Yeye Theory feat. Seun Kuti

from Everybody Get Agenda by BANTU

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lyrics

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

credits

from Everybody Get Agenda, released September 22, 2020
Lyrics: Adegoke Odukoya, Seun Kuti.
Music: Babajide Okegbenro, Peter Sadibo, Abiodun Oke, Adegoke Odukoya, Tunde Alabi, Olukorede Omirinlewo, Opeyemi Oyewande, Isaiah Odeyale, Akinyanmi Akinhinmola, Akinkunmi Olagunju.

Arranged by BANTU / Additional Vocal Arrangement by Aman Junaid, Mike Dosunmu & Seun Kuti.
Recorded by Adey Omotade @ Blackstar Studio, Lagos & Aman Junaid @ A.LR, Lagos.
Mixed by Manu Schlindwein @ Manultec Soundlab Cologne
Mastered by Tony Dawsey @ Phantom Mastering, Atlanta.

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about

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