Burnin In La

Just look at the people, whoa, just look at the peoples

I got over here

I said just look at the people, just look at the

peoples I got over here

You know a little sixteen-year-old girl come to me

talked and said, "Lightnin',

Would you take me for your souvenir?"

You know they had a big fire down in L.A., all them

buildings is burnin' down

Oh, they had a big fire down in L.A., (well in Beverly

Hills or somewhere a little close)

All them buildings is burnin' down

You know they was lookin' for the fire trucks and in

time none of 'em would come around

(Po' children were runnin' and cryin'

They couldn't help themselves, they was talkin' too)

You gotta get this lesson, children, you gotta get it

from the book

Talkin' about the things you buy raw, them is things

you gotta cook

Mama say she was hungry round about ten o'clock

That was the time the world was beginnin' to get on a

rock

That was the burnin' down in L.A., all them buildings

was burnin' down

Well you know they didn't have enough water to put out

the fire

250-some home they got burnin' down