It's hot, I'm steamy, sweatin', tossin' and turnin' The whole house on fire and I can't stop it from burnin' The curtains and the walls all indulged in flames I yell, "Somebody help me" but ain't nobody came I try my best to put it out then I said, "f** it!" Break full speed to the back door one room away But the faster and harder I ran it seemed like the longer I took Prayin', "Please God spare me, I don't wanna cook!" Knew that I did done some things that I shouldn't of I knew I didn't come into Sunday service like I could have But have mercy for your child, forgive me for my sins I'm too young to die, Lord, get me through this We gotta get to the back, don't gotta get to the kitchen But they got thick black smoke comin' from the kitchen sh**, all other exits are tossed, what I'ma do? Stay my a** here and burn or run the f** through? Already havin' trouble breathin' when I started to cough But no more time to waste, I cover my face and took off Disendehydrate, I'm gettin' tireder I gotta, keep movin', 'cause it's gettin' hotter And hotter, whoo, whoa, sh**!, I'm on fire C-c-call them people to me, I-I-I'm on fire C-c-call them people to me, I-I-I'm on fire C-c-call them people to me, I-I-I'm on fire I-I-I'm on fire, I-I-I'm on fire C-c-call them people to me, I-I-I'm on fire C-c-call them people to me, I-I-I'm on fire I gotta get out of here, I've been trapped for over fifty five minutes Looks like I'm finished, this could be a f**ed up endin' I done been in some f**ed up sh** but this the worst I ever been in "Call them people to me", tell 'em send the fire engine I hope this ain't my calling y'all 'cause I ain't ready I'ma need some alerted emergency units to stand by, paramedics Runnin' through the fire, I can't turn back Somethin' went and everythin' went black
I can't see, I can't see, I'm blind Oh f**, I'm alright, I just had my eyes closed the whole time Oops, sh** damn!, But that ain't my stop my shoes from movin' 'Cause outside, here I am I smashed through the back door like a ram I made it! I'm still alive! I'm still a man! Out the house but still I got fire on my clothes So I stopped, dropped and rolled dig rolled Started goin' wild on the ground tryin' to get the flames out my shirt Windmillin' in the dirt but nothin' didn't work I heard a, but that was just a barge See, I live right by the river, that's it! Water! Every step I took made hot footprints in the tar Runnin' over cars to the twelfth ward wall Get out the way 'cause everything I touch turn crispy I'ma be at the riverfront, tell 'em people come get me C-c-call them people to me, I-I-I'm on fire C-c-call them people to me, I-I-I'm on fire C-c-call them people to me, I-I-I'm on fire I-I-I'm on fire, I-I-I'm on fire Sparks like aluminum foil in the microwave oven Where them f**in' people? Somebody do somethin' Can't you see what's happenin'? Don't you see the smoke? Can't you hear the cracklin'? Nobody wanna listen, everybody was scatterin' I grab a n***a, he screamed so loud that sh** was eardrum shatterin' I said, "Don't scream dawg, I need your help, I'm the one on fire!" He said, "n***a, you supposed to be dead, how you still alive?" He was right, by now they should be embalmin' me But the sh** don't seem to be harmin' me Damn, this must have been a bad dream the whole while then I heard them motherf**in' sirens, hollerin' I guess they finally got the people to me, they must have saw me Huh, 'cause they was headed right for me A fireman walked up and handed me a ticket And said, "You just been put out, the fire went away!"