Bridge You Burn - Maxi Priest

Check it!

Don’t wreck it!

Set it!

I’m honorable

Anybody violate you know we nah go ramp

Fi try dem case

Deh pon a level

Seh nuh come to me wid foolishness

Because me nuh hav no time fi waste

Cah man a rebel

Ever stand up for mi people dem

Because it is my rightful place

Live by these guidelines

Throughout my lifetime

And no matter where the wind blows

We all should live by the code

Now when you’re on top

Reaping from that crop

Thinking you’re untouchable

But when it all stops,

Who gon' be your rock,

When everything’s dysfunctional?

Because we never see it coming

Whenever things are good and running

That’s how it goes

Careful of the bridge you burn

See man ah rebel

You should a know I’m 'bout the truth

And certain things I say you might not like

Cah some a devil

I see the evil that they do

And they know that they just ain’t right

Ah just the blessin'

Strictly love ina mi heart

Nuh bother think that you can block my light

Live by these guidelines

Throughout my lifetime

And no matter where the wind blows

We all should live by the code

Now when you’re on top

Reaping from that crop

Thinking you’re untouchable

But when it all stops,

Who gon' be your rock,

When everything’s dysfunctional?

Because we never see it coming

Whenever things are good and running

That’s how it goes

Careful of the bridge you burn

That’s how it goes

Careful of the bridge you burn

You don’t see them coming, yeah

Watch the tables turn, y’all

And you’ll be running, yeah

Just watch it burn

Now when you’re on top

Reaping from that crop

Thinking you’re untouchable

But when it all stops,

Who gon' be your rock,

When everything’s dysfunctional?

Because we never see it coming

Whenever things are good and running

That’s how it goes

Careful of the bridge you burn

(I said)

That’s how it goes

Careful of the bridge you burn

(Yeah)

That’s how it goes

Careful of the bridge you burn