There's a lot of people out here who just don't knowWhat plays a factor in movin' heads and toesIt be them hits hangin' out of them stereo kitsWhether cassette, radio or CD bits, mix tapes from the bestGoing on and on throughout the city grounds to suburban lawnsMan, we don't play even where we stayVideos shows the visuals of jams todayCoinciding with the rhythm of the heart and neckThe brakes got you in your proper contextYou let your lex or your sixty-four suspensionBounce away all your tensionEn route to the club where girls need the quenchin'Diamonds on your wrist, sunroof topBut niggas out front makin' guns go popSo the spot gets shut but on to the next'Cuz your ears get vexed when they don't get the fix 'cuz(These are the brakes)It be your listenin' pleasures while you're doin' your chores(These are the brakes)No matter where you from, it's for you and yours(These are the brakes)Bringing it back to the brakes like the, 'Yes, yes, y'all'(These are the brakes)So let it be your anthem when you're havin' a ballWell, it's silly of me to think that IWould never get a chance to see a piece of this pieI sat dead in front of speakers thinkin' that could be meAnticipatin' open microphones so I could emceeHad a catalogue of raps impressin' all the 'round-the-wayersBefore I went to bed included rhymes into my prayersBut that rhyme is all on paper, I want my song on vinyl platesI dreamin' hits and doin' shows, makin' my niggas spines shakeExpectin' nuttin' but a little bit of radio playGettin' diced on 1 and 2's by the best DJ's, heyTime was kinda tight but still I dotted on the lineAnd some expected me to start buhlooning in the mindSeein' spaces and places that I couldn't pronounceBut still I had the pulleys to make all the bullies bounceWith the blessings of the great we took it from state to state'Cuz we landed on the good foot, we got our biggest brake 'cuz(These are the brakes)A mother gets mugged by her crackhead son(That's the brakes, that's the brakes)You're in the wrong part of town, so the shots make you run(That's the brakes, that's the brakes)Your best comrades put six tabs in your O.E.(That's the brakes, that's the brakes)Your boyfriend made you a carrier of HIV(That's the brakes, that's the brakes)Now what's gonna happen when the sun don't shineI'm buyin' tickets aboard, 'The caravan of love'Hey fellas, see, money don't make shots repelI break woes and compose some rhymes to tellSo when the party's live, it shouldn't be beefOr playin' indian roles, I guess you thought you was chiefSeems all broke up and now you woke up surprisedSituation's gettin' sticky dead in front of your eyesWe play the wall similar to tacks'Til the DJ played the necessary trackIn fact that jam plays on, out comes all your breadTo pay for drinks for them girls you want to spreadDon't be mislead when the brake's inside your headAnd have you reminiscing on them kids who got you fed'Til reality reveals a miss who wants to knowIf you can play her real close out on the dance floor 'cuz(These are the brakes)For your listenin' pleasures while you're doin' your chores(These are the brakes)No matter where you from, it's for you and yours(These are the brakes)Ringin' it back to the brakes like the, 'Yes, yes, y'all'(These are the brakes)So let it be your anthem when you're havin' a ball
Lyrics by De La Soul
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