The Breaks

[00:13.65] Clap your hands, everybody
[00:15.56] If you got what it takes
[00:17.62] 'Cause I'm Kurtis Blow and I want you to know
[00:19.89] That these are the breaks
[00:22.81]
[00:30.73] Brakes on a bus, brakes on a car
[00:32.65] Breaks to make you a superstar
[00:34.74] Breaks to win and breaks to lose
[00:36.78] But these here breaks will rock your shoes
[00:38.83] And these are the breaks
[00:40.52] Break it up, break it up, break it up
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[00:59.74] If your woman steps out with another man
[01:01.80] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[01:03.88] And she runs off with him to Japan
[01:06.37] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[01:08.12] And the IRS says they want to chat
[01:10.53] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[01:13.72] And you can't explain why you claimed your cat
[01:16.31] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[01:17.99] And Ma Bell sends you a whopping bill
[01:20.41] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[01:22.13] With eighteen phone calls to Brazil
[01:24.67] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[01:26.35] And you borrowed money from the mob
[01:28.62] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[01:30.62] And yesterday you lost your job
[01:32.98] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[01:34.99] Well, these are the breaks
[01:36.70] Break it up, break it up, break it up
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[01:56.43] Throw your hands up in the sky
[01:58.36] And wave 'em 'round from side to side
[02:00.56] And if you deserve a break tonight
[02:02.59] Somebody say all right (all right)
[02:05.72] Say ho (ho)
[02:07.98] You don't stop
[02:08.98] I keep on, somebody scream
[02:12.17] Break down
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[02:29.44] Breaks on a stage, breaks on a screen
[02:31.33] Breaks to make your wallet lean
[02:33.44] Breaks run cold and breaks run hot
[02:35.57] Some folks got 'em and some have not
[02:37.45] But these are the breaks
[02:39.09] Break it up, break it up, break it up
[02:40.18] Break down
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[02:57.73] To the girl in brown, stop messing around
[02:59.56] (Break it up, break it up)
[03:01.50] To the guy in blue, what you gon' do?
[03:04.17] (Break it up, break it up)
[03:05.68] And to the girl in green, don't be so mean
[03:08.21] (Break it up, break it up)
[03:10.17] And the guy in red, say what I said
[03:12.40] (Break it up, break it up)
[03:14.25] Break down
[03:16.78]
[03:50.44] Brakes on a plane, brakes on a train
[03:52.55] Breaks to make you go insane
[03:54.57] Breaks in love, breaks in war
[03:56.37] But we got the breaks to get you on the floor
[03:58.54] And these are the breaks
[04:00.27] Break it up, break it up, break it up
[04:01.77] Break down, yo
[04:04.32]
[05:31.08] Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it
[05:35.43] Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it
[05:39.73] Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it
[05:43.98] Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it
[05:48.06] You say last week you met the perfect guy
[05:50.72] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[05:52.67] And he promised you the stars in the sky
[05:54.92] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[05:56.86] He said his Cadillac was gold
[05:58.90] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[06:00.97] But he didn't say it was ten years old
[06:03.43] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[06:05.36] He took you out to the Red Coach grill
[06:07.66] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[06:09.61] But he forgot the cash and you paid the bill
[06:11.99] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[06:13.83] And he told you the story of his life
[06:15.92] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[06:18.07] But he forgot the part about his wife
[06:19.72] (That's the breaks, that's the breaks)
[06:21.73] Well, these are the breaks
[06:23.64] Break it up, break it up, break it up
[06:25.13] Break down, ya
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