‘Burn Dem’ - by “Black Stalin”

Burn Dem
sung by “Black Stalin” 

The song featured here, Burn Dem, was composed by Dr. Leroy Calliste aka “Black Stalin,” one of the Kings of Soca, in 1987. Stalin won the 1987 Calypso Monarch competition with his performance of this mega-song. Black Stalin has always been a politically and socially conscious artist, and sung about the struggles of South Africans and all oppressed peoples of the world in his quest for world peace.
Lyrics
            Intro

Fire burning, fire blazing
(Jah know, Jah know)
Fire burning, fire commin’
(Jah know, Jah know)
Fire burning, fire blazing
(Jah know, Jah know)
Fire burning, fire commin’
Hit me now

Verse 1

Judgment morning,
I by the gate and I waiting,
Because I begging the Master,
Gimme a work with Peter;
It have some sinners coming,
With them I go be dealing,
Because the things that they do we,
I want to fix them personally.
Peter wait, Peter wait,
Peter, look Cecil Rhodes by the gate
[Burn he, burn he!]
Peter, look the English man
Wey send Cecil Rhodes to Africa land
[Burn he, burn he!)]
Peter, take Drake, take Ralegh,
But leave Victoria for me
[Burn she, burn she!]
Peter, I just doh care what you say,
Bbut Mussolini, he can't get away.
[Burn he, burn he!]  --  Why?...

Chorus

This is my time for burning! I burning,
And I burning, and I burning, and I burning!
Peter, keep the fire blazing!
Blazing, blazing, blazing, blazing!
This is Jah time for burning!  I burning,
And I burning, and I burning, and I burning!
Peter, keep the fire coming!

Verse 2

Peter you don't know,
The pressure that I undergo,
From these mad man and woman,
I feel the full weight of their hand;
They make their oppressed law,
They never care ’bout the poor,
Peter, these people had their day,
Well now is time for Stalin to pay.
Peter, wait, I say Peter wait!
Peter, look Ian Smith by the gate
[Burn he, burn he!]
Peter, I don't want you to make fuss,
Remember I want Christopher Columbus
[Burn he, burn he!)
Peter, look the English woman
Who on South Africa-
Refuse to put sanctions
[Burn she, burn she!]
Peter, I just don't care what you do,
But Reagan going in the fire too
[Burn he, burn he!]  -- Why?...

Chorus

_________________

Verse 3

Peter, don't grudge me,
Your hand done full already,
You done deal with The Fuhrer,
Go ahead and take Foster.
But that woman, Mary,
Remember that's my baby,
So much confusion that she make,
You got to give “Black Stalin” a break
Peter, wait, I say Peter wait!
Peter, look Botha reach by the gate
[Burn he, burn he!]
With Botha I don't want you to waste time,
Remember we still have Morgan behind
[Burn he, burn he!]
Peter, look the English woman
Who sent foreign troops in Africa land
[Burn she, burn she!]
Peter, I just don't care what you say,
De Klu Klux Klan man can't get away
[Burn he, burn he!]  --  Why?...

Chorus

_________________

Verse 4

Peter, stop pushing,
It have plenty more coming.
They call them from over sea,
But leave my -------
During my lifetime,
To me they were so unkind,
So much corruption that they make,
Now it is time they must feel my weight.
Peter, Peter don't hold me back!
Look the one-
Who draft the Public Order Act
[Burn he, burn he!)
Peter look, catch that big belly fella
Wey carry my money down Panama.
[Burn he, burn he!)
Peter, Peter, look the woman
Who bring foreign troops in the Caribbean
[Burn she, burn she!)
Peter, I just don't care what you do,
But baldhead going in the fire too
[Burn he, burn he!)  --  Why?...

Chorus

_________________


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