Authority Stealing, Pt. 1 & 2

Authority stealing, authority stealing
Authority stealing, authority stealing
Authority stealing, authority stealing
Authority stealing, authority stealing
Authority stealing, authority stealing
Authority stealing, authority stealing
Authority stealing, authority stealing

Authority stealing, authority stealing
Authority stealing, authority stealing
Authority stealing, authority stealing
Authority stealing, authority stealing
Authority stealing, authority stealing
Authority stealing, authority stealing
Authority stealing, authority stealing

You be thief (I no be thief)
You be rogue (I no be rogue)
You dey steal (I no dey steal)
You be robber (I no be robber)
You be armed robber (no be armed robber)

I no be thief (you be thief)
I no be rogue (you be rogue)
I no dey steal (you dey steal)
I no be robber (you be robber)
I no be armed robber (you be armed robber)

I no be thief (you be thief)
I no be rogue (you be rogue)
I no dey steal (you dey steal)
I no be robber (you be robber)
I no be armed robber (you be armed robber)

Argument, argument, argue (argument, argument)
Them argue, everbody dem argue (argument, argument)
Them, them, them argue (argument, argument)
Up and down them argue (argument, argument)

Everbody dem argue (argument, argument)
Them, them, them argue (argument, argument)
Yes yes, them argue (argument, argument)
Everbody dem argue (argument, argument)

Argument about stealing
Somebody done take something
Wey belong to another person
Then you go hear

You be thief (I no be thief)
You be rogue (I no be rogue)
You dey steal (I no dey steal)
You be robber (I no be robber)
You be armed robber (no be armed robber)

I no be thief (you be thief)
I no be rogue (you be rogue)
I no dey steal (you dey steal)
I no be robber (you be robber)
I no be armed robber (you be armed robber)

Argument, argument, argue (argument, argument)
Them argue, everbody dem argue (argument, argument)
Them, them, them argue (argument, argument)
Up and down them argue (argument, argument)
Everbody dem argue (argument, argument)
Them, them, them argue (argument, argument)

Argument about stealing
Somebody done take something
Wey belong to another person

On top of the road, on the side
People dey waka
Office workers, labourer workers, waka's wakas
Them go dey waka
Inside bus them go dey
Motorcycle them dey ride

Plenty, plenty crowd
Inside this crowd
Sometimes for one corner
Sometimes for one street
You go dey hear

Catch am, catch am, thief, thief, thief!
Catch am, catch am, rogue, rogue, rogue!
Catch am, catch am, robber, robber!
Catch am, catch am, thief, thief, thief!
Catch am, catch am, rogue, rogue, rogue!
Catch am, catch am, robber, robber!

Catch am, catch am, thief, thief, thief!
Catch am, catch am, rogue, rogue, rogue!
Catch am, catch am, robber, robber!
Catch am, catch am, robber, robber!

Looking go start (catch am, catch am)
Watching go start (catch am, catch am)
Chasing go start (catch am, catch am)
Somebody go dey (catch am, catch am)
Wey them go grab (catch am, catch am)

Them go beat am well, well (catch am, catch am)
Them go lynch am well, well (catch am, catch am)
Police go come well, well (catch am, catch am)
Them go carry am go court (catch am, catch am)
Them go put am for jail (catch am, catch am)
Them fit put am six months

(Them go put am for one year)
Them fit put am two years
(Them go put am for five years)
Them fit put am seven years
(Them go put am for ten years)
If not them go shoot am well
Them go shoot am for armed robbery

On top of the road, on the side
People dey waka
Office workers, labourer workers, waka's wakas
Them go dey try
To try to make ends meet
Them go dey hustle
To try to make ends meet

Them go put hands for back
To try to make ends meet
Them go dey beg oga
To try to make ends meet
Them go be slaves for them town
To try to make ends meet, oh yes

Dem go dey try
To try to make ends meet
Dem go dey hustle
To try to make ends meet

I say turn your face small
To the right wing
Oga pata, pata dey for there
Authority people dey for there

Instead of workers
We have officials
Instead of buses
Them dey ride motor car

Instead of motorcycle
Na helicopter
Instead of them waka
Na worker go waka for them

Authority people them go dey steal
Public contribute plenty money
Na authority people dey steal
Authority man no dey pickpocket

Na petty cash him go dey pick
Armed robber him need gun
Authority man him need pen
Authority man in charge of money

Him no need gun, him need pen
Pen got power gun no get
If gun steal eighty thousand naira
Pen go steal two billion naira

You no go hear dem shout (thief, thief thief)
You no go hear dem shout (rogue, rogue, rogue)
Hear dem say (robber, robber)
You no go say dem words at all (thief, thief thief)

You no go hear them shout (rogue, rogue, rogue)
You no go hear them shout at all (robber, robber)
You no go say dem words at all (thief, thief thief)
You no go hear them say (rogue, rogue, rogue)

You no go hear them shout (robber, robber)
You no go say those words (thief, thief thief)
You no go hear them shout (rogue, rogue, rogue)
You no go hear them tell you what (robber, robber)
Na different way be them way
Na civilize style be them style

Yes, yes, yes, yes
"Oh yes, of course, contract, have some back on our-"
Yes, yes, yes, yes
Hear the words them dey take decieve they people
Yes, yes, yes, yes

Misappropriation (yes, yes, yes, yes)
Mal-administration (yes, yes, yes, yes)
Nepotism (yes, yes, yes, yes)
Mitigation (yes, yes, yes, yes)
Make I remember another one wey dem dey use (yes, yes, yes, yes)

Defraudment (yes, yes, yes, yes)
Forgerylization (yes, yes, yes, yes)
Embezzlement (yes, yes, yes, yes)
Vilification (yes, yes, yes, yes)
Mismanagement (yes, yes, yes, yes)
Public inquiry (yes, yes, yes, yes)

Authority stealing pass armed robbery (yes, yes, yes, yes)
We Africans we must do something about this nonsense (yes, yes, yes, yes)
We say we must do something about this nonsense (yes, yes, yes, yes)
I repeat, we Africans we must do something about this nonsense
Because now authority stealing pass armed robber (yes, yes, yes, yes)

Authority man dem go dey steal (yes, yes, yes, yes)
Public contribute plenty money (yes, yes, yes, yes)
Authority dey dem steal (yes, yes, yes, yes)
Authority man no dey pickpocket

Na petty cash him go dey pick
Armed robber him need gun
Authority man him need pen
Authority man in charge of money

Him no need gun, him need pen
Pen got power gun no get
If gun steal eighty thousand naira
Pen go steal two billion naira

You no go hear dem shout thief, thief, thief
You no go hear dem shout at all rogue, rogue, rogue
Oh no, no, no you no go hear dem shout thief, thief, thief
Authority steal pass armed robbery

Yes we must do something about this nonsense (yes, yes, yes, yes)
(Yes, yes, yes, yes)
(Yes, yes, yes, yes)
(Yes, yes, yes, yes)
(Yes, yes, yes, yes)

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