Overtake Don Overtake Overtake Fela Kuti

Chorus]
I get my money
Plan my plan finish
Start to go for market
Start to go for shopping
Before I reach market nko o?
Government show don enter
My plan don spoil o
Government show don enter
My plan don spoil o

[Chorus]
Overtake don overtake overtake!

Ah! Abeg let us get down
Into another underground spiritual game
Abeg, after my "paso, paso"
You go dey help me end am with "wen"
Because dem go hear wen, yeah!
Paso, paso, paso, paso...

[Chorus]
Wen!

When thеy want to call, eh
When they want to call, yе
When they want to call Nigerian government
Dem give am name, "Federal Military Government"
(Federal Military Government!)
For Libya dem give am name, "Liberation Council"
(Liberation Council!)
For Liberia dem give am name, "Redemption Council"
(Redemption Council!)
For Zaire dem give am name, "Revolutionary Council"
(Revolutionary Council!)
Dem get different different names
For different different governments
But the correct name for them
Na "soldier go, soldier come"