- Hello, friends.

Welcome to the concert of Colors on Detroit PBS, the city's largest showcase of global grooves.

Special thanks to WDET and Detroit PBS, and all our other funders and supporters for making this possible.

Settle in and feel the pulse.

This is the Concert of Colors on Detroit PBS.

- [Announcer] Support for this program is provided in part by the Kresge Foundation.

The Gilbert Family Foundation.

The DTE Foundation.

Zingerman's Delicatessen.

The Ralph C. Wilson Foundation.

Mark Bernstein and Rachel Bendit.

And by contributions to your PBS station from viewers like you.

Thank you.

(upbeat music) - Please give us a Concert of Colors, a city of Detroit thunderous applause.

Let's stand up and fight our rights.

Femi Kuti.

(crowd cheering) - This is the moment we all have been waiting for.

On percussion tonight, we have Elizabeth.

On bass tonight, we have Dami Buzz.

On drums, we have Alaba.

On keys, we have Sean Keys.

On trumpet, we have Donald.

On trombone, we have Tunde.

On tenor saxophone, we have Michael.

On baritone, we have Joshua.

On guitar, my humble self.

Ladies and gentlemen, join me as I welcome on stage the king of Afrobeat, Femi Kuti.

(upbeat music) (upbeat music continues) (singer vocalizing) (upbeat music) ♪ Truth don die, oh ♪ Truth don die ♪ Oh ♪ Now, yesterday him talk ♪ Him want to travel around the world ♪ ♪ To teach the people his word ♪ The true word of God ♪ Make people stop to lie ♪ Say lie spoil the world ♪ If people start to lie ♪ Enjoyment go full the world ♪ If people stop to lie ♪ If we stop to lie ♪ Enjoyment for world ♪ If we stop to lie ♪ Honesty for world ♪ If we stop to lie ♪ Good things for world ♪ If we stop to lie ♪ Good things for world ♪ If we stop to lie ♪ Enjoyment for world ♪ If we stop to lie ♪ Honesty for world ♪ If we stop to lie ♪ Good things for world ♪ If we stop to lie, lie, lie ♪ Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie (upbeat music) (vocalists singing in foreign language) ♪ Go go go go go ♪ Go go go go go (vocalists singing in foreign language) ♪ Like water rush from pump (vocalists singing in foreign language) (upbeat music) (singer vocalizing) (upbeat music) (gentle saxophone music) (upbeat music) (crowd cheering) - Good evening, Detroit.

Are you feeling all right this evening?

(crowd cheering) We are greatly honored to be here with you this evening.

Tonight I am your flight captain, Femi Kuti.

(crowd cheering) Taking off from Detroit to your respective destinations.

I have a wonderful crew here to ensure we have a pleasant, lovely, wonderful flight.

Tonight you will see, through music, the beauty of world peace.

Africa, in its true essence.

(crowd cheering) The band is on tour.

Tonight is the fifth gig in a row, and I was coming in and saw the promoter I said, I'm looking for the energy.

She didn't get the joke.

I said, I think I left it in the hotel.

And she say, why would you say?

I said I was joking.

The energy is in my pocket, always ready, ever ready.

Tonight, we will deliver to you.

Don't let me sound too arrogant.

Just sit back, fasten your seat belts.

There is wifi on the flight.

There is wifi.

When I say you say ara, ara, ara, you say oru, oru, oru.

Ara, ara, ara.

(crowd cheering) Ara, ara, ara.

(crowd cheering) Now, don't forget that.

Ready?

One, two, three, four.

(upbeat music) (singer vocalizing) ♪ To trust ♪ Not in this world ♪ To find someone to trust ♪ Hard ♪ And then it must be special human being ♪ ♪ To find someone to trust ♪ It hard, yo ♪ And then he must be special human being ♪ (vocalists singing in foreign language) (upbeat music) (vocalist singing in foreign language) ♪ They plan to kill you ♪ You trust somebody today ♪ And to you, they fool yourself ♪ ♪ The man you think be your friend ♪ ♪ Gonna pray for your end ♪ People love to, they not like to hear ♪ ♪ Then, brother, then they come ♪ ♪ With angel's mind, go pray ♪ Make your own smart ball (singer vocalizing) ♪ Trust no day ♪ I come to understand ♪ My survival by any means (vocalist singing in foreign language) (vocalists singing in foreign language) ♪ A man gon do anything ♪ To get that money ♪ Kill him brother ♪ Just for power (vocalists singing in foreign language) (upbeat music) (crowd cheering) (drummer thudding) - [Performer] One, two, three, four!

(upbeat music) (singer vocalizing) ♪ Give it up (upbeat music) ♪ Give it up, give it up ♪ Give it up, give it up ♪ Give it up, give it up (singer vocalizing) (upbeat music) (singer vocalizing) (upbeat music) ♪ Most people just want to live in peace ♪ ♪ One problem ♪ Not government and bad policies ♪ ♪ They make life difficult ♪ Instead of bringing simplicity ♪ ♪ The hate and suffering around ♪ ♪ So painful to see ♪ Stop the hate ♪ For goodness' sake ♪ Before it's late ♪ Let us make the world a better place ♪ ♪ Together, our problems, let us face ♪ ♪ People listen ♪ There's no time to waste ♪ To bring justice and peace ♪ To the human race (singer vocalizing) (upbeat music) ♪ Stop the hate ♪ Stop the hate ♪ Stop the pain now ♪ Stop the hate ♪ Stop the hate ♪ Three, four (singer vocalizing) ♪ Give it up now (upbeat music) ♪ Give it up, give it up ♪ Give it up ♪ Give it up, give it up (singer vocalizing) (upbeat music) (performer chattering) - One, two, three, four!

(upbeat music) (singer trilling) That's good!

(upbeat music) Big noise.

Come on.

Jump!

Go, go!

Jump, go, go!

(singer vocalizing) ♪ Hey, hey ♪ Hey, hey ♪ Hey, hey, hey (upbeat music) ♪ I got too much on my mind ♪ I got too much on my mind ♪ I got too much on my mind ♪ But I believe, I believe with time ♪ ♪ Everything will be fine ♪ I believe, I believe ♪ I believe, I believe ♪ I believe, I believe ♪ I believe, I believe ♪ I believe, I believe (singer vocalizing) (upbeat music) (singer vocalizing) (singer trilling) ♪ I believe, I believe ♪ I believe, I believe ♪ I believe, I believe ♪ I believe, I believe (crowd cheering) ♪ With time ♪ Everything will be fine ♪ I believe, I believe, I believe ♪ ♪ I believe, I believe, I believe ♪ ♪ With time ♪ Everything will be fine ♪ Everything will be fine ♪ Everything will be fine ♪ Will be fine ♪ Fine, fine, fine ♪ We'll be fine ♪ Fine ♪ We'll be fine ♪ We'll be fine ♪ Fine, fine, fine, fine (somber music) (upbeat music) ♪ When you look around ♪ Look around ♪ And see for yourselves ♪ See for yourself ♪ When you look around ♪ Look around ♪ And see for yourselves ♪ See for yourself ♪ The problems wey dey ground ♪ The problems for ground ♪ The problems wey dey ground, I say ♪ ♪ The problems for ground (vocalist singing in foreign language) ♪ Look around you ♪ Look around you ♪ Everywhere you look around you ♪ ♪ Look around you ♪ Look around you ♪ Look around you ♪ Everywhere you look around you ♪ ♪ Look around you ♪ Look around you ♪ Look around you ♪ Look around you ♪ Everywhere you look around you ♪ ♪ Look around you ♪ Look around you (upbeat music) (crowd cheering) (upbeat music) ♪ Look around you ♪ Look around you ♪ Look around you ♪ Everywhere you look around you ♪ ♪ Everywhere you look around you ♪ ♪ Corruption ♪ Bad government ♪ No electricity ♪ Bad roads ♪ Bad healthcare, bad education ♪ ♪ No education ♪ Terrorism ♪ Kidnappings ♪ Look around you, look around you ♪ ♪ Everywhere you look around you ♪ ♪ Everywhere you look around you ♪ ♪ Corruption ♪ Bad governments ♪ No electricity ♪ Bad roads ♪ Bad healthcare, bad education ♪ (somber music) (crowd cheering) ♪ Look around you ♪ Look around you ♪ Look around you ♪ Everywhere you look around ♪ Everywhere you look around ♪ Corruption ♪ Bad government ♪ No electricity ♪ Bad roads, bad healthcare ♪ No electricity ♪ Bad education, no education ♪ Terrorism ♪ Kidnappings, wars (vocalist singing in foreign language) (upbeat music) (crowd cheering) (drums clanging) - One, two, three, four!

(upbeat music) (upbeat music continues) ♪ Know your history ♪ Be proud of your identity ♪ Know your culture ♪ And your child be sure ♪ Know your history ♪ Be proud of your identity ♪ Know your culture ♪ And your child be sure (upbeat music) (upbeat music continues) ♪ My brother, please tell me why English ♪ (vocalists singing in foreign language) (vocalists singing in foreign language) ♪ Think, my people, think ♪ Before you turn yourself to slave ♪ (vocalists singing in foreign language) ♪ Think, my people, think ♪ It better make you use your brain ♪ (vocalists singing in foreign language) ♪ Think, my people, think ♪ Before you turn yourself to slave ♪ (vocalists singing in foreign language) ♪ Think, my people, think ♪ It better make you use your brain ♪ (vocalists singing in foreign language) (upbeat music) ♪ Know your history ♪ Be proud of your identity ♪ Know your culture ♪ And your child is sure ♪ Know your history ♪ Be proud of your identity ♪ Know your culture ♪ And your child be sure (upbeat music) (upbeat music continues) ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Everyone say yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Everybody say, yeah, yeah, ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah, Detroit ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah, that's it ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Yes, say yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Say yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah (drums clanging) (upbeat music) - Making the album.

I'm making the album and I'm thinking, I'm so depressed.

My songs can't change things.

My father's tried.

Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Marcus Garvey, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.

I named them.

The world seems to get worse.

And I'm thinking probably we need to try something else.

So I'm thinking Mr. Kuti, maybe you need to work on your personality as well.

Work on yourself and maybe a light will start to glow, and people will see and everybody will start to change and people will start individually, we all start to become a universe.

Our walls within ourselves, and start to make that change within ourselves.

♪ Before I think say the road to freedom dey near ♪ ♪ As many great people (vocalist singing in foreign language) ♪ But now I see say ♪ The road to freedom dey far ♪ The world around me is full of chaos ♪ ♪ The world is ♪ Our ancestors ♪ The political world is so, so corrupt ♪ ♪ A voice within me says not to give up ♪ ♪ Now is not the time to be confused and lost ♪ ♪ Maybe we fit no change the world ♪ ♪ But we can change the world within us ♪ ♪ So I'm going to work on myself ♪ ♪ And bring out the very, very best ♪ ♪ Yes, I'm going to work on myself ♪ ♪ And bring out the very, very best ♪ (upbeat music) (singer vocalizing) (upbeat music) ♪ Before I think say the road to freedom dey near ♪ ♪ As many great people (vocalizing in foreign language) ♪ The world around me is full of chaos ♪ ♪ We don forget the ways of our ancestors ♪ ♪ The political world is so, so corrupt ♪ ♪ A voice with me says not to give up ♪ ♪ Now is not the time to be confused and lost ♪ ♪ Maybe we fit no change the world ♪ ♪ But we can change the world within us ♪ ♪ So I'm going to work on myself ♪ ♪ And bring out the very, very best ♪ ♪ Yes, I'm gonna work on myself ♪ ♪ And bring out the very, very best ♪ ♪ Boop (upbeat music) ♪ Yes, I'm gonna to work on myself ♪ ♪ Yes, I'm gonna to work on myself ♪ (upbeat music) (singer vocalizing) ♪ Yeah, so (singer vocalizing) (singer vocalizing) (upbeat music) (singer vocalizing) (gentle music) ♪ Yes, I'm gonna work on myself ♪ ♪ Yes, I'm gonna work on myself ♪ ♪ Yes, I'm gonna work on myself ♪ ♪ Yes, I'm gonna work on myself ♪ ♪ Yes, I'm gonna work on myself ♪ (crowd cheering) - [Performer] One, two, three, four!

(upbeat music) (singer vocalizing) ♪ See how politics don expose them, oh ♪ ♪ See how politics don expose them, oh ♪ ♪ See how politics don expose them, oh ♪ ♪ See how politics don expose them, oh ♪ ♪ See them liars, hypocrites, pretenders ♪ ♪ See how politics don expose them, oh ♪ ♪ Politicians with their corrupt and hidden agendas ♪ ♪ See how politics don expose them, oh ♪ ♪ Deceiving the people with fake and empty promises ♪ ♪ See how politics don expose them, oh ♪ ♪ Them just want to chop and steal ♪ ♪ For government offices ♪ See how politics don expose them, oh ♪ ♪ Before politics many of them no get work before ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ Politics was the only way for them to get free chop ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ And those who get work ♪ Capitalize on the opportunity ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ To get rich quick ♪ They no care for the people or the country ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ One main reason them fight the military ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ Na say them say the military ♪ They're too stingy ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ So them start them fake fight for democracy ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ So they themselves by themselves ♪ ♪ Can continue with their own stealing ♪ ♪ I say see how politics don expose them, oh ♪ ♪ See how politics don expose them, oh ♪ ♪ See how politics don expose them, oh ♪ ♪ See how politics don expose them, oh ♪ ♪ Most politicians their work not ♪ ♪ Na to steal and lie ♪ See how politics don expose them, oh ♪ ♪ They're not ready to make the people of the country rise ♪ ♪ See how politics don expose them, oh ♪ ♪ Year after year ♪ They make the people wait in vain ♪ ♪ See how politics don expose them, oh ♪ ♪ They no care about their suffering or their pain ♪ ♪ See how politics don expose them, oh ♪ ♪ They don upgrade corruption ♪ Crooks and criminals in action ♪ ♪ See how politics don expose them ♪ ♪ See how politics don expose them ♪ ♪ See how politics don expose them, oh ♪ ♪ They don upgrade corruption ♪ Crooks and criminals in action ♪ ♪ See how politics don expose them ♪ ♪ See how politics don expose them ♪ ♪ See how politics don expose them, oh ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ See how politics don expose them ♪ ♪ See how politics don expose them ♪ ♪ See how politics don expose them ♪ ♪ See how politics don expose them, oh ♪ (upbeat music) (crowd cheering) (upbeat music) (vocalist singing in foreign language) (vocalists singing in foreign language) (upbeat music) (vocalist singing in foreign language) (upbeat music) (vocalist singing in foreign language) (vocalists singing in foreign language) (crowd cheering) (upbeat music) ♪ We don tell you many times before ♪ ♪ Say na you go come to regret ♪ Say the government of Obasanjo ♪ ♪ Go carry all of us ♪ Go for hell ♪ You carry your pompous self about ♪ ♪ You say you no want to hear ♪ Now everything come dey scatter for your face ♪ (vocalists singing in foreign language) (upbeat music) (vocalist singing in foreign language) (upbeat music) (vocalists singing in foreign language) (crowd cheering) - [Announcer] Support for this program is provided in part by the Kresge Foundation.

The Gilbert Family Foundation.

The DTE Foundation.

Zingerman's Delicatessen.

The Ralph C. Wilson Foundation.

Mark Bernstein and Rachel Bendit.

And by contributions to your PBS station from viewers like you.

Thank you.

(gentle music)