[Verse 1]
Ahhh, ahhh,
(A skidilya bop bop ahhh)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Ahhh, ahhh
(A skidilya bop)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Ay)
Ooh yoi
In the abundance of water the fool is thirsty
Why you ago (do you) look for the living among the dead
Ahhh why you ago look for the living among the dead
Mistaking what so many prophets
And so many righteous men said
What they said
Yet you ago (still) look for the living among the
dead
So tell me what them do
Mistaking the messenger for his message
Mistaking the prophet for whom he represents
Mistaking the king for the King of all Kings
Mistaking the singer for the One he sings
Why you ago look for the living among the dead
Ahhh why you ago look for the living among the dead
Mistaking what so many prophets
And so many saints of God said
What they said
Yet you ago look for the living among the
dead
So tell me what them do
A fool ago thirst
In a world full of seas
What does it take to make a blind man see
A burning bush to explode in his face
Before he finally sees the Father's grace
Wayoi, yo, yo, ya
Wayoi, yo, yo, yoi
Wayoi, yo, yo, ya
Wayoi…
Why you ago look for the living among the dead
(A skidilya bop bop)
Ahhh why you ago look for the living among the dead
Mistaking what so many prophets
And so many righteous men said
What they said
Yet you ago look for the living among the
dead
So tell me what them do
A fool ago thirst
Roll away, roll away
Roll away the stone
A fool ago thirst
Roll away, roll away
For Christ is gone
A fool ago thirst
So me say roll away the stone
For Yeshua is gone
A fool ago thirst
Yeah me say roll away the stone
For Yeshua is gone
Why You Ago Look?
Song Meaning
Christafari builds "Why You Ago Look?" entirely around the angel's question at the empty tomb, translated into Jamaican patois but left otherwise unchanged — "why you ago look for the living among the dead," a near-direct quote from Luke's resurrection account. The repetition treats the question as still being asked of anyone searching for Christ somewhere He's already left.
"Mistaking the messenger for his message, mistaking the prophet for whom he represents, mistaking the king for the King of all Kings" lists a specific category of error — confusing a pointer with what it points to — applied across several examples in a row rather than just one. "A fool ago thirst in a world full of seas" keeps that same irony going, describing self-inflicted lack in the middle of abundance.
"Roll away, roll away the stone, for Christ is gone" closes the song on the empty tomb itself, repeating the stone's removal as proof that the search described throughout the song is aimed in the wrong direction — not toward a grave, but away from one.