This song is about the hypocrisy of many Christians and Muslims, especially those in government and other positions of power. It was written after the death(murder) of his mother at the hands of Nigerian military soldiers after she fell from an upstairs window during a military raid of Felas house (Kalakuta Republic).
He took a Coffin (representing that of his mother) to the barracks where the Christian president at the time (Obasanjo) and the Muslim “vice president” (Yar'Aduwa) would have been staying and called them out to collect what they were responsible for (They didn’t)