Title: Fight for the Fireman
Style: Highlife / Afrobeat / Dancehall fusion – groovy, with a talking drum and brass section.
Artist: Blakk Pot
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(Intro – spoken or chanted over gentle drum roll)
Respect the fireman… support the fireman…
Know the fireman contact…
Stop attacking the fireman.....Blakk Pot
Eh, be a fireman in your own way!
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(Verse 1 – Lead singer, smooth but firm)
When the smoke begins to rise
And the fire catches eyes
The fireman runs through the dark
With a prayer on his heart
(soft choir echo: “through the smoke and flames I go”)
He says, “Lord, give me strength and will
Save a life, and serve You still
If I no return, watch my family for me”
That’s the cost of bravery.
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(Chorus – big, danceable, call-and-response)
We say: Fireman is human, not a robot o!
Response: Not a robot o!
We say: Fireman is dying everyday slowly
Response: Slowly, slowly!
So protect your property –
Check your wiring and your gas.
Learn fire safety –
Don’t be the cause of the blast.
Move your body, move your mind,
Leave the road free behind!
Never block the road – fire tender must pass!
Eh-heh! Dance for the fireman class.
Together we fight this cause
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(Verse 2 – storytelling style)
Some people think the fire tender is empty –
That is never true!
When the siren ring, your neighbour’s house is burning
And fireman dey push through.
Don’t park anyhow for corner or curve
That delay fit make person perish.
Your car, your house, your shop, your life –
All of them you must cherish.
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(Pre-chorus – spoken-sung, with claps)
Listen to me:
If you see fire first, don’t wait –
Shout, run, evacuate.
Small extinguisher for your kitchen corner
Better than regrets tomorrow morning, oh!
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(Chorus – repeat, more energetic, full brass)
We say: Fireman is human, not a robot o!
Response: Not a robot o!
We say: Fireman is dying everyday slowly
Response: Slowly, slowly!
Fight for the fireman – support with your alert.
Check your sockets before the hurt.
Never block road – that’s a simple law.
Fireman’s life, we no go ignore. Amen!
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(Bridge – slower, then building tempo)
Lord, through the smoke and flames he goes
For you and me, that’s how he shows.
So if it’s your will he returns or not,
We go remember the battle he fought.
Clap two times: Be alert!
Clap two times: Be awake!
Your house, your car, your property’s sake.
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(Outro – chant with drums only, fading)
Blakk Pot
Fireman is human…
Never block road…
The tender is never empty…
Know the fireman contact…
Fight for fireman… fight for fireman…
Be a fireman – by being careful today!
(Drum roll – brass hit – end.)