Playing with Fire

One day you'll learn when you get burnt

By then it will be too late for ya

Be too late for ya

When the fire spreads and burns, don't you know?

He's just a kid, off the estate

They call him little Jake

Today he tried to buy weed with his little mate

Up in the bits, but he's just a kid

So he was open to manipulation

He had to undergo initiation

And when some older boys saw the situation

They took the piss, now look at this

Little yout' beating up his only friend

The only one that weren't pretend

And even gave him the money for the peng

From mice to men and then to rats

But only a snake behaves like that

But the gang don't care if he falls through the gaps

They're just happy that you fall for the trap

Playing with fire

It doesn't burn

The first time your hands

Walk through the flame

Playing with fire

Bitter and sweet, whoa no

Scorching skin now

Hell on its way

Playing with fire

Fire, fire, fire, fire

You're playing with fire

One day you'll learn when you get burnt

By then it will be too late for ya

Be too late for ya

When the fire spreads and burns, don't you know?

He's just a kid, but he feels like the man today

He joined a gang today

Been at a house party around the way

Doing illegal shit, but he's just a kid

Still he's in luck today, he got a fuck today

Yeah, he bust his very first nut today

In some stupid bitch, today's moving quick

So quick, if you wear the wrong shoes you'll slip

Better keep up with the tempo of the clique

'Cause what they on is messed up bruv

And now that he's rolling with these vexed up thugs

So what's next up bruv?

'Cause he's gonna make it his only mission

To better his position

In this little gang it's a competition

To the little man with a disposition

Holier than thou, he was born a Christian

All he worships now is an idealism

Wise men will tell you with age comes wisdom

And you can't be saved by religion unless you have faith

So it makes no difference to the youths that are raised in the system

You don't have age on your side

Or any positive role models in their lives that provide insight

So they ain't gonna listen

As for Jake, he's already made his decision

And now he's just another poster boy for David Cameron's Broken Britain

Playing with fire

It doesn't burn

The first time your hands

Walk through the flame

Playing with fire

Bitter and sweet, whoa no

Scorching skin now

Hell on its way

Playing with fire

Fire, fire, fire, fire

You're playing with fire

One day you'll learn when you get burned

By then it will be too late for ya

Be too late for ya

When the fire spreads and burns, don't you know?

• Artist:Plan B (UK)
• Album:ill Manors