Burial - P. Tosh, N. Livingstone

  Dem want I, dem want I fi come a dem funeral
  Dem claim say dem claim say dem a de general
  Dem want I, dem want I fi come a dem funeral
  Dem claim say dem claim say dem a de general

  what a big digrace
  whey you rob up the place
  rob everything you can find
  and you even rob the blind

  you must you want I fi come a come a funeral
  and I no go a no one burial
  yet you waan I fi come a come a funeral
  mek you friend come claim seh you a di general

  now we know the truth
  find you weraing the boot???
  of taking peoples business on your head
  so might as well you be dead

  Dem want I, dem want I fi come a dem funeral
  Dem claim say dem claim say dem a de general
  Dem want I, dem want I fi come a dem funeral
  Dem claim say dem claim say dem a de general

  Let the dead bury their dead
  and who is to be fed, be fed
  I ain't got no time to waste on you 
  I'm a livin man and I got work to do

  this man and that man 
  they are the same man
  you thouht of this just as well
  that the rich man's heaven i the poor mans hell

  you must you want I fi come a come a funeral
  natty no go a no one funeral
  you must want I fi come a come a funeral
  and I no go a no one burial
  yet you waan I fi come a coma a funeral
  mek you friend come claim seh you a di general

> From what I gather, it's about not wanting to be buried when you
> die... some sort of tradition or something?  Alex.

"Let the dead bury their dead" is a quote from Jesus which I find a
little strange as you can hear Tosh sing in Stand Firm:

  The other one come tell I say
  If you want to be in the light
  you gotta love Jesas Crise son
  Dat is fantasy
  A whole pack of ignorancy, I say

Anyway, this is what can be found in Luke, chapter 9:

9:59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me
first to go and bury my father.

9:60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou
and preach the kingdom of God.

9:61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first
go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.

9:62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the
plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

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