Key: A minor
Verse 1
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One day you'll learn
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when you get burned
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By then it will be too late you ya
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Be too late for ya
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When the fire spreads and burns,
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don't you know?
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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He's just a kid off the estate
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They call him little Jake
Today he tried to buy weed
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with his little mate
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Up in the bits, but he's just a kid
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So he was open to manipulation
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He had to un dergo initiation
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And when some older boys
saw the situation
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They took the piss; now look at this
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Little youth beating up his only friend
The only one that weren't pretend
And even gave him the
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money for the pen
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From mice to men and then to rats
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But only a snake behaves like that
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But the gang don't care for fool
shooting caps
They're just happy that you
fall for the trap
Verse 3
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Playing with fire
It doesn't burn
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The first time your hand
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Walked through the flame
Playing with fire
Bitter and sweet, Oh-no
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Scorching Scorching skin now
Hell on its way
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Playing with fire
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Fire, fire, fire, fire
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You're playing with fire
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One day you'll
Verse 4
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learn when you get burned
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By then it will be too late for ya
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Be too late for ya
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When the fire spreads and burns,
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don't you know
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Playing with fire
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He's just a kid,
Verse 5
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but he feels like a man today
He joined a gang today
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Been at a house party around the way
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Doing illegal shit,
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but he's just a kid
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Still he's in luck today,
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he got a fuck today
Yeah he bust his very first nut today
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In some stupid bitch,
today's moving quick
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So quick, if you wear the wrong
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shoes you'll slip
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Better keep up with the tempo,
with a clique
Cause what they on is messed up bruv
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An d now that he's rolling with these
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vexed up thugs
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So what's next up bruv?
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Cause he's gonna make
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it his only mission
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To better his position
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In this little gang it's a competition
To the little man with a disposition
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Holier than thou,
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he was born a Christian
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All he worships now is an idealism
Wise men will tell you with
age comes wisdom
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And you can't be saved by
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religion unless you have faith
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So it makes no difference to the youths
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that are raised in the system
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You don't have age on the side
Or any positive role models in their
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lives that provide insight
So they ain't going to listen
As for Jake,
he's already made his decision
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And now he's just another poster boy
for David Cameron's Broken Britain
Verse 6
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Playing with fire
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It doesn't burn
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The first time your hand
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Walked through the flame
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Playing with fire
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Bitter and sweet, Oh-no
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Scorching Scorch
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ing skin now
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Hell on its way
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Playing with fire
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One day you'll
Verse 7
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learn when you get burned
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By then it will be too late for ya
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Be too late for ya
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When the fire spreads and burns,
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don't you know
Playing with fire
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