Fela Kuti -- "Water No Get Enemy"
My favorite Fela Kuti track. I don't know that I'm even qualified to say much about it, except that I love the deep buzz of the bari sax, love how the song seamlessly meshes together elements from different continents -- the music of Africa, filtered through American history and culture, then brought back to Africa and re-Africanized. I don't know what the lyrics are about, can't really decipher the gist of the song, but whatever Fela is saying, I'm on board with it. Well worth the investment of 9:50 of your time.
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