[Intro – Brass + Piano Stabs] (Batiste strikes bold chords as brass swells.) The fire don’t ask who you are… it just comes. But flames got rules— they don’t know what to do with a man who refuses to burn. ⸻ [Verse 1] 🎶 This year hit me like a match to dry wood, Tryna see if my soul still stood. Storms in March, loss in April, Pain so heavy felt borderline fatal. Then July came like a torch in the night, Fear in my chest, still ready to fight. Held my son’s hand while the doctors checked, I prayed with a voice that was cracked but direct. Pressure on pressure but I ain’t collapse, Took every blow like a man in the scraps. Devil said fold — I said not yet, I’m still on the field and I ain’t done sweat. 🎶 ⸻ [Hook – Choir + Wayne] 🎶 The fire don’t ask, the fire don’t wait, It don’t bow down, don’t hesitate. But flames can’t break what God creates— I rise again, I elevate. 🎶 ⸻ [Verse 2] 🎶 Lost my wife, nearly lost my mind, But sorrow ain’t stronger than the God I find. Every tear I dropped, He caught midair, Turned pain into purpose, despair into prayer. They took my job, thought they took my worth, But I’m built from spirit, not from earth. A paycheck ain’t the source of my name, My identity forged in a holier flame. I seen fire touch steel and temper its core, Hit harder than ever but hurt me no more. I’m tested, not taken, stretched, not broken, Every trial I faced left faith unspoken. 🎶 ⸻ [Bridge – Choir Shouts + Horn Stabs] 🎶 Burn me, shape me, make me new, Fire can’t stop what I walk through. God in the heat, God in the light, God in the shadows that test my might. 🎶 (Wayne murmurs: “Pressure make diamonds… fire make steel.”) ⸻ [Hook – Full Choir + Brass] 🎶 The fire don’t ask, the fire don’t care, But I’m built strong, I’m built for prayer. Heat me up, I’m still aware— God in the flame, I meet Him there. 🎶 ⸻ [Verse 3 – Spoken + Rap Blend] I used to fear the flame. Now I stand in it. ‘Cause the fire that tried to kill me made me see I’m more durable than I knew. 🎶 Burn the boy, reveal the man, Turn fear to ash, reveal God’s plan. I ain’t perfect but I’m still real, Ain’t made of wood — I’m tempered steel. 🎶 ⸻ [Final Hook – Choir, Brass, Drums] 🎶 The fire don’t ask, the fire don’t choose, But flames don’t win when you refuse. Heat me, try me — I’ll refuse to kneel, I’m forged, I’m risen… I’m tempered steel. 🎶 ⸻ [Outro – Batiste Piano + Soft Drum March] Fire didn’t break me… it built me. And I thank God for every spark that shaped who I am.

THE FIRE DON’T ASK