One day you'll learn
When you get hurt,

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 of the estate

We 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
Will you be his up and only friend
The only one that won't pretend

And even gave me the money for depend
From mice to men, and then to rats
But only a snake behaves like that

But the gang don't care for fools shooting gaps
They just happy they could fall for the trap


Playing with fire, it doesn't burn
First time, your hand,
Walk through the pain

Playing with fire, it's too extreme
Oh-oh-oh
Scare tin, skin now

Hell on it's way
Playing with fire
Fire, fire, fire, fire

Go playing with fire
One day you'll learn
When yo get burned

By then it'll be too late for ya
Too late for ya
When the fire spreads and burns

Don't you know
Playing with fire


He's just a kid, but he feels like a man today
He joined a gang today
Been at a house party, you ran away

Doing illegal %#@!, but he's just a kid
Still he's in luck today
He got a $#&@ today

Yeah he bust his very first nut today
In some stupid (*##$
Today's moving quick

So quick, if you wear the wrong shoes
You'll slip,
Better keep up with the tempo, with a click

Cause what they on is messed up rough
And now that he's rolling with these vexed up thugs
What's next up ?

Cause he's gonna it his only mission
To bet his position, in this little gang it's a competition
To a little man with a disposition

Holding though he was born a Christian
What he worships now is the night they listen
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 use, to erasing the system
You don't have age on your side

? row models and lies that provide insight
So he 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
First time, your hand,
Walk through the pain

Playing with fire, it's too extreme
Oh-oh-oh
Scare tin, skin now
Hell on it's way
Playing with fire

Fire, fire, fire, fire
Go ṗlaying with fire
One day you'll learn
When yo get burned
By then it'll be too late for ya

Too late for ya
When the fire spreads and burns
Don't you know
Playing with fire