International Thief Thief Lyrics - Fela Kuti

International thief thief, I.T.T. 

International thief, I.T.T. 

International rogue 

Well, well, ha 

Well, well, ha 

Motherfuckers 

Bastard motherfuckers 

We yab dem, yeah 

Hurry up there, say, "Yeah" 

Well, well 

Well, well, na true I want talk again o 

Na true I want talk again o 

If I dey lie o 

Make Osiris punish me 

Make Ifa dey punish me o 

Make Edumare punish me o 

Make the land dey punish me o 

Make Edumare punish me o 

I read dem for book ee-o 

I see so myself ee-o 

Well-ee well-ee o 

Well, well, well, well 

Well, well, well, well 

Long time ago 

Long, long time ago 

Long time ago 

Long, long, long, long time ago 

African man we no dey carry shit 

We dey shit inside big big hole 

For Yoruba-land na "Shalanga" 

For Igbo-land na "Onunu-insi" 

For Hausa-land na "Salga" 

For Gaa-land na "Tiafi" 

For Ashanti-land na "Yarni" 

For Ethiopia-land na "Sagara-be" 

For Kagyu-land na "Cho-Cho" 

For Bemba-land na "Chimbuzi" 

For Tunga-land na "Echibuzi" 

Long, long, long, long time ago 

African man we no dey carry shit 

We dey shit inside big big hole 

Long time ago 

Long, long, long, long time ago 

Long, long, long, long time ago 

Before them come force us away as slaves 

During the time them come force us away as slaves 

Na European man, na him dey carry shit 

Na for them culture to carry shit 

During the time them come colonize us 

Them come teach us to carry shit 

Long, long, long, long time ago 

African man we no dey carry shit 

Na European man teach us to carry shit 

Say am, say am 

Many foreign companies dey Africa carry all our money go 

Many foreign companies dey Africa carry all our money go 

Them go write big English for newspaper, dabaru we Africans 

Them go write big English for newspaper, dabaru we Africans 

I read about one of them inside book like that 

Them call him name na I.T.T. 

I read about one of them inside book like that 

Them call him name na I.T.T. 

Them go dey cause confusion 

(Confusion) 

Cause corruption 

(Corruption) 

Cause oppression 

(Oppression) 

Cause inflation 

(Inflation) 

Oppression, oppression, inflation 

Corruption, oppression, inflation 

Them get one style wey them dey use 

Them go pick one African man 

A man with low mentality 

Them go give am million naira breads 

To become of high position here 

Him go bribe some thousand naira bread 

To become one useless chief 

Like rat they do them go do from 

Corner corner, pass-ee pass-ee 

Under under, pass-ee pass-ee 

Inside inside, pass-ee pass-ee 

In in, pass-ee pass-ee 

Out out, pass-ee pass-ee 

Peep peep, pass-ee pass-ee 

Up up, pass-ee pass-ee 

Then he gradually, gradually, gradually, gradually 

Then he gradually, gradually, gradually, gradually 

Them go be, friend friend to journalist 

Friend friend to Commissioner 

Friend friend to Permanent Secretary 

Friend friend to Minister 

Friend friend to Head of State 

Then start start to steal money 

Start start them corruption 

Start start them inflation 

Start start them oppression 

Start start them confusion 

Start start them oppression 

Start start to steal money 

Start start to steal money 

Like Obasanjo and Abiola 

International thief thief 

I.T.T. 

International rogue 

International thief 

We go fight them, well, well 

Well, well 

Well, well 

We don tire to carry anymore of them shit 

We don tire to carry anymore of them shit 

We don tire to carry anymore of them shit 

Well, well 

International thief thief