Fighting Fires is a tribute to the +4,000 prisoners in California being used to put out the wildfires that have been ravaging the state for the last 30 years. While getting paid at wages as low as $1 per hour, an injustice protected the 13th amendment that states that

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime

The song would be debuted and performed at West’s first opera, Nebuchadnezzar. The song was also prominently featured on West’s 2020 album, God’s Country/DONDA.

The version of Fighting Fires from the VULTURES era now features new Kanye vocals based on the Arrowstar reference track recorded during the DONDA sessions in 2020, as well as new production and Ty Dolla $ign singing Israel Boyd written hook.