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lyrics
Verse 1
thousand floor tower, 5 alarm blaze
don't you hear the sirens? get out the way
victims are ready for water to spray
hot air is supposed to blow smoke away
Chorus
smoke fighters
fighting the smoke
smoke fighters
you'll learn to cope
smoke fighting
system is broke
every war we fight is more like a joke
if you're body is burning it don't matter if you choke
Verse 2
heroes are coming, no need to fear
see fire blazing brought all the gear
obvious problems, solution are clear
ignore the fire, when smoke disappear
Chorus
Verse 3
temperature rising, child, woman, man
oblivious, 'cause you're already tanned
hit the fire miss the frying pan
don't fight the blaze, blow the smoke with a fan
Chorus
Rap
smoke fighters
they want us to carry on and stay calm
smoke fighters
while plagues attack us like napalm
smoke fighters
while they're making bread your butt is toast
every war we fight is more like a joke
if your body is burning it don’t matter if you choke
smoke fighters
people we depend on
smoke fighters
scare us with fire and brimstone
smoke fighters
the jokes on us when we all get roast
every war we fight is more like a joke
if your body is burning it don’t matter if you choke
warning signs were there, we ain't miss them
but there's a glitch in the system
took the cause and affect and we flipped them
we've confused the disease with the symptom
being fools led by liars
who throw live bodies on the pyre
can't let the flames get higher
we don't fight smoke, we fight fires
we don't fight smoke, we fight fires
we don't fight smoke, we fight fires
we don't fight smoke, we fight fires
we don't fight smoke, we fight fires
we don't fight smoke, we fight fires
smoke fighting system is broke
blowing on the smoke all the flames get stoked
every war we fight is more like a joke
if your body is burning it don’t matter if you choke
credits
from The Watermelon Man,
released August 1, 2020
Written by Bomani Armah
Produced by Bomani Armah
Engineered by Bomani Armah
Bass David White
Guitar Mark D. Hatcher
All other instruments Bomani Armah
Mastered by William Vaughan IV
