The Breaks

[00:00.12] Clap your hands, everybody
[00:01.53] If you got what it takes
[00:03.29] 'Cause I'm Kurtis Blow and I want you to know
[00:05.58] That these are the breaks
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[00:16.77] Brakes on a bus, brakes on a car
[00:18.35] Breaks to make you a superstar
[00:20.20] Breaks to win and breaks to lose
[00:22.33] But these here breaks will rock your shoes
[00:24.84] And these are the breaks
[00:26.86] Break it up, break it up, break it up
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[00:38.19] If your woman steps out with another man
[00:48.38] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[00:50.40] And she runs off with him to Japan
[00:52.89] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[00:54.86] And the IRS says they want to chat
[00:57.04] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[00:58.99] And you can't explain why you claimed your cat
[01:01.59] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[01:03.13] And Ma Bell sends you a whopping bill
[01:05.60] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[01:07.56] With eighteen phone calls to Brazil
[01:09.59] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[01:11.78] And you borrowed money from the mob
[01:14.29] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[01:16.04] And yesterday you lost your job
[01:18.70] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[01:20.31] Well, these are the breaks
[01:22.19] Break it up, break it up, break it up
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[01:42.01] Throw your hands up in the sky
[01:43.52] And wave 'em 'round from side to side
[01:45.80] And if you deserve a break tonight
[01:47.83] Somebody say all right (all right)
[01:50.85] Say ho (ho)
[01:52.90] You don't stop
[01:53.82] I keep on, somebody scream
[01:58.52] Break down
[02:15.55] Breaks on a stage, breaks on a screen
[02:17.42] Breaks to make your wallet lean
[02:19.46] Breaks run cold and breaks run hot
[02:21.40] Some folks got 'em and some have not
[02:23.59] But these are the breaks
[02:25.55] Break it up, break it up, break it up
[02:27.38] Break down
[02:45.39] To the girl in brown, stop messing around
[02:47.15] (Break it up, break it up)
[02:49.14] To the guy in blue, what you gon' do?
[02:51.44] (Break it up, break it up)
[02:53.34] And to the girl in green, don't be so mean
[02:55.64] (Break it up, break it up)
[02:57.58] And the guy in red, say what I said
[03:00.04] (Break it up, break it up)
[03:01.91] Break down
[03:36.07] Brakes on a plane, brakes on a train
[03:37.92] Breaks to make you go insane
[03:40.12] Breaks in love, breaks in war
[03:42.04] But we got the breaks to get you on the floor
[03:44.36] And these are the breaks
[03:46.37] Break it up, break it up, break it up
[03:48.19] Break down, yo
[03:49.18] Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it
[03:49.72] Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it
[03:50.12] Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it
[03:50.68] Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it
[03:51.18] You say last week you met the perfect guy
[03:51.70] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[03:52.30] And he promised you the stars in the sky
[03:52.86] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[03:53.33] He said his Cadillac was gold
[03:53.76] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[03:54.22] But he didn't say it was ten years old
[03:54.45] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[03:54.65] He took you out to the Red Coach grill
[03:54.88] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[03:55.07] But he forgot the cash and you paid the bill
[03:55.26] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[03:55.47] And he told you the story of his life
[03:55.56] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[03:55.82] But he forgot the part about his wife
[03:55.91] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[03:56.15] Well, these are the breaks
[03:56.34] Break it up, break it up, break it up
[03:56.58] Break down, ya
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