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Burning Desire

Oct. 13, 20231 viewer6K views

Burning Desire Lyrics

[Intro]
You there? You okay?
Yeah, but those flames
It's so hot, I'm scared

Uh, uh-uh, uh, yeah

[Verse]
To fuck around and see me plummet, shit I couldn’t stomach
When niggas told me I was bugging, I was seeing numbers
Touch the ground, wheel the luggage, all I got from running
Mama told me ‘bout this curse, how I was not above it
I honor her with every word, I never swap the subject
Bottles clinking on the curb, think I’m out of budget
Naavin got me with the purse, think I gotta buzz him
The silent grieving never work why I reside to puffin’
Just so I could be a person when I’m out in public
Someonе remind me that therе’s purpose in this life of wanting
All that whining be a burden or a sign we flunking
Ain’t been so hard to see my verdict was to die with nothin’
Seen the worse from this service of my guideless loving
When we was huddled in this church
Where most had lied and fronted
All this time that I spent searching was the diamond cutting
Use to coddle up at Vernon like I’m dodging summons

[Refrain]
Lighting and thunder, summer of pain
Fogs and raining clouds cluttered the way
It's calm, I pray the route—
Lighting and thunder, summer of pain
Fogs and raining clouds cluttered the way
[Outro: TAKA]
We were at Young World, about halfway through July
And it felt like one of the hottest days of the summer that I'd experienced at that time
And, uh, it was time for us to go on stage and play our set
It was nice, it was sunny, in the shade it wasn't as bad
But then we started to notice it was clouds starting to form over the park and...

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October 13, 2023
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