GENTLEMAN - released 1973

I no be gentleman at all

I no be gentleman at all

I no be gentleman at all

(chorus): I no be gentleman at all o

I be African man original

(chorus): I no be gentleman at all

hem call you, you make come chop

You chop small you say you belly full

You said you be gentleman you go hungry

You go suffer you go quench

Me I no be gentleman like that

(chorus): I no be gentleman at all o

I be Africa man original

(chorus): I no be gentleman at all o

You dey go your way, the jeje way

Somebody come bring original trouble

You no talk you no act

You say you be gentleman

You go suffer, you go tire, you go quench

Me I no be gentleman like that

(chorus): I no be gentleman at all o

I be Africa man original

(chorus): I no be gentleman at all o

Africa hot I like am so

I know what to wear but my friend don't know

Him put him socks, Him put him shoe

Him put him pant, Him put him singlet

Him put him trouser, Him put him shirt

Him put him tie, Him put him coat

Him put him cover all with him hat

Him be gentleman

Him go sweat all over

Him go faint right down

Him go smell like shit

Him go piss for body him no go know

Me I no be gentleman like that

(chorus): I no be gentleman at all o

I be Africa man original

(chorus): I no be gentleman at all o

otes:

Quench (pidgin language): Finished, dead

Jeje (yoruba): Easy, quiet