| Hey now I can’t take another day |
| There’s a feeling in the air and I can’t find the words to say |
| Chaos in the building where we stay |
| We’re living in a house that we can’t wait to set aflame |
| Burn it down, burn it down, burn it down |
| Hey now, hey now, hey now |
| And I ain’t never seen my neighbours from the top floor |
| But judging from the car they drive I know they’re not poor |
| And I could be mistaken because I’m not sure |
| But I got this little hunch they’re the ones callin the cops four |
| Times last week saying I’m disturbing the peace |
| Cus I was playing my music and they heard some loud screams |
| So my neighbour the cop |
| Who I suspect of beating his wife had to tell me to stop |
| And I wish I had the guts to tell him about the noise from his apartment |
| But that’s their business that I don’t get involved with |
| So I look the other way trying to climb higher |
| Cus if I reach the top I think I could escape the fire |
| Burn it down, burn it down, burn it down |
| Hey now, hey now, hey now |
| I wonder what they’re doing tonight |
| I wonder if they’re free-ye-ye-ye |
| I think I hear my neighbours fighting through the thin walls |
| So what am I to do with tonight |
| How can I get free-ye-ye-ye |
| I’m bouncin on the walls like I’m a human pin ball |
| Burn it down… |
| I sit by my window see this kid on the corner hustle |
| The belt wrapped around his knuckles ready to swing the buckle |
| I’m thinking why they fighting each other they’re in the same school |
| Probably live next to each other under the same roof |
| I bet they’re from my building yeah I bet that kid’s dad’s |
| The drunk I pass on my way up the stairs real sad |
| I’m sure hey blame him for the tags in the hallway |
| The robberies not seeing the reason he’s outside all day |
| Like they came from nowhere with their bad intentions |
| They grew up in this place we made them who they are |
| I can see they’re so scared could use some attention |
| This house can be a maze without a guiding star |
| Burn it down, burn it down, burn it down |
| Hey now, hey now, hey now |
| I wonder what they’re doing tonight |
| I wonder if they’re free-ye-ye-ye |
| Burn it down |
| So what am I to do with tonight |
| Burn it down |
| Hey now, hey now, hey now |
| Burn it… |