[00:00.00] 作词 : D. Jolicoeur/V. Mason/L. Mack/R. Hodby/K. Mercer/C. Jimenez[00:01.00] 作曲 : Russell Simmons/Carlos Jimenez/James Moore/Robert Arthur Ford/Lawrence Smith/Ricky Walters/David Jolicoeur/Vincent Mason/Kelvin Mercer/Kurt Walker/Jesse Bonds Weaver Jr/Reginald Hobdy/Lawrence Mack[00:20.34]There's a lot of people out here[00:21.84]Who just don't know[00:22.89]What plays a factor[00:24.03]In movin' heads and toes[00:25.35]It be them hits[00:26.19]Hangin' out of them stereo kits[00:28.14]Whether cassette radio or cd bits[00:30.63]Mix tapes from the best[00:31.95]Going on and on[00:33.27]Throughout the city grounds[00:34.59]To suburban lawns[00:35.64]Man, we don't play[00:37.17]Even where we stay[00:38.31]Videos shows the visuals[00:39.93]Of jams today[00:40.98]Coinciding with the rhythm[00:42.36]Of the heart and neck[00:43.47]The brakes got you[00:44.28]In your proper context[00:45.45]You let your lex or your[00:46.44]Sixty-four suspension[00:47.43]Bounce away all your tension[00:49.65]En route to the club[00:50.25]Where girls need the quenchin'[00:51.48]Diamonds on your wrist[00:52.83]Sunroof top[00:53.91]But ****ers out fron[00:55.14]Makin' guns go pop[00:56.46]So the spot gets shut[00:57.72]But on to the next[00:59.01]'cause your ears get vexed[01:00.33]When they don't get the fix cause[01:01.98][these are the brakes][01:04.05]It be your listenin pleasure[01:05.55]While you're doin your chores[01:06.99][these are the brakes][01:09.42]No matter where you from[01:10.68]It's for you and yours[01:13.89][these are the brakes][01:14.31]Bringing it back to the brakes[01:15.81]Like the 'yes yes y'all'[01:16.65][these are the brakes][01:19.80]So let it be your anthem[01:20.97]When you're havin' a ball[01:22.11]Well it's silly of me[01:23.55]To think that i[01:25.05]Would never get a chance to see[01:26.31]A piece of this pie[01:27.33]I sat dead in front of speakers[01:28.68]Thinkin' that could be me[01:29.76]Anticipatin' open microphones[01:31.47]So i could emcee[01:32.46]Had a catalogue of raps[01:33.81]Impressin' all the 'round-the-wayers[01:35.25]Before i went to bed[01:36.33]Included rhymes into my prayers[01:37.77]But that rhyme is all on paper[01:38.88]I want my song on vinyl plates[01:40.29]I dreamin' hits and doin' shows[01:41.43]Makin my mother****ers spines shak[01:42.84]Expectin' nuttin but a little bit[01:44.37]Of radio play[01:45.27]Gettin diced on 1 and 2's[01:46.83]By the best djs, hey[01:48.27]Time was kinda tight[01:49.26]But still i dotted on the line[01:50.79]And some expected me[01:51.75]To start buhlooning in the mind[01:53.16]Seein' spaces and places[01:54.54]That i couldn't pronounce[01:55.71]But still i had the pulleys[01:57.06]To make all the bullies bounce[01:58.35]With the blessings of the great[01:59.49]We took it from state to state[02:00.96]'cause we landed on the good foot[02:02.43]And got our biggest brake cause[02:03.69][these are the brakes][02:24.45]A mother gets mugged[02:25.38]By her crackhead son[02:26.88]"that's the brakes, that's the brakes"[02:29.10]You're in the wrong part of town[02:30.57]So the shots make you run[02:31.86]"that's the brakes, that's the brakes"[02:34.02]Your best comrades put six tabs[02:36.12]In your o.e.[02:36.63]"that's the brakes, that's the brakes"[02:39.18]Your boyfriend made you a carrier of hiv[02:42.27]"that's the brakes, that's the brakes"[02:44.61]Now what's gonna happen[02:46.05]When the sun don't shine[02:47.19]I'm buyin tickets aboard[02:48.51]The caravan of love[02:49.86]Hey fellas[02:50.61]See, money don't make shots repel[02:52.47]I break woes and compose[02:53.94]Some rhymes to tell[02:54.84]So when the party's live[02:56.55]It shouldn't be beef[02:57.54]Or playin' indian roles[02:58.83]I guess you thought you was chief[03:00.21]Seems all broke up[03:01.44]And now you woke up surprised[03:02.79]Situation's gettin sticky[03:04.05]Dead in front of your eyes[03:05.61]We play the wall[03:06.66]Similar to tacks[03:07.92]Until the dj plays[03:08.82]The necessary track[03:09.93]In fact as the jam plays on[03:11.88]Out comes all your bread[03:13.32]To pay for drinks[03:14.28]For them girls you want to spread[03:15.75]Don't be mislead[03:16.92]When the brakes inside your head[03:18.48]And have you reminiscing[03:19.62]On them kids who got you fed[03:20.79]Until reality reveals a miss[03:22.59]Who wants to know[03:23.28]If you can play her real close[03:24.75]Out on the dance floor 'cause[03:26.37][these are the brakes][03:28.65]It be your listenin pleasure[03:29.91]While you're doin your chores[03:31.50][these are the brakes][03:33.81]No matter where you from[03:35.07]It's for you and yours[03:36.72][these are the brakes][03:38.67]Ringin it back to the brakes[03:40.17]Like the 'yes yes y'all'[03:41.49][these are the brakes][03:44.13]So let it be your anthem[03:45.39]When you're havin, a ball