Song Description
This song speaks to substance abuse and poses several "whys??" throughout the song! "Why drop out of school? Why everybody trying to be cool? Burning up their lives in smoke" cigarate smokers and those sniffing cocaine! Hot track suitable for movie sound track or anti-drugs campaign.
Instrumentals available.
| Song Length |
4:21 |
Genre |
World - Reggae/Caribbean, Pop - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Disconcerted, Mad |
Subject |
Cigarettes, Cocaine |
| Similar Artists |
Bob Marley And The Wailers, Shaggy |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Intro
Know ye not that your body is a temple?
That the spirit of Jehovah dwells within you,
Be careful what you eating
What you drinking
What you taking in
It just might be a sin
Whoa! Yeah!
Chorus
Burning up them lives in smoke,
Cigarette smokers those who sniffing coke,
Burning up them lives in smoke,
Watch what you eating what you taking in its dope,
Burning up them lives in smoke,
Cigarette smokers those who sniffing coke,
Burning up them lives in smoke,
Just be careful what you taking in.
Verse 1
I hear a match light
Fire burn bright
One, two, three,
Cities in flames
Another youth drop
From another dope trap
Mamma asking
Who's to blame?
Daddy crying
His daughters dying
And little Tommy shooting up his vein
I don't know why,
It is a ghetto cry,
All the youths them shooting up them lanes
Pre chorus 1
Tell me why!
Everybody's trying to be cool
Tell me why!
O Lord! And everybody wants to break the rules
Dropping out of school
Burning up them lives in smoke,
Cigarette smokers those who sniffing coke,
Burning up them lives in smoke,
Watch what you eating what you taking in its dope,
Burning up them lives in smoke,
Cigarette smokers those who sniffing coke,
Burning up them lives in smoke,
Today you smile but tomorrow you choke.
Jenny is fifteen, she join a dope team
Now everything in life's a misty dream
Is this realty? Is it fantasy?
The high price the life of her baby
When will you realize open up your eyes
And place some value on the gift of life?
When will she realize it's the devils lies
And take a look into the book of life
Pre chorus 1
Tell me why!
Everybody's trying to be cool
Come tell me why!
O Lord, and all the children want to break the rule dropping out of school
Chorus
Burning up them lives in smoke,
Cigarette smokers those who sniffing coke,
Burning up them lives in smoke,
Watch what you eating what you taking in its dope,
Burning up them lives in smoke,
Cigarette smokers those who sniffing coke,
Burning up them lives in smoke,
Just be careful what you taking in.
Pre chorus 1
Somebody Tell me why!
Everybody's trying to be cool
Skipping school, breaking all the rules,
Tell me why!
All the children of today,
They have gone astray
I see them,
Chorus
Burning up them lives in smoke,
Cigarette smokers those who sniffing coke,
Burning up them lives in smoke,
Watch what you eating what you taking in its dope,
Burning up them lives in smoke,
Cigarette smokers those who sniffing coke,
Burning up them lives in smoke,
Just be careful what you taking in.
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