Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Motor City Is Burning, artist - MC5. Date of issue: 11.11.1991
Song language: English
Motor City Is Burning |
| Ya know, the Motor City is burning babe |
| There ain’t a thing in the world that they can do |
| Ya know, the Motor City is burning people |
| There ain’t a thing that white society can do |
| Ma home town burning down to the ground |
| Worser than Vietnam |
| Let me tell you how it started now … |
| It started on 12th and Clairmount that morning |
| It made the beat cops all jump and shout |
| Ah said, it started on 12th and Clairmount that morning |
| It made the pigs in the street freak out |
| The fire wagons kept comin', baby |
| But the Black Panther snipers wouldn’t let them put it out, wouldn’t let them |
| put it out, wouldn’t let them put it out |
| Get it on … |
| Well, there were fire bombs bursting all around, people |
| Ya know there were soldiers standing everywhere |
| I said there was fire bombs bursting all around me, baby |
| Ya know there was National Guard everywhere |
| Ah can hear my people screaming |
| Sirens fill the air, fill the air, fill the air |
| Your mama papa don’t know what the trouble is |
| You see, they don’t know what it’s all about |
| Ah said, your mama, papa don’t know what the trouble is, baby |
| They just can’t see what it’s all about |
| I get the news, read the newspapers, baby? |
| You just get out there in the street and check it out! |
| Ah said, the Motor City is burning, people |
| I ain’t hanging round to fight it out |
| Ah said, the Motor City is burning, people |
| Just not hang around to fight it out |
| Well, I’m taking my wife and my people and they’re on TV |
| Well, just before I go, baby, ??? |
| Fireman’s on the street, people all around |
| Now, I guess it’s true |
| I’d just like to strike a match for freedom myself |
| I may be a white boy, but I can be bad, too |
| Yes, it’s true now, yes, it’s true now |
| Let it all burn! |
| Let it all burn! |
| Yeah, yeah, yeah |
| Yes |
| Come on baby! |
| Come on baby! |