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The Fire (feat. John Legend)

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The Fire (feat. John Legend)

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[John Legend]

The fire, the fire...

There's something in your heart,

and its in your eyes

It's the fire, inside you

Let it burn

You don't say good luck

You say don't give up

It's the fire, inside you

Let it burn

[Black Thought]

Yeah, and if I'm ever at the crossroads

And start feeling mixed signals like morse code

My soul start to grow colder than the North Pole

I try to focus on the hole on where the torch goes

In the tradition of these legendary sports pros

As far as I can see I made it to the threshold

Lord knows I waited for this a lifetime

And I'm an icon when I let my light shine

Shine bright as an example of a champion

Takin the advantage never coppin out or cancelin

Burn like a chariot, learn how to carry it

Maverick, always above and beyond average

Fuel to the flame that I train with and travel with

Something in my eyes say I'm so close

To having a prize

I realize I'm supposed to reach for the sky

Never let somebody try to tell you otherwise

[John Legend]

There's something in your heart,

and its in your eyes

It's the fire, inside you

Let it burn

You don't say good luck

You say don't give up

It's the fire, inside you

Let it burn

[Black Thought]

One love, one game, one desire

One flame, one rhyme, fire

Let it burn higher

I never showed signs of fatigue

Or turned tired

cause I'm the definition of tragedy turned triumph

It's David and Goliath

I made it to the eye of the storm

Feeling tore like they fed me to lions

Before time start to wind down like the Mayans

I show 'em how I got the grind down like a science

It sounds like a riot on hush

It's so quiet, the only thing I hear is my heart

I'm inspired by the challenge that I find myself standin eye-to-eye with

To move like a wise warrior and not a coward

You can't escape

The history you was meant to make

That's why the highest victory is what I'm meant to take

You came to celebrate

I came to cerebrate

I hate losing I refuse to make the same mistakes

[John Legend]

The fire, the fire…

There's something in your heart,

and its in your eyes

It's the fire, inside you

Let it burn

You don't say good luck

You say don't give up

It's the fire, inside you

Let it burn

The fire, inside you

The fire, inside you

The fire, inside you

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