big city of lies Home of the bling that don’t hear no cries Disappointment and pain you give Heartache and sorrow, lots of grief Your stress and tension wearing us out Nowhere to run in this times of drought So we hold on hoping for the best Double the hustle we refuse to rest Life’s a dice a big big gamble What’s the choice when you neck deep in trouble Survival they say the faith of the poor What you gonna do when they knock on your door? Chorus: Na man know man for Megacity No pity for poverty survival get as e be Man know man for Megacity No pity for poverty survival get as e be Outro (Ad lib): Èkó Àkéte, ìlú ọgbọ́n Ọmọ má lọ nà gẹ̀rẹ̀ Èkó Àkéte, ìlú ọgbọ́n Better you safe make you shine your eye Èkó Àkéte, ìlú ọgbọ́n When they tell you make you look back o Everyday and night boys dey hustle Everyday and night girls dey hustle Even man and woman dey waka for street dem dey look for something to chop o Man know man survival get as it be
9.	Big Lie 04:48	lyrics	buy track
Chorus: Investigate the truth Shine shine your eye Don’t believe the noise Na distraction na big lie Investigate the truth Shine shine your eye Don’t believe the noise Na distraction na big lie Verse 1: So many smoke screens, plenty confusion No where to run or hide from master’s illusion Preoccupied with go slow and hustle Drained and exhausted resigned in our bubbles Broken men with no shadows at the gallows Clown faced with tears we smile at tomorrow Chorus: Investigate the truth Shine shine your eye Don’t believe the noise Na distraction na big lie Investigate the truth Shine shine your eye Don’t believe the noise Na distraction na big lie Verse 2: Scared of the silence we drown in our loneliness Frozen in pain too proud to confess We trapped in that ego lane riding that power train Faking the truth with lies playing the perfection game In the web of hype, bits and bytes No one escapes and no one gets out alive Chorus: Investigate the truth Shine shine your eye Don’t believe the noise Na distraction na big lie Investigate the truth Shine shine your eye Don’t believe the noise Na distraction na big lie Bridge: Ọ̀rẹ́ dúró dúró, má lọ nà’gẹ̀rẹ̀ * Má lọ sù’ẹ̀gbẹ̀, o jẹ́ dúró dédé Ọ̀rẹ́ dúró dúró o, má lọ nà’gẹ̀rẹ̀ Má lọ sù’ẹ̀gbẹ̀, o jẹ́ dúró dédé Caught between the void of love and likes We seek affection from those we despise Caught between the void of love and likes We seek affection from those we despise Chorus: Investigate the truth Shine shine your eye Don’t believe the noise Na distraction na big lie Investigate the truth Shine shine your eye Don’t believe the noise Na distraction na big lie Yoruba translation* My friend be alert, make sure you know what’s happening around you, be vigilant
10.	Yeye Theory feat. Seun Kuti 04:17	lyrics	buy track
Chorus: Dem go erase reprogram our memory Remix, repackage Blackman history Reinvent another yẹ̀yẹ́* theory All to keep us in perpetual slavery Dem go erase reprogram our memory Remix, repackage Blackman history Reinvent another yẹ̀yẹ́ theory All to keep us in perpetual slavery Verse 1 (Ade Bantu): Òyìnbó don do we plenty wayo Dem go use coded language to chop us dey go Dem go call us World Music Join us with Asia, mix am with India, add in Colombia Yepa, their colonial agenda never finish yet Now na Afrobeats with capital “S” Wey dem wan use destroy, break and suppress Our greatness Chorus: Dem go erase reprogram our memory Remix repackage Blackman history Reinvent another yẹ̀yẹ́ theory All to keep us in perpetual slavery Dem go erase reprogram our memory Remix repackage Blackman history Reinvent another yẹ̀yẹ́ theory All to keep us in perpetual slavery Verse 2 (Seun Kuti): Turn television – na yẹ̀yẹ́ theory (so so show man) Turn radio- na yẹ̀yẹ́ theory (so so noise) I read newspaper- na yẹ̀yẹ́ theory (that one na fake news) Social media gan ńkọ́? – na yẹ̀yẹ́ theory (that one na fake die) I talk to senators - yẹ̀yẹ́ theory (bribe, obviously na bribe o) I talk to the governors- yẹ̀yẹ́ theory (security vote, ihn say him want him security vote) I go ministry - yẹ̀yẹ́ theory (contractually) I go presidency - yẹ̀yẹ́ theory (excellency is not around he’s in London for some treatment) Bridge: Wọ́n ń ṣe yàlà, wọn se yòlò (x6)** Wọ́n ń ṣe fàlàfòlò fàlàfòlò fàlàfòlò fàlàfòlò Chorus: Dem go erase reprogram our memory Remix, repackage Blackman history Reinvent another yẹ̀yẹ́ theory All to keep us in perpetual slavery Dem go erase reprogram our memory Remix, repackage Blackman history Reinvent another yẹ̀yẹ́ theory All to keep us in perpetual slavery Fela: So I didn’t want to participate in the madness of commercialism I didn’t want to participate in the madness of gimmicks I do not want African music to belong to the fashion where music comes and goes Cause where African music goes it stays! Yoruba translation nonsense/senseless theory *They act with impunity, they do what they like, they mess around with us

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released September 22, 2020

All songs written and composed by BANTU.
Produced by Aman Junaid for the RNFlows.
Mixed by Manu Schlindwein @ Manultec SoundLab, Cologne.
Mastered by Tony Dawsey @ Phantom Mastering, Atlanta.
Executive producer: Ade Bantu.
Album cover photo by Uche James Iroha

© Soledad Productions 2020

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BANTU Lagos, Nigeria

BANTU is a 13-piece Afrofunk/Afrobeat musical collective Their music is an eclectic fusion of the rich musical heritage of Nigeria and the hybrid sounds of urban Africa and the diaspora. The band political lyrics reflect their strong stance against corruption,, social and economic injustices, urban alienation and xenophobia . ... more