Water No Get Enemy

Lyrics

[Intro: ?uestlove, leading the band] 1, 2... 1, 2... you got it! 1!...2!...3...! [Saxophone Solo: Femi Kuti] [Trumpet Solo: Roy Hargrove, with Femi Kuti adlibbing] [Guitar Solo: Nile Rodgers] [Adlibs: D'Angelo:] (Oh, oh, yeah...) (Oh yeah... oh yeah... mmm, mm-mm, yeah...) [Verse: Femi Kuti, Macy Gray and (D'Angelo)] T′o ba fe lo we omi l'o ma′lo, oh-ohh If you want go wash, a water you go use (Ah, ah) T'o ba fe se'be omi l′o ma′lo, oh-ohh If you want cook soup, a water you go use T'o ri ba n′gbona o omi l'ero re (If your head get hot, water you gon' use – ah, ah) T′omo ba n'dagba omi l′o ma'lo If your child dey grow, now water you go use T'omi ba p′omo e o omi na lo ma′lo – you don't want that now If your child dey grow, now water you gon' use (And you don't want that, you don't want that, no...) [Chorus: Femi Kuti, Macy Gray & D'Angelo] Ko s'ohun to′le se k'o ma lo′mi o, omi o l′ota o Ko s'ohun to′le se k'o ma lo′mi o Ko s'ohun to′le se k'o ma lo′mi o, omi o l′ota o Ko s'ohun to′le se k'o ma lo′mi o [Verse: Macy Gray & D'Angelo together, (Femi Kuti), Macy Gray] (T′o ba fe lo we omi l'o ma′lo) If you want to wash, now water you gon' use If you want cook soup, now water you gon' use – Ohh... If your head get hot, now watеr you gon' use If your child dey grow, now water you gon' usе If your child dey grow, now water you gon' use Yeah... Ohh, la, la... If your head dey hot, now water you go use [Chorus: Femi Kuti & D'Angelo] Ko s'ohun to′le se k'o ma lo′mi o, omi o l′ota o Ko s'ohun to′le se k'o ma lo′mi o Ko s'ohun to′le se k'o ma lo′mi o, omi o l′ota o Ko s'ohun to′le se k'o ma lo′mi o, omi o l′ota o [Refrain: Femi Kuti, (D'Angelo), choir] Water, you no get enemy I say water no get enemy Water, you no get enemy I say water no get enemy Water, you no get enemy Water... (I say water no get enemy) Water, it no get enemy (Water, unless you wan' die) Water, it no get enemy Omi o l′ota o, oh... (For a child to grow...) Water, it no get enemy Omi o l′ota o (For a child to grow, we need...) Water, it no get enemy Water, you no get enemy Water, you no get enemy (Can't do nothin' without water, yeah, yeah, yeah....) [Rhodes Solo: D'Angelo, with Macy Gray adlibbing] [Outro: choir singing along with horns]