Fela Kuti - Colonial Mentality (cover)

Fela Kuti - Colonial Mentality cover by Datfunkband Band feat Reiner Witzel on Alto Sax Recorded live at Jazzschmie - Dusseldorf Germany on friday 30 sept 2016 Asterios Papastamatakis (org, kb) Adedeji Adetayo (voc, g) Reiner Witzel (sax, fl) Michael Kapilidis (dr) Lyrics : Colo-mentality He be say you be colonial man You don be slave man before Them don release you now But you never release yourself I say you fit never release yourself Colo-mentality He be say you be colonial man You don be slave man before Them don release you now But you never release yourself He be so He be so them dey do, them dey overdo All the things them dey do (He be so!) He be so them dey do, them think dey say Them better pass them brothers No be so? (He be so!) The thing wey black no good Na foreign things them dey like No be so? (He be so!) Them go turn air condition And close them country away No be so? (He be so!) Them Judge him go put white wig And jail him brothers away No be so? (He be so!) Them go proud of them name And put them slave name for head No be so? (He be so!) Colo-mentality now make you hear me now Colo-mentality! Mr. Ransome you make you hear Mr. Williams you make you hear Mr. Allia you make you hear Mr. Mohammed you make you hear Mr. Anglican you make you hear Mr. Bishop you make you hear Mr. Catholic you make you hear Mr. Muslim you make you hear Na Africa we dey o make you hear Na Africa we dey o make you hear Colo-mentality hear Colo-mentality hear Mr. Ransome you make you hear Mr. Ransome you make you hear Na Africa we dey o make you hear Na Africa we dey o make you hear Colo-mentality hear Colo-mentality hear Colo-mentality!