Key: E
Introduction: E A C#m B E A C#m B
E A
Fire, fire
C#m B
Dem nah go cool me down, let them know say
E A
Nah retire
C#m B
Even when me know, say the pagan
E A
Dem a conspire
C#m B
Dem sell out the ghetto youths, true, dem a some
E A
Thief and liar
C#m B
Well, a this me mek dem know
E A
Babylon promise me say what dem never offer
C#m B
Then them sell out your son them and your daughter
E A
The youth dem thirsty, dem no give them no water
C#m B
That's why me turn up, turn up da fire, yo, it brawta
E A
Find out say that dem don't have no heart yah
C#m B
'Pon the road of corruption dem a walk yah
E A
Teach the youth dem fi wise and smarter
C#m B
Independent and prosper
Me go so, yo
E A
Fire, fire
C#m B
Dem nah go cool me down, mek them know say
E A
Nah retire
C#m B
Even when me know, say the pagan
E A
Dem a conspire
C#m B
Dem sell out the ghetto youths, true, dem a some
E A
Thief and liar
C#m B
Well, a this me mek dem know
E A
I'm a creator, not a procrastinator
C#m B
From the lineage of the realest, so me bun the faker
E A
Yeah, Jah a me guide and me navigator
C#m B
Me say nuff cyaan go make it cah dem forsake yah
E A
That's why me a go burn dem up like a paper
C#m B
E A
Me still a bun the pirates and the traitor
C#m B
Turn it up like the equator
So me go so, yo
E A
Fire, fire
C#m B
Dem nah go cool me down, let them know say
E A
Nah retire
C#m B
Cause even when me know, say the pagan
E A
Dem a conspire
C#m B
Dem sell out the ghetto youths, true, dem a some
E A
Thief and liar
C#m B
Well, a this me mek dem know
E A
Babylon is burning down
C#m B
Anyway dem turning down
E A
Tell the youth dem say fi firm it down
C#m B
Education is the ultimate, so learn it down, cha
E A
Hey, Babylon is burning down
C#m B
Righteousness me concerning down
E A
Independent ghetto youths are earning down
C#m B
Tell the pagan that the table a go turn
So me go so, yo
E A
Fire, fire
C#m B
Dem nah go cool me down, mek them know say
E A
Nah retire
C#m B
Even when me know, say the pagan
E A
Dem a conspire
C#m B
Dem sell out the ghetto youths, true, dem a some
E A
Thief and liar
C#m B
Well, a this me mek dem know
E A
Well, ghetto youth nah rule the pagan and ghetto youth that's who you will
C#m B
Unno come yah so fi bruk down, cah we a come yah so fi build
E A
Dem a find time cool down, we no find time fi chill
C#m B
And tell the pagan dem fi be still, hey
E A
C#m B
Me tell dem very ghetto [?] fi have a skill
E A
C#m B
A Hail King Selassie, hear me
Da one yah name
E A
Fire, fire
C#m B
Dem nah go cool me down, let them know say
E A
Nah retire
C#m B
Even when me know, say the pagan
E A
Dem a conspire
C#m B
Dem sell out the ghetto youths, true, dem a some /fade