Lyrics
Chorus:
The City on Fire, but there's no one to stop this BURNING BURNING!
The place on fire, but they doh have no water fuh we NO!
The Drag on FIRE FIRE, The People's Mall is BURNING burning DOWN!
It really on FIRE FIRE, ah cyah BELIEVE IT!
Verse One:
Fuh years now they whispering, planning, plotting, scheming/ Pinch meh, ah hatta be dreaming/ Dis cyah be fuh real, all ah seeing is steam and flames colour-pastel like corn-meal on de scene, ah mean/ Ah cyah even intervene, Police barricade we like dey in dey with The Queen!/ And is no big scene fuh dem is just routine, but daiz muh life's work since ah turned 16/ Fresh stocks, ah jus packed, so fresh, so clean, like ah box ah cockset now, burning green/ Ah really cyah stand tuh see it ALL go Up in smoke/ No insurance, no goods, means ah brokes OH GOD!/ Wha ah go do? How ah go feed muh daughter? and how de F**K none ah dem hydrant doh have no water man!
Chorus:
The City on Fire, but there's no one to stop this BURNING BURNING!
The place on fire, but they doh have no water fuh we NO!
The Drag on FIRE FIRE, The People's Mall is BURNING burning DOWN!
It really on FIRE FIRE, ah cyah BELIEVE IT!
Bridge:
It burning down now, doh let it burn down
Please Mr Officer, doh let it burn now
It burning down now, doh let it burn down
Please Mr Officer, doh let it burn now
Verse Two:
Oh yes! We're finally getting rid of this eyesore, on this spot where I saw so much more money for me! We finally got them out of the way, burn those blasted shacks down in the middle of the day, oh yay! And there's no coming back for that pack of black Rastmen that gave me heart attacks, NO WAY! Now we can build the city of our dreams and control EVERY single thing coming in, that's the way! Your plan worked perfectly Joe, you're a genius/ you knew with the cricket on nobody would see us! and even if they suspect foul play, there's no proff and I've paid to make it STAY that WAY! Cause no matter what THEY say, at the end of the day, we ALONE know what's best for our city, OK!
Chorus:
The City on Fire, but there's no one to stop this BURNING BURNING!
The place on fire, but they doh have no water fuh we NO!
The Drag on FIRE FIRE, The People's Mall is BURNING burning DOWN!
It really on FIRE FIRE, ah cyah BELIEVE IT!
Verse Three:
Now the Drag done bun', so this talk is cheap and yuh could close your eyes, but doh walk in yuh sleep/ and doh walk down Frederick St lookin fuh we, it aint have no more Drag Brothers, no more pardners/ no more day-work for them mothers and fathers, no more small hustles fuh all dem sprangers and de saga continues like we aint have no right... tuh get best prices on dem fresh Air Nikes, ah lie?
Chorus:
The City on Fire, but there's no one to stop this BURNING BURNING!
The place on fire, but they doh have no water fuh we NO!
The Drag on FIRE FIRE, The People's Mall is BURNING burning DOWN!
It really on FIRE FIRE, ah cyah BELIEVE IT!
