Tuesday, April 21, 2015

FELA.

Fela is the definition of Black struggle undefined
The metaphor of a prodigal; A Superstar!
Culturally expressive in his mother tongue, the music in his song.
Impressive in the art of music, his inner beat grows Afro.
His girls, the ileke of aye; Shake am! Shake am! Shake am! Shake am! Shake am!!
To the music of the underground spiritual game. 
The Egypt 80s, the melody, the harmony, the root; the root cannot be uprooted because the root is Fela.
Baba 70, the hard truth, Spoken!
Of our daily political menstruation, no tampons.
How the seeds of our past sins still germinates in our leaders of today!
How the prophet of Orisha saw the unbelief of our illiteracy and societal ignorance!
Speaking, he spoke, speaking out the looming problems in its endless profile defiled.
Who cares to listen shall so see the reality of the now!
Abami eda!
Basket mouth!
Water truly has no enemy!
The sax of Baba is still blowing sounds that fights the cancerous corruption, inflation and mental confusion.
Fela, the son of the elites but who are those beneath, in the music of his songs we search and so find.
The sax blowing seek the unknown soldiers who invaded Kalakuta; his ancestral shrine,
Home to Obatala, Home to all.
His sax exposed the nudity of perfect thieves in the light of their perfections.
Then, the jails locked up on him more and more,
So did the koboko a print on his yansh.
But inside Omo Iya Aje is a freedom expressed, a victory assured.
Prison Break, Fela is free!
The scent of the wisdom grass from Kalakuta INHALE,
This Afro music from the imperfect-perfecter!
The underground spiritual game;
The mind of Fela, King of Kalakuta!
Highly, highly spiritual!

NUFF RESPECT TO THE ABAMI EDA!
Fela Anikulapo Kuti.

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