Fela Kuti "Water No Get Enemy" (1975)

[coocoo4cocopuffslol]

1:19 ewwww, armpit hair.

[gomakuu]

Ehh huyu jamaa ni noma kabisa

[Grendel53]

that is one greasy slinky fuckin groove. joy

[MrEdwinvalbuena]

The "water" is the Nigerian common people. The Government/Military must not make enemies of the populous, nor disturb their "flow" (endeavors & routines)- as it is dangerous to make an enemy of the country's most essential resource. The people make everything happen.

Nothing exists without water

... Water does not gain enemies

because if you fight (renounce)water, you will die

[trulyBlakndheart]

Except for hot oil...

just sayin

[siraaj4312]

One of the greats regarding the sax but more importantly 'a great' from the Mother Land

[onofomi]

hahahaha 9 dislikes... IT DOESNT EVEN SHOW UP ON THE SCALE LMAO... SOME PEOPLE NEED A MUSICAL COMPASS TO DIRECT THEM BACK TO JUSTIN BEIBER

[dogonman]

Fela=Gainsbour=revolutionnarie­s

[pete1729]

I want this played at my funeral. also a bunch of times before that.

[bouillerj3]

Noble Music

[stoinge]

FELAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

[Me201067]

This the best of FELA. Anikulapo rest in peace. We miss U greatly

[The6thSimpson]

My mum went to one of his concerts, and one of his entourage called her and said Fela wanted her to come backstage for 'a good time', she declined thank god.

Good music, but I can't listen to it without the thought of Fela getting jiggy with my mother *shudder*

[cocolahtay]

@The6thSimpson LOL! that's unfortunate that you have that hangup. Your mum must be beautiful

[demerc]

"BE LIKE WATER"- Bruce Lee- Jeet Kune Do philosophy

[wildmanmike100]

@demerc nice. The deeper meaning is to surrender to whatever situation you find yourself in, good or bad. Whatever we resist persist. But like water we can just flow effortlessly.

[demerc]

@wildmanmike100 right on bredren!

[Girlshine]

Sublime!!! R.I.P Fela.

[noged123]

the lyric goes like this"to ba lo bawon mugbo, to ba mu e. Wa de le ejo. 2 times, Wahidi. Ma dan wo sogbo, wa dan wo...the best Fela song I am not tired of listerning to..

[SuperSuperStrange]

I'm 16 and white, my dad always played Fela on LP since I was little, have been loving it ever since!

[videoeloquence]

Fela Kuti went to the United States and heard Jazz, Blues, and R&B. Those types of music is what influenced his work. Of course he put in his on flavor to it, and it is great! Go Afrobeat!

[DjSpitta1350]

Me and my guy burned a few with Fela when he was in the process of makin' this great, wonderful piece of art. Much love fela. Rip!

[mvacraft]

Rip great legend.

[n64wilbert]

Funky!!!

[RiqNice]

this dat shit!!! nice montage too..

[mikado2]

Youtube has become like a vinyl store! It's often that I go on here to find records to sample! Fela Kuti is the bomb! They just don't make em like this anymore!

[Cullough251]

@ Mikado2,sorry for not adding the 2 earlier.This song was racking my brain when I first heard it on Conmen vol.3 Jealous Toys Must Die!This is just beautiful!

[Cullough251]

@ Mikado,oh yeah INI "grown man sport"

[mikado2]

@Cullough251 that's right :)

[mikado2]

Thumbs up if you know that Pete Rock sampled this!

[Wafro84]

@mikado2 Grown Man Sport.

[midnightaria]

i <3 this soooo much !

[sunnychinachina]

yes fela na baba for music!!! me i like baba fela well well!!

[DJCooqieDough]

EvanAwake

[MikeMzeski]

The greatest there EVER was and Ever will be.

[djfabidoo]

Nice. Thanks for sharing.

[415BAY415]

This hits the spot on a hot summer day.

[fela319]

beat beat beat...........

[santanaincubus]

Fela is a cool cat man.

[boubix]

One of the greatest pieces of music ever. This should have 20x more views.

[Lautre343]

pete rock loved Fela

[svendiamond]

8:11

[gchijioke12]

Best song to get high to...

[YoungMile231]

Man this is real music.. Where u hear it and nothing else matters.. Where nothing matters and all of your problems just fade away.. As if you've fallen into a deep whole of happiness.. This Is Music

[fat8622]

so funky

[taartje87]

I was at the last Fela Musical yesterday and it was great!! And His son Femi Kuti(special guest) did this song!!

[StekelKrekel]

That keyboard intro is the bomb

[MightyGuru]

Amazing song. Really puts a smile on your face.

[DiscoFrisc0]

Anytime i'm feeling down for any reason i listen to Fela.

[diisopropylamine]

wow, did he play sax as well?

[LovelyHerbanRenewal]

@diisopropylamine Fela did everythang!!! hahaha and well too.

[controll27]

LISTEN 2 DIS YOUNG RAPPER, HE SOUNDS LIKE M.I /watch?v=5eC_5s_sSuc

[Mr4scoreand20]

Greatest jazz acts of all time: Miles, Coltrane, Freddie Hubbard and Fela Kuti

[braunarsch]

respect from india! nice music!

[rumbera1967]

Eight dislikes??? Who can possibly dislike this song?

[e35554r]

THE LEGEND lives on

[polychronic420]

This is the kind of music you get when its not corrupted by the ideas of making money and becoming popular (like much of todays music)

[mrssimpkins21]

This is just as good as classical, jazz music

[jochemlambers]

05:37

So Lovely. Fela lives forever

[REALCHASETHEPILOT]

00:45- the end of the song SWAG OD!!!!!! The horns are crazy

[ElseElan]

must see live hackbook trick /watch?v=Fd0di5HFboY

[CLEMODITA]

please can some find me Ojuelegba Roundabout by Fela Ransome Kuti

[OzzieJohnFerguson]

I'm white and I love this. God bless the Africans and the music they bring.

[stimela03]

@OzzieJohnFerguson dont come at us with your "lm white "bull!putting yourself on a pedestal you dont deserve ..y cant you just enjoy this genius without racially profiling him!

[nnamdieze87]

God bless you too for appreciating this beautiful music

[3bl4ck]

@OzzieJohnFerguson god bless westerners for their abilitty to question and improve beyond human capabilities you guys truly are amazing in ur own way

[kebablo]

@OzzieJohnFerguson the colour of cour skin has no significanse to this song..but im glad you like it.

[greeneyez63]

@OzzieJohnFerguson :) no god bless you

[tyresandkers]

@OzzieJohnFerguson Thanks man! I appreciate that. :)

[xpoondiggy]

@OzzieJohnFerguson not sure why you need to tell us what color you are...like you need to be a certain color to like certain music?

[sharondiane227]

@OzzieJohnFerguson - I agree

[Hodgesafc]

One of the best things i've ever heard

[frogblunt]

Love IT!

[CoachG1000]

Some come and follow footsteps...

Some come and blaze trails....

***jcmcneilband***

[Moormas13]

Who in their right mind would not like this! This is amazing music! Love it! Love it! Love it! Thanks for posting!

[desundial]

If I could go back in time, a Fela concert would be my one must see.

[desundial]

If I could go back in time, a Fela concert would be my one must see.

[luvs2cover]

i love this!

[orange01z28]

my comment was directed at the idiots below me...should have been more clear

[uberhippie666]

Good song, reminds me of hot summers and cold beer :)

[sfknns]

LOL ya'll keep saying pete rock what about common's pop's rap 3 all my children?

[zolo277]

awesome!

[TheMediaAnarchist]

Absolutely amazing Fela!We need more like you fighting for freedom!

[eatsrappers]

i love how dusty and raw this music is. ive been sleeping on thsi guy...

[geischeissen]

@8:10 Pete Rock or I.N.I - Grown man sport

[191TheLegend191]

Pete Rock - Grown Man Sport

[jibberisssh]

kuti is an artist..I love his music

[jackrowet1234]

I am an octopus; I am blue-ish pink with little circles, and if you piss me off, I start glowing...

[banji077]

8 people are tryin to be water`s enemy.

[MrMaximillion48]

I am bright green, and even I love Fela! All hail the bright greed lords of X'rungthr!

[Sidar654231]

I am human.

[rotilua]

common guys... enjoy the music. Forget if you are black, white or Asians

[Msincognito007]

@teemad: You are right! Music surpasses race, color, ethinicity or any other artificial human division out there.  I listen to Hausa, Hindu, Punjabi (via Bend It Like Beckham), and whatever music moves my soul. And I'm Yoruba. So what? Just let your soul enjoy whatever music it wants.

[teemad]

Why do people have to continuously degrade music by

a) comparing it to other talents,

and/or

b) by saying "I love this even though I'm black/white/brown/yellow/purpl­e/pink/ninja".

FFS JUST STFU AND ENJOY THE MUSIC.

[GhettoNintendo]

Pete Rock

[professanutz]

Never heard this song til just now and I know music. Baaad!

[Jellybeantiger]

Awesome!

[orange01z28]

I'm white as Fck and Fela is my favorite artist

[hbcunationalnetwork]

@orange01z28 it doesn't matter what race your are music is Universal

[projectchik]

@orange01z28 so you being white, cant like artists outside your race or do you just want to make yourself relevant. shut up.

[stevjah]

KOOL,SMOOTH AND JAZZY

[soulmagnetist]

the idea of nationality and inherent differences in race is FUCKING BULLSHIT. there are no americans or mexicans or nigerians or what ever. its tactic used by the governments (or who ever runs these "countries" nowadays) to sustain control within imaginary boundries (also known as "borders"). i doubt fela thought of himself as nigerian considering the fact that he declared his house as an independent state. he fought for all of africa. his music makes me wanna smoke a joint in front of a bank :D

[MrBiejos]

@soulmagnetist

Dear Cousin

Your words are truthfully RIGHT ON!!!!!!!

PLEASE GOOGLE ohcanadamovie TO CONFIRM AND EXPAND THE TRUTH YOU HAVE WROTE!

PEACE AND MUCH LOVE

[phillymiz]

@soulmagnetist Well said my friend. This world of line drawers is ancient, but as the age of the internet enters its early adolescent period, we will see yet another revolution. The cycle continues, so I say smoke that joint.

[revjoe250]

@soulmagnetist "his music makes me wanna smoke a joint in front of a bank" Stop being so short-sighted. I get your whole revolutionary thing, but you don't need to drag weed into it. It's bullshit like what you're saying that makes legalization and change all the more difficult. People don't respond to radicalization, they respond to calm and reason, a lot more than you might think.

[soulmagnetist]

all u white people need to get over yourselves. when i eat red curry noodles i dont validate it by saying "im half mexican and i love thai food!" cause music, like food and art, transcends any sort of cultural definition and exists in its own right. its not black nigerian music, its music created nigeria by a most legit black dude, and what hes telling us is universal and a essential part of humanity, and thats why it rings true for people in the states or australia or where ever....

[PawnsMons]

@soulmagnetist

it's good fucking music is what it is.

I'm white and I live in canada yet I sing parts of this song in a language I dont understand originating half the world away, Anyone who cares about the governments labeling bullshit is a slave to their lies. I'm me.

[pOBrain]

8:10

[FuckThePolize]

@pOBrain "Grown man sport " nice

[superduperpluma]

@pOBrain yup...petey rocka

[segstephe]

Can you hear that,OMI ONI OTA O,THAT IS WHY FELA HAS NO ENEMY .WHAT A GREAT AFRICAN MAN,CLOSE YOUR EYES IMAGINE FELE BEING A PRESIDENT,WHAT YOU SEE?THIS IS FOR AFRICANS.

[sacardoo]

INCREIBLE

[cavaleer]

Fela had a great sound. He really nailed it on this piece. I like how he took American sounds and principals and created something new, something Nigerian from it. Slightly similar to what Brits did with American music.

[ndowney]

How can you "dislike" this? 

[mortifydflesh]

King Fela up in this bitch!!!! Rebel against corrupt and unjust leadership, racism and every gadammm form of oppression!!!

[flabby212]

one of the most prolific and knowledgeable artists of all time!!!!!!!!

[caramelrr]

How can anyone dislike this?? Seriously?!

[sunra3000]

ALL PRAISE KING AFROBEAT FELA & KING AFRICAN MUSIC! RIP TOO MANY BLACK MASTERS, FELA KUTI! SUN RA! MUDDY WATERS! n you, ma, who dug jazz n lady day n all cultures & arts i listenin to OLANTUJI as a toddler n im hittin 55 now

race dont matter CULTURE DOES; SPACE AGE GREETINGS FROM MINNESOTA

[sakeena12]

well iam not nigerian when i heard this song this really blowed me away i really love this song to dance to this has helped me it lifts me to happy feeling it is a very special song for me if you dont like this song then you must be dead and iam white

[sunlovedulce]

@sakeena12 ok you're white so what its not like the music will be validated by you putting your "and iam white" stamp on it. Anyone with ears whether they be white, brown, or red should be able to understand the meaning and fire of this song. I agree with sasquash12 its Brilliant. Iam black....lol

[Garcian]

@sunlovedulce excellent comment, although i think the ethnicity status is just to emphasise how it has successfully crossed cultural boundaries and people are only happy to highlight that. The music is bigger than nigeria, its bigger than africa, you can hear it on saturn.

[sunlovedulce]

@sunlovedulce The way we choose to relate to music of other cultures or "Races" is a personal choice we make. The choices we make do not add to or take away from the quality of the musician's work.

[cavaleer]

@sakeena12 It's a great song. Dismiss all the white-black paranoia and chatter. I'm American and Fela did some great things by taking American music, instruments and principles and created his own sound. Brits did a siimilar thing.

[sasquash12]

Brilliant.

[akudike]

Fela was one of the greatest musician in Eko back in the days of Ojuelegba roundout. ITT denotes our leaders today

[akudike]

Fela was one of the greatest musician in Eko back in the days of ojuelegba roundout. ITT denotes our leaders today

[stotan17]

6 people are waters enemy

[killin2nu]

@stotan17 then they'll die the next 2 or 3days from dehydration lmfao

[StekelKrekel]

Some white kids are kicking the music scene with the best homage to Fela ever.

They're called jungle by night. Look them up on youtube or myspace.

[afriqbeau]

I love the pic@ 10:58

[Neenahs]

This sound is sooooo smooth, so dope!! Timeless music right here!!

[pulquitoman]

One of my favorites......... you are still alive!!!!!

[BlastMasterDeph]

fela kuti's songs are too short, when tenminutes is up, or the album is over I just wish it would go on forever.

[thenisters]

nice song water get no enemy

but al little bit long...

[thenisters]

nice song water get no enemy

[Adanmadu]

Pure Genius!

[tallron]

This is one white guy who loves the music of Fela Kuti, his son as well and the Oriental Brothers although I don't speak Igbo. The music is universal

[ThePandems]

@tallron I wish I knew more white guys who listen to this music for Fela is universal and you can understand his message. Most of the guys I know would rather that Pop music crap. Thank goodness there is someone out there who would cross over and hear music from another prospective.

[RFranklinCarter]

@ThePandems I'm white. I'm almost 50. I love this music.

[ThePandems]

@RFranklinCarter You got good taste

[nothingisasitseems88]

@ThePandems I'm a 19 year old white chick, and I think Fela kicks soo much ass :)

[ThePandems]

@nothingisasitseems88 Listening to more than one genre is a great way to find great music.

[nothingisasitseems88]

@ThePandems Hell yeah it is :)

[monxcrib]

@tallron :-) actually Fela spoke only Yoruba and English..not Igbo. But I get what you mean about the music's universality. I find that to be very pioneering of him even for that time. Those days most Nigerian musicians only sang in their dialect but Fela made his music more accessible by infusing it with English. 30 years on, all the Naija music artists now follow that template.

[flotillaGo]

6 SHELL EXECUTIVES put their thumbs under this angelmusic

[iloveyoursmile69]

thumbs up if youre high as fuck

[maxacro76]

afrobit no get enemy

[maximoyear2005]

fela wata no enemy

[flex213]

This is just Genius,,.. Woah

[Spankeedoodle]

I LOOK UP TO THIS MAN AND WILL CHERISH HIS LEGACY, FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL KNOW THAT THEY HAD GREAT GIFTED AMBASSADORS THAT PAVED THE WAY FOR THEM

[HalSamuel]

Pretty good. 6/10. I'M KIDDING BEST SONG EVER

[TANISHALABELLEJONES]

I LOVE THIS SONG, JOEY TURNED ME ON!

[rlazarr]

Gotta love the Pete Rock sample from 8:10 - 8:20 for his song Grown Man Sport. Nuff respect to Fela Kuti.

[mentaluphoria]

Wow, you'd have to be dead if this song doesn't make you feel something inside...excellent!!!!.

[iampsalmbody]

I adore this song, the message, the movement it never fails to stir from within! Found Femi's version the other day and nearly floated through a 2.5 hr. commute. I know Tanzania is not the homeland of this "Black President", but I hope the temperance of my response will not prove to be an odd coupling ;) P(e)ace & Love

[amusing617]

You can get this mp3 at instantmp3s..com

[MathiesContego]

@amusing617 You SICKEN me, it's people like you that put good musicians out of business from illegally downloading their tracks off the internet.

[motunrolarulz]

@MathiesContego The guy is dead. He's not making any money anymore. And the point of his music anyway was to send a message, not to earn him some dosh.

I'm not saying you should illegally download music, but in this case it doesn't really matter.

[000TheNUKE000]

@MathiesContego Take it from some one in the music industry, musicians just want their music heard. And it really, really, doesn't make much of an impact at all whether people illegally download.

[logicalthinking2]

If this doesn't make you feel happy and want to get up and dance you aren't human. Truly amazing music.

[gbaswenga]

reminds me of my yoruba ex

[jeelew]

Memories! Great post.

[RiversideIndian]

what does this song talk about?

[gemisphere]

@RiversideIndian H2O

[RiversideIndian]

such a beautiful, heart-jerking song

[omonig]

ogogoro nor ro omo ko lo ra igbo lo losha ma towo sogbo ma towo

[fulansujin]

AMAZING ..............................­.........

[SCOOBYNG83]

tune......

[mectonmax]

king fela

[TheDinarid]

@mectonmax Try King Ferus! (Mustafov)

[TheDinarid]

@TheDinarid All respect to King Fela! I have his 8 albums! Very powerfull! Excellent

[gasdemup]

@TheDinarid no disrespect but he had up 70 albums

[killin2nu]

i played this song on my graduation and white ppl were like wat the fuck then it reached the chorus and they couldnt help their feet lol hahaha my dad is nigerian and he bought me this cd

[Grillmouth]

@killin2nu man i'm a white australian, have been all my life, ha.

this music speaks to me more then any acdc or the majority of shitty caucasian rip off music does.

truely inspiring!

[dannymonk]

@killin2nu

racist comment about white people

[dannymonk]

@killin2nu

racist comment about white people.....massive generalisation....not everyone is a small-town hick

[grumblekin]

More Love, More Peace, More Kindness to the African Nations and the spirit of the Great Fela Kuti that brought Africa to the entire world!