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Burning by Tems

TRACK

Tems

Burning

Release date: 5th June 2024

From Born in the Wild
Track 3
2:55
R&B/SoulMusic
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About This Track

Tems navigates the cost of ambition and fame on 'Burning', a track that moves between personal doubt and hard-won conviction. The song opens with the disorientation of sudden visibility, then pivots inward, asking whether she has the strength to hold her own convictions against the machinery around her. She settles on release: letting go of past wounds, searching for clarity, refusing to be rushed into the games that define the industry. The refrain "Guess we're all burning" becomes the song's moral centre, a recognition that everyone caught in this world is aware of its corruption, yet complicit in it. Tems doesn't offer escape; instead she testifies to her own belief in herself, a small but defiant anchor. The production, handled alongside GuiltyBeatz, sits somewhere between introspection and propulsion, matching lyrics that move from uncertainty to a kind of earned self-knowledge.

"Burning" is a track by Tems, from the album Born in the Wild, released 5th June 2024. The track is 2:55 long. It's filed under R&B/Soul. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 9 articles about Tems.

About the Artist

Tems

Tems

Lyrics

Burning

It was all a dream
Just a new girl on the scene
Got your face on magazines
How it feel? It's killing me
But do you care to see?
Plenty fire in my eyes
Just the way I like to be
Will I stay? Will I leave?

I could figure out myself
When I'm distant in my world
I could hold on to the past and be absolutely mad
But I let go of my sins
I just searchin' for my wings
If you know where I'll find it
I would take a Limousine

Guess we're all burnin'
Burnin' and burnin'
Burnin'
Burnin' and burnin'
Burnin'
Burnin' and burnin'
Burnin'
Burnin' and burnin'

Don't you rush into these games
These games will kill you
Don't let them decide
Sweet words are not truth
Real love isn't blind
And you can bet on it
Yeah, you can bet on it
(Guess we're all)

Burnin'
Burnin' and burnin'
Burnin'
Burnin' and burnin'
Burnin' (oh)
Burnin' and burnin'
Burnin'
Burnin' and burnin'

Burnin', burnin'
Burnin', burnin'
Burnin', burnin', burnin'

I wanna be the first, I'ma testify
I wanna tell the truth when the time is right
I'ma let it fall
We're in a body tune
I believe in me
I believe it, I believe it

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Track details

From Born in the Wild

2:552024
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Album
Born in the Wild
Born in the Wild
Tems
6th June 2024
Track number
3
Release year
2024
  1. 1Born in the Wild
    2:16
  2. 2Special Baby (Interlude)
    0:59
  3. 3Burning
    2:55
  4. 4Wickedest
    2:37

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  • 6Get it Right (feat. Asake)
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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Tems
    Lyricist
    GuiltyBeatz, Tems
    Composer
    GuiltyBeatz, Tems
    Producer
    GuiltyBeatz, Tems
    Assistant Engineer
    Joshua Brazil
    Mastering Engineer
    Gerhard Westphalen
    Mixing Engineer
    Spax (Producer)
    Recording Engineer
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