Friday, 5 April 2013

I WILL NEVER BE FAITHFUL TO A WOMAN. NEVER EVER! – FEMI KUTI




I will never get married again. I don’t think I will ever be able to trust anybody. I will never be able to give any woman that chance. First I will not even try to be faithful. I won’t! Because first of all, I don’t even believe a woman would be faithful to me. And why does she want to be faithful to me? First, I think it’s very unnatural and I cannot even imagine standing somewhere and one man will say, ‘I pronounce you man and wife.’ Who are you to pronounce me man and wife? Okay I pronounce myself man and wife. There is a girl who lives with me now. She is not as jealous as most of my other girlfriends. She knows I like women, so we understand each other. She doesn’t question me, I don’t question her. She takes care of our child, no wahala. But the minutes she start being over jealous, we are going to start a fight. She is the kind of person I will say, that girl fine o! And she will say, should I chase her for you? And I will say don’t worry, I can do it myself. It’s about freedom of expression, freedom of mind, freedom of being able to live and if that institution cannot give me that, why should I go into an institution that is about restriction? It doesn’t mean that I am somebody that wants to sleep around, I just don’t like “don’t, don’t, don’t” I don’t need an institution to tell me that. I don’t want anybody to question me. Who are you to question my life? Have you heard any of my song questioning anybody? and every time I have tried to love, they have broken my heart. From day one, either because I am Fela’s son. I hear parents say, “Oh! You want to marry Fela’s son? God forbid!” Even Funke that I married, when her mother found out I was Fela’s son, she scream no ooo! God forbid! Funke had to run away to get pregnant o! And we ran away to get married. So, by the time she and her mother made up, of course, the marriage collapsed. So you see, I try to be straight forward. Why should I lie? I am popular and I now want to be sneaking from house to house or lie to my girlfriend? There is no way they wouldn’t catch me so its better you are truthful. So I don’t start a relationship with, “You are my one and only, bla bla bla.’ No! I like you very much but the possibility of liking someone else is there. I tell them. Even my wife Funke, I made this very clear to her. I don’t start my relationship base on you are the only on. I want to marry you. you are the apple of my eyes. I start by being very truthful.

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