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I need your help to that song "burial" from peter tosh. You know I live in germany and my english is not so good. Can you explain me these in simple words. What does Peter Tosh mean:

"FIND YOU
WEARING THE BOOT
OF TAKING PEOPLE'S BUSINESS ON YOUR HEAD,YEAH
SO MIGHT AS WELL YOU BE DEAD"

and what does he mean with that one:

"LET THE DEAD BURY THE DEAD NOW
AND WHO IS TO BE FED, BE FED
I AIN'T GOT NO TIME TO WASTE ON YOU
I'M A LIVIN MAN, I GOT WORK TO DO
RIGHT NOW

THIS MAN AND THAT MAN
YES THEY ARE THE SAME MAN
YOU TAUGHT US THIS JUST AS WELL
THAT THE RICH MAN HEAVEN IS THE POOR MAN'S HELL"

does he mean that Babylonians are also dead?

does noone know the meaning of that song?

ites deh
wa me tink is
the first one
babylon kiking and takin of the good ideas and the business of the people...sooner or later will die...

the second one means wa he says
who is dead is dead
who must be fed let it be fed
and he has work to do spreading the message cuse he live him life

we are all one people
but the rich stiil makes we live in hell~

dats mny obsevartion of themusic
respect evrytime
Carlos

thank you so much, you helped me a lot )))))

you must know that Rastafarians don't in attend funderals, because they believe death is for the sinner, eternal life is for the righteous ones. that's why they don't "waste" their time with the dead.

If you hear the origninal recording of get up, stand up on the "burnin'" album you can hear him at the end of the song mumbling something. It is so far in the background that you almost can't hear it. I just want to know what is he saying? Can you understand what he's saying?

Yeah you're right. But I also can't understand what he's saying

I can hear the word "neighbourhood" or something

maybe "love your brother as your neighbour"

Me Idren in mi neighbourhood is a big Reggae Fan and Jamaican and he says. he might say "don't trouble your brother in your neighbourhood