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Burning lyrics with English Translations
[Intro] Oo-oo-oo-ooh Oo-oo-oo-ooh (Come wid di fyah) ((Come with the fire))
[Chorus 1] Come wid di fyah di city burning down (Come with the fire the city burning down) Mi jus a tun it up higher and keep it burning (I’m just standing up higher and keeping it burning) It a bun like a tire mi have a burning sound (It’s burning like a tire I have a burning sound) An’ if mi try fi retire mi leave dem yearning (And if I try to retire I leave them yearning) Nuttin cyaa out my flame, no it cyaa quench, cyaa cool, (Nothing can’t out my flame’ no it can’t quench, can’t cool) Cyaa tame (Can’t tame) Since eh Devil nuh like it, him seh fi turn it down (Since the Devil don’t like it, he say to turn it down) Suh mi jus give him di fyah and mek it burn him (So I just give him the fire and make it burn him)
[Verse 1] Koffee pon di street (Koffee on the street) Tank Top inna di heat (Tank Top in the heat) Jeans pants an’ crocks (Jeans pants and crocks) No socks deh pon mi feet (No socks here on my feet) Knapsack weh mi a beat (Knapsack that I’m wearing) Well pack up an’ it neat (Well pack up and it’s neat) Stay woke, no sleep Mi nuh likkle, bo-peep (I’m not little, about peep) Money pon mi mind but mi neva have a coin (Money on my mind but I never have a coin) Nah cuss mi jus a hustle fi di pretty dolla sign (Not cussing I’m just hustling for the dollar sign) A neva nuff fun time (It wasn’t a lot of fun time) Life rough sometime But mi know me an me mommy affi si di sunshine (But I know me and my mommy have to see the sunshine) Dats why mi… (That’s why I…)
[Chorus 2] Come wid di fyah di city burning down (Come with the fire the city burning down) Mi jus a tun it up higher and keep it burning (I’m just standing up higher and keeping it burning) It a bun like a tire mi have a burning sound (It’s burning like a tire I have a burning sound) An’ if mi try fi retire mi leave dem yearning (And if I try to retire I leave them yearning) Nuttin cyaa out my flame, no it cyaa quench, cyaa cool, (Nothing can’t out my flame’ no it can’t quench, can’t cool) Cyaa tame (Can’t tame) Since eh Devil nuh like it, him seh fi turn it down (Since the Devil don’t like it, he say to turn it down) Suh mi jus give him di fyah and mek it burn him (So I just give him the fire and make it burn him) (Burn, burn, burn, burn, burn)
[Verse 2] Seet yah wah become a Peter (Se it here want become a Peter) Mommy seh be Docta (Mommy say be Doctor) Granny seh be Preacha (Granny say be Preacher) Wah fi be a Rasta (Want to be Rasta) Daddy seh be neata (Daddy say be neater) Peter neva like dat suh him tek di streets-ah (Peter never like that so he took the streets) Everybaddi born wid a talent yuh fi feature (Everybody born with a talent you should feature) Blessings in abundance Weh wi fi cherish each-a (That we should cherish each of) Neva be ungrateful (Never be ungrateful) Life is such a teacha (Life is such a teacher) Koffee pon Upsetta track (Koffee on Upsetta track) Sii mi bring di heat ya (See I bring the heat here)
(Repeat Chorus 1)
[Verse 2] Run up an’ down (Run up and down) Have dem a run up an' down (Have them running up and down) Yea a Koffee wid di Don sound (Yea it’s Koffee with the Don sound) Anytime mi come roun’ (Anytime I come around) A madness pon di compound (It’s madness on the compound) (Pon di compound) ((On the compound)) Man a tun fool, a tun clown (Man’s turning fool, turning clown) But Jah-Jah covah mi journey (But Jah-Jah cover my journey) (Covah mi journey), I beg yuh guide it (Cover my journey), I beg you guide it) An’ any trouble mi see (And any trouble I see) Mi need God will provide it (Anything) (I need God will provide it (Anything) And he will still have a day wid me beside it (And he will still have a day with me beside it)
(Repeat Chorus 2)
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