Electric Nairobi

(Chorus)
Put ya lights out, ain't no lights on
You hear the drums and you know the fight's on.
(Repeat)
Down in Nairobi, tonight's electric is going down in Nairobi 

(verse)
Sunday morning 
On my way to Mogadishu
You gotta hear this,
But today I cannot reach you.
Nothing around,
For miles, but this road 
It's not a lonely one,
Though I carry heavy load. 
So out of place,
A stranger in a strange zone.
A different beat
While we're singing out the same song.
So many roads, 
There's madness all around.
I steer clear the traffic,
But get lost in the sound.
I met a man, 
He had fallen to his knees,
None offered help, 
though it's obvious he bleeds. 
He wore no shoes 
Soles were tough as leather
Sun drenched skin 
He must have walked forever
He bore no bags,
Just a spoon and a cup.
Knelt down by his side 
And I filled it up. 
Little did I know 
In this twist of luck,
That this old man 
Was gonna lift me up.

(Chorus)
Put ya lights out, ain't no lights on
You hear the drums and you know the fight's on.
(Repeat)
Down in Nairobi, tonight's electric is going down in Nairobi

(Verse) 

He spoke in language 
Foreign from me tongue 
He told me stories
How his journey had begun
He went to school
Learned his lessons when he young
He knew the heroes of the world
Would likely go unsung.
Said in a vision, 
He had woken in a dream.
The road he walked 
was a waterless stream.
The soil rich,
Crops would be full and green. 
He could feed the whole world
With this Love Supreme!
He couldn't understand 
Why the world was severed. 
How could we go hungry 
If we work together? 
He said, "My boy, 
I can't walk any longer. 
If you carry me to Tanzania,
I'll make you stronger."
The wisdom rained 
And flowed from him to me 
He spread philosophy 
On seeds of history 
He's no professor 
Like the ones that you know 
He's a farmer,
Words the crop that he grow. 

(Chorus)
Put ya lights out, ain't no lights on
You hear the drums and you know the fight's on.
(Repeat)
Down in Nairobi, tonight's electric is going down in Nairobi

(Final Verse)
I figured out 
What you may not have seen,
I was the road 
He walked in his dream.
I made a promise 
That his vision would come true.
Starved for wisdom,
I try feed it to you! 
This was my future,
That's when he told me,
Tonight's Electric 
Is going down in Nairobi! 


Put ya lights out, ain't no lights on
You hear the drums and you know the fight's on.
(Repeat)
Down in Nairobi, tonight's electric is going down in Nairobi

Afrobeat Fela