
Date of issue: 22.07.2012
Age restrictions: 18+
Record label: 679
Song language: English
Playing With Fire |
One day you’ll learn when you get burned |
By then it will be too late you ya |
Be too late for ya |
When the fire spreads and burns, don’t you know? |
He’s just a kid off the estate |
They call him little Jake |
Today he tried to buy weed with his little mate |
Up in the bits, but he’s just a kid |
So he was open to manipulation |
He had to undergo initiation |
And when some older boys saw the situation |
They took the piss; |
now look at this |
Little youth beating up his only friend |
The only one that weren’t pretend |
And even gave him the money for the pen |
From mice to men and then to rats |
But only a snake behaves like that |
But the gang don’t care for fool shooting caps |
They’re just happy that you fall for the trap |
Playing with fire |
It doesn’t burn |
The first time your hand |
Walked through the flame |
Playing with fire |
Bitter and sweet, Oh-no |
Scorching skin now |
Hell on its way |
Playing with fire |
Fire, fire, fire, fire |
You’re playing with fire |
One day you’ll learn when you get burned |
By then it will be too late for ya |
Be too late for ya |
When the fire spreads and burns, don’t you know |
Playing with fire |
He’s just a kid, but he feels like a man today |
He joined a gang today |
Been at a house party around the way |
Doing illegal shit, but he’s just a kid |
Still he’s in luck today, he got a fuck today |
Yeah he bust his very first nut today |
In some stupid bitch, today’s moving quick |
So quick, if you wear the wrong shoes you’ll slip |
Better keep up with the tempo, with a clique |
Cause what they on is messed up bruv |
And now that he’s rolling with these vexed up thugs |
So what’s next up bruv? |
Cause he’s gonna make it his only mission |
To better his position |
In this little gang it’s a competition |
To the little man with a disposition |
Holier than thou, he was born a Christian |
All he worships now is an idealism |
Wise men will tell you with age comes wisdom |
And you can’t be saved by religion unless you have faith |
So it makes no difference to the youths that are raised in the system |
You don’t have age on the side |
Or any positive role models in their lives that provide insight |
So they ain’t going to listen |
As for Jake, he’s already made his decision |
And now he’s just another poster boy for David Cameron’s Broken Britain |
Playing with fire |
It doesn’t burn |
The first time your hand |
Walked through the flame |
Playing with fire |
Bitter and sweet, Oh-no |
Scorching skin now |
Hell on its way |
Playing with fire |
One day you’ll learn when you get burned |
By then it will be too late for ya |
Be too late for ya |
When the fire spreads and burns, don’t you know |
Playing with fire |
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