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Clap your hands, everybody, |
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If you got what it takes, |
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'Cause I'm Kurtis Blow and I want you to know |
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That these are the breaks, |
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Brakes on a bus, brakes on a car, |
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Breaks to make you a superstar, |
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Breaks to win and breaks to lose, |
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But these here breaks will rock your shoes, |
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And these are the breaks, |
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Break it up, break it up, break it up! |
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If your woman steps out with another man, |
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(That's the breaks, that's the breaks) |
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And she runs off with him to Japan, |
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(That's the breaks, that's the breaks) |
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And the IRS says they want to chat, |
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(That's the breaks, that's the breaks) |
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And you can't explain why you claimed your cat, |
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(That's the breaks, that's the breaks) |
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And Ma Bell sends you a whopping bill |
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(That's the breaks, that's the breaks) |
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With eighteen phone calls to Brazil, |
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(That's the breaks, that's the breaks) |
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And you borrowed money from the mob, |
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(That's the breaks, that's the breaks) |
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And yesterday you lost your job, |
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(That's the breaks, that's the breaks) |
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Well, these are the breaks, |
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Break it up, break it up, break it up! |
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Throw your hands up in the sky, |
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And wave 'em 'round from side to side, |
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And if you deserve a break tonight, |
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Somebody say all right! |
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(All right) |
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Say ho! |
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(Ho!) |
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You don't stop, |
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Keep on, somebody scream! |
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(Owwwww!) |
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Break down! |
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Breaks on a stage, breaks on a screen, |
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Breaks to make your wallet lean, |
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Breaks run cold and breaks run hot, |
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Some folks got 'em and some have not, |
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But these are the breaks, |
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Break it up, break it up, break it up, |
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Break down! |
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To the girl in brown, stop messing around, |
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(Break it up, break it up) |
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To the guy in blue, whatcha gonna do? |
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(Break it up, break it up) |
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To the girl in green, don't be so mean, |
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(Break it up, break it up) |
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And the guy in red, say what I said, |
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(Break it up, break it up) |
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Break down! |
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Brakes on a plane, brakes on a train, |
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Breaks to make you go insane, |
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Breaks in love, breaks in war, |
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But we got the breaks to get you on the floor, |
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And these are the breaks, |
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Break it up, break it up, break it up, |
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Break down! Yo! |
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Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it! |
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Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it! |
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Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it! |
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Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it! |
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You say last week you met the perfect guy, |
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(That's the breaks, that's the breaks) |
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And he promised you the stars in the sky, |
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(That's the breaks, that's the breaks) |
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He said his Cadillac was gold, |
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(That's the breaks, that's the breaks) |
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But he didn't say it was ten years old, |
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(That's the breaks, that's the breaks) |
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He took you out to the Red Coach grill, |
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(That's the breaks, that's the breaks) |
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But he forgot the cash and you paid the bill, |
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(That's the breaks, that's the breaks) |
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And he told you the story of his life, |
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(That's the breaks, that's the breaks) |
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But he forgot the part about--his wife! Huh! Huh! |
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(That's the breaks, that's the breaks) |
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Well, these are the breaks! |
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Break it up, break it up, break it up, |
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Break down! Ya! |
