Fire Water Burn

Album: One Fierce Beer Coaster (1996)
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  • The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
    The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
    The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
    We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn
    Burn motherfucker burn

    Hello my name is Jimmy Pop and I'm a dumb white guy
    I'm not old or new but middle school fifth grade like junior high
    I don't know mofo if y'all peeps be buggin' give props to my ho
    'Cause she all fly
    But I can take the heat 'cause I'm the other white meat known as 'Kid Funky Fried'
    Yeah I'm hung like planet Pluto hard to see with the naked eye
    But if I crashed into Uranus I would stick it where the sun don't shine
    'Cause I'm kind of like Han Solo always stroking my own wookie
    I'm the root of all that's evil yeah but you can call me cookie

    The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
    The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
    The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
    We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn
    Burn motherfucker burn

    Yo yo, this hard-core ghetto gangster image takes a lot of practice
    I'm not black like Barry White no I am white like Frank Black is
    So if man is five and the devil is six than that must make me seven
    This honkey's gone to heaven
    But if I go to hell then I hope I burn well
    I'll spend my days with J.F.K., Marvin Gaye, Martha Raye and Lawrence Welk
    And Kurt Cobain, Kojak, Mark Twain and Jimi Hendrix's poltergeist
    And Webster yeah, Emmanuel Lewis 'cause he's the anti-Christ

    The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
    The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
    The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
    We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn
    Burn motherfucker burn

    Everybody here we go
    Ohh ohh
    C'mon party people
    Ohh ohh
    Throw your hands in the air
    Ohh ohh
    C'mon party people
    Ohh ohh
    Wave 'em like you don't care
    Ohh ohh
    C'mon party people
    Ohh ohh
    Everbody say ho
    Ohh ohh
    C'mon party people
    Ohh ohh
    Everybody here we go
    Ohh ohh
    C'mon party people
    Ohh ohh
    Throw your hands in the air
    Ohh ohh
    C'mon party people
    Ohh ohh
    Wave 'em like you don't care
    Ohh ohh
    C'mon party people
    Ohh ohh
    Everbody say ho
    Ohh ohh
    C'mon party people
    Ohh ohh
    Everybody here we go
    Ohh ohh
    C'mon party people
    Ohh ohh
    Throw your hands in the air
    Ohh ohh
    C'mon party people
    Ohh ohh
    Wave 'em like you don't care
    Ohh ohh
    C'mon party people
    Ohh ohh
    Everbody say ho
    Ohh ohh
    C'mon party people
    Ohh ohh
    Everybody here we go
    Ohh ohh
    C'mon party people
    Ohh ohh
    Throw your hands in the air
    Ohh ohh
    C'mon party people
    Ohh ohh
    Wave 'em like you don't care
    Ohh ohh
    C'mon party people
    Ohh ohh
    Everbody say ho Writer/s: CELITA EVANS, CELITE EVANS, CHARLES PETTIFORD, GREGORY CARLTON WIGFALL, JAMES M. FRANKS, JERRY BLOODROCK, RICHARD LEE FOWLER
    Publisher: Audiam, Inc., CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, THE MUSIC GOES ROUND, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Sam from New YorkTo correct the previous two comments: The lyric "The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire (We don't need no water, let the motherf--ker burn)(Burn, motherf--ker, burn)" is lifted directly from Rock Master Scott and The Dynamic Three's rap song, "The Roof Is On Fire," which was released in 1984. The MOVE bombing/fire did not occur until May 1985, a year or so later.
  • Chris from Philadelphia, PaTo correct a previous comment…"The Roof is On Fire" is a song based on a May 13, 1985 incident where Philly Police attempted to serve warrants on a residence where a "back to Africa" group was living. The group, named "MOVE", resisted with gun fire, and proceeded to barricade themselves in the home. The police attempted to end the stand-off peacefully, but it escalated to a small incendiary device being dropped on the roof via helicopter. The resulting fire could not be extinguished by fire fighters.
  • Brooke from Des Moines, IaMy friend's grandma told me this song was about how in Philly people were burning down black peoples houses, and that's what the black people were singing.
    And she would know, she's from Philly.
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