Motor City Is Burning Lyrics - Kick Out The Jams - Mc5

Ya know, the Motor City is burning, babe 

There ain't a thing in the world they can do 

Ya know, the Motor City is burning people 

There ain't a thing that white society can do 

Ma home town burning down to the ground 

Worser than Vietnam 

Let me tell you how it started now 

It started on 12th Clair Mount that morning 

It made the, the pig cops all jump and shout 

I said, it started on 12th Clair Mount that morning 

It made the, the pigs in the street go freak out 

The fire wagons kept comin', baby 

But the Black Panther Snipers wouldn't let them put it out 

Wouldn't let them put it out, wouldn't let them put it out 

Get it on 

Well, there were fire bombs bursting all around the people 

Ya know there was soldiers standing everywhere 

I said there was fire bombs bursting all around me, baby 

Ya know there was National Guard everywhere 

I can hear my people screaming 

Sirens fill the air, fill the air, fill the air 

Your mama, papa don't know what the trouble is 

You see, they don't know what it's all about 

I said, your mama, papa don't know what the trouble is, baby 

They just can't see what it's all about 

I get the news, read the newspapers, baby, baby? 

You just get out there in the street and check it out 

I said, the Motor City is burning, people 

I ain't hanging 'round to fight it out 

I said, the Motor City is burning, people 

Just not hang around to fight it out 

Well, I'm taking my wife and my people and they're on TV 

Well, just before I go, baby, [Incomprehensible] 

Fireman's on the street, people all around 

Now, I guess it's true 

I'd just like to strike a match for freedom myself 

I may be a white boy, but I can be bad, too 

Yes, it's true now, yes, it's true now 

Yes 

Let it all burn, let it all burn, let it all burn