The Fire Next Time

The Fire Next Time （下次火灾） （Explicit） - Vic Mensa

Written by：Victor Mensah/Ernest Dion Wilson/Malik Yusef Jones/Thomas Lee Barrett

Out of the fire I found a fire inside

You can see the pain still alive in my eyes

I've loved and I've lost through heaven and hell

They turned their back on me too many times to turn back now

My ni**a I won't stop now

I can't I can't I can't stop now

I can't I can't I can't be stopped now

It wasn't easy but I learned the hard way and let me tell you how

Lived life and I learned my lessons

Saved dough and I earned my blessings

Southside my chain and necklace

Ball like I'm ambidextrous

Every time they tried to block me switched hands and changed directions

Fist in the air like rocky

B**ch I think my name Sylvester

That's the difference between me and them

When they thought it was the end I was still trying to see a M

Another difference between me and them

Even in a Mercedes Buick I was still tryna see a Benz

I was backed into a corner

Sat chasing catching charges

It's reelection season

B**ch I think I'm back in office

You don't know my pain how far I came

Those days have gone you curse my name

I pray to god to shine the sun he gave me rain

I took that water and walked on it

Marching harder than the million martyrs

On my darkest day I'm still a star I shine regardless

Out of the fire I found a fire inside

You can see the pain still alive in my eyes

I've loved and I've lost through heaven and hell

They turned their back on me too many times to turn back now

My ni**a I won't stop now

I can't I can't I can't stop now

I can't I can't I can't be stopped now

And I thought they said light skin niggas went out of style

Andr é3k said you only funky as your last cut

So I'm state to state and I act like a mac truck

Plus I gotta keep a mac tucked

For these big soldier niggas on the net trying act tough

Y'all too alternative get your facts up

I shoot the Heathrow get my stacks up

I get pounds to spend that's English

B**ch I think I'm 'bout to rack up

You don't get it do you

When you on that big screen there's a lot of little people living through you

When you don't stick to the script

They assassinate your character and act like they never knew you

That's just how the game goes I guess

Change clothes I dressed like project runway meets the projects

Write like Noah but a little more complex

I fed niggas and they shitted on me

Took the piss out me then spilled it on me

When I broke down like Britney spears

Said they throw me oops and never did it on me

So I wrote 'em out and make a bigger story

Vic's story that's victory

Niggas never did sh*t for me

Show them the ropes and they jumped ship on me

But I never drowned stayed down

Sang songs for my hometown

Made homes for the broke kids

Steppin'over needles in the playground

Y'all the only thing that matters to me

If y'all love me f**k everybody

If y'all love me they can never stop me

If y'all love me they can never stop me

Out of the fire I found a fire inside

You can see the pain still alive in my eyes

I've loved and I've lost through heaven and hell

They turned their back on me too many times to turn back now

My ni**a I won't stop now

I can't I can't I can't stop now

I can't I can't I can't be stopped now

Yeah I gave you my pain through a pen

No ID on the track let the story begin