WATER, IT NO GET ENEMY

To ba fe lo weh omi lo- malo (Yoruba)

If you wan go wash- water you go use

Toba fe sobeh omi lo- malo

If you wan cook soup- water you go use

To ri ba ngbona omi lero lero

If your head be hot- water it cool am

Tomo ba ngagda omi lo- malo

If your child dey grow- water you go use

If water kill your child- water you go use

Tobi ba bwi nao homi lo- malo

Ko sohun tole se ko ma lomi- o

Nothing without water (repeat this couplet)

(CHORUS) WATER, IT NO GET ENEMY - (AFTER EACH LINE)

Oh me a water-o

No go fight am, unless you wan die

I say water No get enemy

No go fight am, unless you wan die

O me a water-o

O they talk of Black-man power

O they talk of Black power, I say

I say water No get enemy

No go fight am, unless you wan die

I say water No get enemy

I say water No get enemy

O me a water-o

O me a water-o

Fela Kuti