Bronx is Burning!
BronBronx is Burning! by Prophet (aka Not4Prophet) and the Abrazos Army is an incendiary Bronx battle rhyme and a shout out to the subversives, seditionists and salsaboteurs who still swing fist!
Bronx is Burning!
Bronx is burning
In the summer heat
higher learning
on every ghetto Street
Moshuluis goin’ up in smoke
de ja vu uptown is gettin’ woke
Strike a match and pass the gasoline
record scratch 808 drum machine
Fordham Road’s a raisin in the sun
Lock and load the party’s just begun
send a message thru the wire
gonna set this game on fire
see the flames is gettin’ higher
Bronx is burning
Syrup sweet
tables turning
back to a Latin beat
gettin’ lit on bruckner blvd
it is writ on memories burnt and charred
light the fuse or toss the molotav
pay ya dues or face the fiery mob
fireworks ashtray on pelham bay
DJ Herc and love will light the way
send a message thru the wire
gonna set this game on fire
see the flames is gettin’ higher and higher and higher
fuego!, fuego!
Los yanquis qeuren fuego!
Fuego!, fuego!
Sordo, mudo o ciego!
Fuego!, fuego!
La lucha no es juego!
Fuego!, fuego!
La revolú ya llego!
what happens to a word deferred
a sin to kill a mockingbird
as children build on edenwald
preparing for the rise and fall
and riders hide inside the flames
of inner-city hunger games
with firefights on morris heights
they roam the days we own the nights
a coup on Sedgwick avenue
for Anthony and Amadou!
ain’t no peace for the police force
the people seize the grand concourse
a stones thrown in crotona park
wait until dark to light the spark
and fiddle as the city burns
it’s the Hunts Point of no return
SOUTH BRONX, THE SOUTH SOUTH BRONX
Candela!
The Phoenix rises from the fire
Candela!
With matches and a burning tire
Candela!
Anima sola in the flame
Candela!
and soul linked in a human chain
Candela!
Elijah called the fire from heaven
Candela!
the torch is lit seven eleven
Candela!
The dynamite that might ignite
Candela!
Becomes the slums eternal light
Candela!
Can you smell it wafting thru the air?
Candela!
no holy hell will stand a prayer
Candela!
A porto rican palestine
Candela!
with kerosene and holy wine
Candela!
God gave Noah the rainbow sign
Candela!
No more water but fire next time
x is Burning! by Prophet (aka Not4Prophet) and the Abrazos Army is an incendiary Bronx battle rhyme and a shout out to the subversives, seditionists and salsaboteurs who still swing fist!
Bronx is Burning!
Bronx is burning
In the summer heat
higher learning
on every ghetto Street
Moshuluis goin’ up in smoke
de ja vu uptown is gettin’ woke
Strike a match and pass the gasoline
record scratch 808 drum machine
Fordham Road’s a raisin in the sun
Lock and load the party’s just begun
send a message thru the wire
gonna set this game on fire
see the flames is gettin’ higher
Bronx is burning
Syrup sweet
tables turning
back to a Latin beat
gettin’ lit on bruckner blvd
it is writ on memories burnt and charred
light the fuse or toss the molotav
pay ya dues or face the fiery mob
fireworks ashtray on pelham bay
DJ Herc and love will light the way
send a message thru the wire
gonna set this game on fire
see the flames is gettin’ higher and higher and higher
fuego!, fuego!
Los yanquis qeuren fuego!
Fuego!, fuego!
Sordo, mudo o ciego!
Fuego!, fuego!
La lucha no es juego!
Fuego!, fuego!
La revolú ya llego!
what happens to a word deferred
a sin to kill a mockingbird
as children build on edenwald
preparing for the rise and fall
and riders hide inside the flames
of inner-city hunger games
with firefights on morris heights
they roam the days we own the nights
a coup on Sedgwick avenue
for Anthony and Amadou!
ain’t no peace for the police force
the people seize the grand concourse
a stones thrown in crotona park
wait until dark to light the spark
and fiddle as the city burns
it’s the Hunts Point of no return
SOUTH BRONX, THE SOUTH SOUTH BRONX
Candela!
The Phoenix rises from the fire
Candela!
With matches and a burning tire
Candela!
Anima sola in the flame
Candela!
and soul linked in a human chain
Candela!
Elijah called the fire from heaven
Candela!
the torch is lit seven eleven
Candela!
The dynamite that might ignite
Candela!
Becomes the slums eternal light
Candela!
Can you smell it wafting thru the air?
Candela!
no holy hell will stand a prayer
Candela!
A porto rican palestine
Candela!
with kerosene and holy wine
Candela!
God gave Noah the rainbow sign
Candela!
No more water but fire next time