(If young Metro don't trust you— trust you)
[Verse 1]
I can't take one Percocet, start tonight off, I just took a 60
Burberry on me, shoot you in your back, you just got Pretty Ricky
I tie the Chanel runners, then I get back to running the city
And I know that it's hell coming, I ain't worried, my niggas, they with me
Gotta put the narcotics down, I can feel 'em fucking up my kidney
And punching my liver
If I let it kill me, my mama'll never forgive me
Ain't numbing my feelings, if I let it kill 'em, my baby will never forgive me
This remind me of hell, sometimes I wonder if that's where God really sent me
[Chorus]
Hands up in the fire, burn, burn, burn, burn
Hands up in the fire, burn, burn, burn, burn
I pray to God for some water to wash down these Percs
I been cursed since birth, guess I never learn
Hands up in the fire, burn, burn, burn, burn
Hands up in the fire, burn, burn, burn, burn
I pray to God for some water to wash down these Percs
I been cursed since birth, guess I never learn
[Verse 2]
The truth hurts, let it bleed out, if they hurt you, let 'em leave
My heart hurtin', let me bleed out, only way I'll find peace
I'm tryna get set free, but these chains on me
Choke me, I can't breathe, what's reality?
Uh, detached from myself
Uh-huh, numb the pain with my wealth
Uh, a bag from Chanel match the double C on my belt, uh
Bands in my pants, I barely be holdin' my pants up
But the money ain't the answer
I'm just tryna reach some new highs
Mix this with that, bet it feel nice
Codeine, only sip if I got ice
Look my girl in her eyes, tell her I won't die
I fell asleep too deep that one time
Woke up to your cry, girl, I'm fine
But I lied
Had a dream, I wasn't gon' wake up this time
Hands up in the fire, burn, burn, burn, burn
Hands up in the fire, burn, burn, burn, burn
I pray to God for some water to wash down these Percs
I been cursed since birth, guess I never learn
Hands up in the fire, burn, burn, burn, burn
Hands up in the fire, burn, burn, burn, burn
I pray to God for some water to wash down these Percs
I been cursed since birth, guess I never learn
About
Serving as the opening track to his second posthumous album Fighting Demons, “Burn” notes Chicago artist Juice WRLD’s struggle with substance abuse and believing the truth within his reality.
The track leaked in its entirety on January 29, 2020, and later made an official release through Fighting Demons on December 10, 2021. It was officially released with production by Metro Boomin—as the track was previously produced by Nick Mira—and accompanied with an official music video.
The track’s music video was filmed on the same location as the late rapper’s collaboration with his labelmate, The Kid LAROI, titled “GO!”
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
That’s like one of my favorite songs I made. There was a lot of shit in my head and I […] hadn’t thought about making better choices in life and I was just like […] If I’m tryna make a change or something, I’m tryna change myself in a way I look at like all the reasons why I do that, you know what I’m saying? So, like, the reason for somebody to, you know, to get sober is to be there for their family or, you know what I’m saying, to be there for their loved ones, or whatever.
Like, my girl, right, you know what I’m saying, she [is] the type to worry. So, like, if something happens to me, she would [never forgive me], you know what I’m saying, or, she the type where she [doesn’t] want me to, like, since I’m famous and everything’s at my disposal, she wouldn’t want me to get tired of her, you know what I’m sayin', type shit? But, you know like how some people say drugs’ll turn somebody’s attitude or make somebody a different person. That’s why I was like, “It’s numbing my feelings. If I let ‘em kill 'em, my baby would never forgive me.” It was some real shit.
—via YouTube
Ally Lotti, Juice’s fiancé, was listening to the track in an Instagram Live and stated:
I used to cry my eyes out to this song before he even passed away because of how personal it [is]… It was about a dream he had while we were in Germany… My scream woke him up, but he told me later he never woke up from the dream, and that’s why he made the song.
“Burn” debuted at #1 on the global Apple Music singles chart.
- 1.Burn
- 2.Already Dead
- 3.Cigarettes
- 5.Sometimes
- 9.Doom
- 10.Go Hard 2.0
- 12.Not Enough
- 13.Feline
- 14.Relocate
- 17.From My Window
- 19.Feel Alone
- 20.Go Hard
- 22.Rich and Blind
- 23.Legends