She's just a girl, and she's on fire
Hotter than a fantasy, longer like a highway
She's living in a world, and it's on fire
Feeling the catastrophe, but she knows she can fly away
Oh, she got both feet on the ground
And she's burning it down
Oh, she got her head in the clouds
And she's not backing down
This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She's walking on fire
This girl is on fire
Looks like a girl, but she's a flame
So bright, she can burn your eyes
Better look the other way
You can try but you'll never forget her name
She's on top of the world
Hottest of the hottest girls say
Oh, we got our feet on the ground
And we're burning it down
Oh, got our head in the clouds
And we're not coming down
This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She's walking on fire
This girl is on fire
Everybody stands, as she goes by
Cause they can see the flame that's in her eyes
Watch her when she's lighting up the night
Nobody knows that she's a lonely girl
And it's a lonely world
But she gon' let it burn, baby, burn, baby
This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She's walking on fire
This girl is on fire
Oh, oh, oh,
She's just a girl, and she's on fire
Introduction
Born on 25 January 1981 in New York, Alicia Keys helms as an American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress and she achieved enormous success in the early 2000s with her blend of R&B and soul music.
Alicia Augello Cook (her real name) began performing as young as young as four-year-old and she started playing classical music and jazz scores on the piano at seven-year-old. By fourteen-year-old, she started composing songs and after two years later, she graduated as a Valedictorian from the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan. She eventually quit University later to pursue her music career. Keys released her debut album with J Records, having had previous record deals first with Columbia Records and then Arista Records.
Side-lined along her acting in movies like The Nanny Diaries and The Secret Life of Bees, Keys won Grammy awards 15 times. She also clinched 12 ASCAP Awards and 17 NAACP Image Awards. Additionally, Keys is also acclaimed for her humanitarian work, philanthropy, and activism.
Keys released Girl On Fire, also the title to her fifth studio album in 2012. “Before making this record, in some ways I felt like a lion locked in a cage. I felt like a girl misunderstood that no one really knew, I felt like it was time to stop making excuses for any part of my life that I wanted to change. Once I made that choice I became a Girl on Fire, the lion broke free!!” she said. That same year, this track hit was also available on iTunes and many radio stations around the globe. It also clinched her a Grammy for Best R&B album in 2013.
In 2022, Alicia Keys, the singer, actress, entrepreneur, CEO and bestselling author celebrated the release of her new young adult graphic novel. Girl on Fire is a young adult graphic novel about a fourteen-year-old Brooklyn girl, named Lolo Wright, who discovers she has telekinetic gifts. It is an inspirational story to make us believe that we, too, have superpowers yet to be revealed. From top of the charts to the top of the reading list, Alicia’s hit song “Girl on Fire” has become a coming-of-age graphic novel celebrating the beauty and brilliance of girls discovering their true power. Below is a short interview she did to share about this novel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80oIXlC3t3U
I will be sharing with us the analysis of Alicia Keys’ song, Girl On Fire.