Burnin' in L.A.

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