ANALYSIS OF MUSIC TEXT: FELA KUTI’s LADY AND WIZKID’s JAIYE JAIYE

The study investigates music lyrics in the Afro beat[s] genre focused on women. Using the lyrics of two songs connected by influence and textual elements, the researcher analysed Fela Kuti’s Lady and Wizkid’s Jaiye Jaiye. The study found out that the lyrics represent social nomenclatures of the times they were written and utilized repetition and metaphor as major rhetorical devices. While in Fela’s song, the repeated phrases represented the neo-colonialism tendencies and mannerisms of the 70s, the nuances of Wizkid’s song focused on the desire for lavish and affluent lifestyle of young people in the digital age. Additionally, both artistes used words that provoked imagery - Wizkid used slangs of the 21st century, and Fela Kuti simply used extant registers of his age. The study concluded that music reflects specific epochs and contexts of writing. However, further studies should be conducted to deconstruct the intricate shifts in music across times and in relation to social issues or gender. Key words: Music, Critical Discourse, language, imagery, ideologies