MOTOR CITY IS BURNING

Brothers and sisters, I wanna tell you Something. I hear a lot of talk by a lot of honkies sittin' on a lot of money tellin' me they're high society. But I'll let you know something, if you ask me, this is the high society, this is the high society You know the motor city's burning, baby There ain't a thing in the world they can do You know the motor city's burning, people There ain't a thing …… they can do My home town burnin' down to the ground A worser than Viet Nam Well let me tell you how it started, y'all It started on ……… morning It made the beat cops all jump and shout I said it stared on ……… morning And made the pigs in the street go freak out The fire wagons kept comin', baby But the black panther snipers Wouldn't let'em put it out Wouldn't let'em put it out Wouldn't let'em put it out, no Well there was fire bombs burstin' all around me, people You know there was soldiers standin' everywhere I said there was fore bombs burstin' all around me, baby You know there was National Guard everywhere I could hear my people screamin' A siren filled the air, filled the air Filled the air, filled the air Your mom and papa don't know what the trouble is You see they don't know what it's all about I said your mama and papa Don't know what the trouble is, baby They just can't see what it's all about They get the news, read the newspapers, baby You'd best get out there in the street and check it out I said the motor city's burning, people I ain't hangin' round to find it out I said the motor city's burning, people You'd beat not hang around to find it out I'm takin' my wife and my people ……… ……… ……… Yes! Let it all burn. Let it all burn. Let it all burn. Yeah yeah yeah…