Why we're Soul Sisters

Because we feel Fela -
groove to d afro beat
- a most exquisite expression
of African jazz and funk -
the immaculate combination
of sounds form
music to my ears,
my heart and hips
beat and sway.

And I am forever grateful for Ikeja
and Lekki, Modern Marvel on the beach

And then Fela's voice pipes up, a full 10 to 11 minutes into the song, and I wonder if he was not just commenting on the/his present, but also predicting the future. It's hard not to think such things with lyrics like:

"Dem no wan take am
*[CHORUS] BUT DEM TAKE AM - [AFTER EACH LINE]
Dem no wan take am
Who go wan take coffin?
Dem must take am
For the bad bad bad things
Wey dem don do
Dem no wan take am
Obasanjo grab am
Y'aradua carry am
Yes, dem no wan take am
Obasanjo carry am
Y'aradua tow am
Dem no wan take am
Dem no wan take am
It der for dem office
Dem no wan take am
It der dey now now now now
It der dey now, now, now, now
It der dey now, now, now, now ..."

Now exchange Fela's mother with democracy and you've got present-day Nigeria. It's eerie. Perhaps I'm being overly analytical again, who knows?

But it appears I've drifted away from my original line of thoughts. All aboard the Cerebellum Express. Uh, yeah, maybe not ...

What I wanted to say, what I was thinking of was - my times in Lagos with Sutton and how they changed everything and made Nigeria come alive for me in an amazingly beautiful way. Not that it didn't have a harsh side, but the good was just so very good. She opened my eyes to a new way of experiencing, living, being. I had it in me from the beginning, she just lit the fuse, so to speak. But what a way to light a person's fire!

On that note ...

Maybe I think too much, but other people don't think enough.