Playing With Fire
Stereo MC's"Playing With Fire" is a song by Stereo MC's, released in 1992 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:51 long and contains 87 lines and 514 words.
Lyrics
0:11You're playin' with fire
0:16You're playin' with fire
0:20You could be one in a million
0:23Could be walking down the street just like any civilian
0:26You could be amphibian
0:28But it still don't mean that you ain't gonna fall
0:30Victim to the april showers
0:33And the tombstone and the bouquet of old flowers
0:36Powers above who be guiding
0:38A madman at the wheel is the way we be
0:40Riding down the line
0:43Standing upon corner selling two at the time
0:47You really wanna shock it
0:48That's when you make the exchange in you pocket
0:51Lord that's the way it goes
0:53That's the way it is
0:54That's the way it happens
0:56Mister or miss
0:57It's a dog eat dog world
0:58That's the truth
0:59Especially to the youth
1:01You're playing with fire
1:04You're playing with fire
1:07You're playing with fire
1:09You're playing with fire
1:12You're playing with fire
1:14You're playing with fire
1:17You're playing with fire
1:19You'll end up on the funeral pyre and now you've
1:21Lost your soul
1:24And to all the youngsters you're a mystery role
1:27Ya think ya running the show but you're just being
1:30Used like a dirty old hole
1:32A model of travesty ya falling thru gravity
1:35Ya try to get a grip but you slip on
1:36Your sanity
1:37There's nothing you can do when you realise it's a
1:41Picture of you
1:42Is it something to reach to
1:44Being all boxed up
1:45Didn't nobody teach you
1:47They're gonna sell ya
1:48Feed you up and swell ya
1:49Like a fool in the frying pan
1:51I ain't a fortune teller
1:53I'm just a realist a catalyst
1:55And if you get the gist come closer get it
1:56Real crisp
1:57It's a dog eat dog world
1:59That's the truth
2:00Especially to the youth
2:06Ya playing with fire
2:08You're playing with fire
2:10You're playing with fire
2:13You're playing with fire
2:15You're playing with fire
2:18You're playing with fire
2:20You're playing with fire
2:23You're playing with fire
2:25You'll end up on the funeral pyre
2:37And now we're living in a cage
2:40And if you ain't got it made it's a struggle
2:42Not to fade
2:43It's all part of the game but nobody comes clean
2:46Or wanna name any names
2:48The blame the neighbourhood for something so sad
2:51Originated from a diplomatic bag
2:53I see a face in an orange haze
2:55It's just a phase a binge but I'd call it
2:57A craze
2:58Behaviour patterns going sixes and sevens see
3:01Heaven don't exist but hell's come to get thee
3:03Mars bars soda's chips all you touch
3:06And that's why you ain't looking up too much
3:08So come out of your nosedive
3:10Stop the music or you'll be dead as you arrive
3:13So come out of the nosedive
3:15Kill the sound or you'll be dead as you arrive
3:27Ya playin' with fire you're playing with fire
3:31You're playing with fire
3:34You're playing with fire
3:36You're playing with fire
3:38You're playing with fire you're playing with fire
3:41You're playing with fire
3:43You're cracked you're playing with fire
3:46You'll end up on the funeral pyre
3:51Every second every minute every hour
You're playin' with fire You're playin' with fire You could be one in a million Could be walking down the street just like any civilian You could be amphibian But it still don't mean that you ain't gonna fall Victim to the april showers And the tombstone and the bouquet of old flowers Powers above who be guiding A madman at the wheel is the way we be Riding down the line Standing upon corner selling two at the time You really wanna shock it That's when you make the exchange in you pocket Lord that's the way it goes That's the way it is That's the way it happens Mister or miss It's a dog eat dog world That's the truth Especially to the youth You're playing with fire You're playing with fire You're playing with fire You're playing with fire You're playing with fire You're playing with fire You're playing with fire You'll end up on the funeral pyre and now you've Lost your soul And to all the youngsters you're a mystery role Ya think ya running the show but you're just being Used like a dirty old hole A model of travesty ya falling thru gravity Ya try to get a grip but you slip on Your sanity There's nothing you can do when you realise it's a Picture of you Is it something to reach to Being all boxed up Didn't nobody teach you They're gonna sell ya Feed you up and swell ya Like a fool in the frying pan I ain't a fortune teller I'm just a realist a catalyst And if you get the gist come closer get it Real crisp It's a dog eat dog world That's the truth Especially to the youth Ya playing with fire You're playing with fire You're playing with fire You're playing with fire You're playing with fire You're playing with fire You're playing with fire You're playing with fire You'll end up on the funeral pyre And now we're living in a cage And if you ain't got it made it's a struggle Not to fade It's all part of the game but nobody comes clean Or wanna name any names The blame the neighbourhood for something so sad Originated from a diplomatic bag I see a face in an orange haze It's just a phase a binge but I'd call it A craze Behaviour patterns going sixes and sevens see Heaven don't exist but hell's come to get thee Mars bars soda's chips all you touch And that's why you ain't looking up too much So come out of your nosedive Stop the music or you'll be dead as you arrive So come out of the nosedive Kill the sound or you'll be dead as you arrive Ya playin' with fire you're playing with fire You're playing with fire You're playing with fire You're playing with fire You're playing with fire you're playing with fire You're playing with fire You're cracked you're playing with fire You'll end up on the funeral pyre Every second every minute every hour
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