Mistake - Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival - 1978

Everything is alright (that's good)
Everything is all wrong (that's bad)
Everything is alright (that's good)
Everything is all wrong (that's bad)

Nobody like make things go wrong
And na one thing the start the show
Mistake
Na mistake they start to show (mistake)
Mistake they make two kind
One kind they call am good mistake
The other kind they call am bad mistake
Good mistake you fit repair
Bad mistake dey cause disgrace

Mistake you go make, people go laugh at you (na bad mistake)
Mistake you go make, you fit stand like a man (na good mistake)
Mistake you go make, people go fit laugh at you (na good mistake)
After they laugh at you, them go smile again now (na good mistake)
Mistake you go make, your mind go clear like rain (na good mistake)
After all the mistake, you still make you fit stand like a man (na good mistake)

That means say (everything is alright)
That means say (everything is alright)
You are right (everything is alright)
That means say (everything is alright)
You are right (everything is alright)
That means say (everything is alright)
You are right (everything is alright)

Mistake you go make, people go laugh at you (na bad mistake)
Mistake you go make, people go laugh at you (na bad mistake)
After they laugh at you, them keeps laughing at you (na bad mistake)
Mistake you go make, you go go vex some man (na bad mistake)
You dey brg the man because you fear the man (na bad mistake)
Mistake you go make, you go shame to walk for road (na bad mistake)
Mistake you go make, you no fit stand like man (na bad mistake)
Lastly you are black, you no dey think like black (na bad mistake)

That means say (everything is all wrong)
That means say (everything is all wrong)
You are wrong (everything is all wrong)
That means say (everything is all wrong)
You are wrong (everything is all wrong)

Na bad mistake (na bad mistake, na bad mistake, na bad mistake)
Colonial thinking (na bad mistake)
Slavery thinking (na bad mistake)
Army killing students (na bad mistake)
Soldiers dey for school (na bad mistake)

Na bad mistake (na bad mistake)
Na bad mistake (na bad mistake)
Na bad mistake (na bad mistake)
Na bad mistake (na bad mistake)

Colonial thinking (na bad mistake)
Slavery thinking (na bad mistake)
Army killing students (na bad mistake)
Soldiers dey for school (na bad mistake)
Army for the houses (na bad mistake)

Na bad mistake (na bad mistake)
Na bad mistake (na bad mistake)
Na bad mistake (na bad mistake)
Na bad mistake (na bad mistake)
Na bad mistake (na bad mistake)
Na bad mistake (na bad mistake)
Na bad mistake (na bad mistake)

Na bad mistake, na bad mistake, na bad mistake
Na bad mistake, na bad mistake, na bad mistake
Na bad mistake, na bad mistake, na bad mistake
Na bad mistake, na bad mistake, na bad mistake



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Writer(s): Fela Anikulapo Kuti
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