Intro:

Lawd have mercy

wooooh yow wooooh

wooooooh well

Chorus:

Mi bun a fire pon a weak heart

bobylon and dem free talk could a neva get me down

and though they try to use me

and abuse me

a leave dem wid a frown

Mi bun a fire pon a weak heart

bobylon and dem free talk could a neva get me down

and though they try to use me

and abuse me

a leave dem wid a frown

They work us for so long

on dem plantation

and mi neva get pay

Our gold they stole away

How many life dem slay

now dem work seh slap dem in dem face.

Fire yes

You and your crook can go to hell

For after we nuh under your colonial spell

And all those false doctrins that you compel

Eh

And all those books you stole away

All those kids you led astray

Wait till your judgement day

bobywrong.

Mi bun a fire pon a weak heart

bobylon and dem free talk could a neva get me down

and though they try to use me

and abuse me

a leave dem wid a frown

Mi bun a fire pon a weak heart

bobywrong and dem free talk could a neva get me down

an though they try to use me

and abuse me

a leave dem wid a frown

See yah

Ghetto youths mi a beg you be wise

cuase pirates they will strike by night

And want come trick you you with dem black and white

wooo lord

eeeeeh

but be careful of what you sign

Cause some things get you victimized

and it would get you paranoid

So burn dem out

Fire burn a weak heart

bobylon and dem free talk could a neva get me down

and though they try to use me

and abuse me

a leave dem wid a frown

Mi bun a fire pon a weak heart

bobylon and dem free talk could a neva get me down

an though they try to use me

and abuse me

a leave dem wid a frown

Wooooh Woooh

Wooooooo weell

woooo

woooo oooy

See yah now

They work us for so long

on dem plantation

and mi neva get pay

Our gold they sto